Controller - Fully Remote

Why take a Controller role with this company?

• Pre-IPO Renewables Company


• Hired 300 employees this past year!


• Newly created role. Report to CAO.


• The company has grown over 50M in annual sales annually for the past 3 years!


• The company has financed and developed clean energy projects across 4 continents and 22 countries.


• 401-K with match


• Unlimited vacation time


• Remote potential


• Great manager and leadership team.

What a Controller will do

• Oversee accounting functions, including the monthly financial close processes, technical accounting, accounts payable, expense management, consolidation, and banking operations


• Oversee the preparation of consolidated US GAAP financial statements


• Provide guidance on technical accounting matters, and managing complex accounting issues such as revenue recognition, stock compensation, impairment analysis, leases, joint venture accounting


• Responsible for researching and implementing new developments in GAAP pronouncements that impact the business.


• Manage the monthly/quarterly close process and provide guidance for a more efficient and effective accounting close


• Review agreements and operational contracts to ensure proper accounting and reporting


• Manage relationships with functional departments heads across the organization, staying abreast of strategic needs that may drive changes to financial policies, tools and risk management


• Ensure compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and requirements related to financial accounting and control matters


• Oversee management of the annual financial audit


• Work with the internal audit team to be SOX ready


• Mentor, lead, train and developed accounting staff to meet financial and accounting initiatives


• Prepare materials and provide updates for executive management in preparation for executive management and the board of directors

What the company needs in a Controller:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance & CPA


• 12+ years of financial accounting experience, including public company and Big 4 Experience


• The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of US GAAP, be very detail-oriented, responsive, tech-savvy, operationally focused, and a good cross-functional business partner


• Expertise in internal controls over financial reporting and accounting processes and SOX


• Demonstrated ability to lead both initiatives and teams in a fast-paced environment


• Strong organizational skills, with a focus on accuracy, detail orientation and the ability to produce in tight timelines