Technical Accounting Manager

About the Company

I'm working with a renewable energy client that is hiring a Technical Accounting Manager. Please find the details below and if interested please apply to discuss the company specifically.

About the Role

Title: Manager, Technical Accounting

Location: Kitchner, Ontario

Functional Area: Global

Permanent Position

Hybrid: 2-3 days in office, other days remote

Summary: The selected candidate will be a member of the Finance team reporting to the Senior Manager, Global Technical Accounting. This individual contributor role will be responsible primarily for US GAAP technical accounting and secondarily for North America region’s accounting and reporting support.

Responsibilities

• Principal Responsibilities/Key Results Areas
• US GAAP Technical Accounting Research & Memos (60%) Own US GAAP research projects globally on complex areas surrounding renewable energy business
• Draft technical accounting memos with clear conclusions and audit-defensible rationale
• Interpret US GAAP guidance to determine accounting and reporting treatment for new, material or unusual transactions
• Draft and maintain accounting policies and procedures in response to business and accounting standard changes
• Provide technical accounting support for close processes, particularly on areas involving significant judgments and estimates
• Regional Accounting and Reporting Support (30%) Partner with North America controllership to support project-level financial statement preparation and audit
• Assist in annual closing process of North America project-level SPVs
• Cross-Functional Partnership (other functional teams to assess accounting implications of new initiatives prior to execution
• Support due diligence accounting requests
• Partner with FP&A to incorporate latest business models in accounting analysis and financial reporting
• Team and Corporate Development (finance organization and for non-finance personnel
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement within the technical accounting function
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Financial & Organizational Scope Reporting Relationships & Interactions
• Technical Accounting
• Direct financial impact
• Reports to Senior Manager, Global Technical Accounting
• Works with various teams in the organization including Tax, FP&A, Project Finance, Legal, and regional controllership team.
• Interaction with outside vested parties (auditors and advisors)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related discipline
• 7 years of progressive experience, including 3+ years in a technical accounting or financial reporting role
• US or Canada CPA qualification required
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, or construction industries preferred
• Big-4 audit experience preferred

Required Skills

• Expert knowledge of US GAAP
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products, HFM (Hyperion Financial Management) and SAP
• Strong communication and project management skills
• Detail oriented, with a strong sense of process ownership
• Ability to deal effectively with a diversity of parties globally and influence at all organizational levels.
• Eagerness to solve complex accounting problems while valuing occasional hands-on financial reporting work
• Comfortable working in an unstructured, entrepreneurial environment

Preferred Skills

• Experience in energy, infrastructure, or construction industries preferred
• Big-4 audit experience preferred

Compensation

$120K-$175K based on experience