Senior Accountant

Summary

Join Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company's Accounting team as a Supervisor of a Staff Accountant, reporting to a Senior Manager. This role focuses on overseeing accounting and financial reporting for structured financing activities, including debt financing, tax equity financing, and interest rate swaps. The position involves supervising a staff accountant, assisting with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures, reviewing financing agreements, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, and collaborating with colleagues. The role offers a remote or hybrid work option in Portland, Maine; Montpelier, VT; or New York City, NY. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong organizational skills and a commitment to improving efficiency and work quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting is required

Responsibilities

• Oversee the accounting for new debt financing, tax equity financing, and interest rate swap arrangements; including their recognition in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with US GAAP
• Effectively oversee the contributions and develop the skills of their supervisee (Staff Accountant)
• Assist with month, quarter, and year-end close procedures related to the Company’s financing arrangements and interest rate swaps; including, preparing complex areas, reviewing workpapers as prepared by the Staff Accountant, and ensuring work papers and documents support the trial balance
• Reviewing and understanding various financing agreements related to the Company’s debt and tax equity financing activities
• Ensure the satisfaction of requests from external auditors in fulfillment of the year-end financial statement audit process
• Collaborating with colleagues to ensure accounting procedures comply with US GAAP and internal controls are followed
• Assisting with cross-department projects, and other ad hoc initiatives
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and seize opportunities to improve efficiency and work quality in a changing landscape

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in accounting is preferred
• Supervisory experience of one or more employees is preferred
• Proficiency with Oracle ERP or similar accounting software (e.g. Quickbooks, Netsuite) is preferred
• Exposure to financial institutions (i.e. commercial lending) is a plus
• Familiarity with data processing tools such as Power BI and treasury software such as G-Treasury is a plus
• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Participation in the buildout of scalable processes is preferred
• Analytical and detail-oriented mindset
• Highly motivated, results-oriented, and possesses a strong sense of ownership

Benefits

• Medical: 5 United Health Care Oxford options
• Dental: Guardian – two options
• Vision: Guardian / VSP – one option (100% employee paid)
• Life and AD&D: Short term and long-term disability (both 100% employer paid)
• Retirement/401(K) : ADP/Voya with 50% match up to 6% of salary
• Other: Medical and dependent care / Health Savings Accounts, Pre-tax commuter benefits through Optum
• Time Off: 20 days paid time off, 7 sick days a year, 32 hours of VTO a year
• Family Building: Coverage for infertility, adoption, surrogacy, and 16 weeks of family leave for eligible employees