Renewable Energy Client Accounting - Manager

Position Overview

We are seeking a Manager to join the Renewable Energy team within the Client Accounting Advisory practice. This remote role focuses on supporting renewable energy accounting engagements, managing client deliverables, and driving process improvement.

Remote Work Details

As a hybrid firm most professionals are located near an office. This position is remote; however, you may be required to attend an office for client work, meetings, or trainings with notified notice.

Team

The Client Accounting Advisory Team partners with clients to deliver accounting, advisory, and technology services. Responsibilities include maintaining books and records, financial statement close management, state and local tax filings, virtual controller/CFO services, and accounting technology solution development.

Responsibilities

• Support the Renewable Energy accounting team. Responsible for client execution and timely delivery of client work product.
• Demonstrates ability to independently perform accounting services for client, including but not limited to timely completion of duties associated with managing teams. Ensuring team is meeting goals and benchmarks for performance and execution of client work, such as delivering monthly financials, developing skills for career growth, working within budget and time parameters, etc.
• Performs thorough self‑review of all work prior to submission for final review.
• Develops proficiency in use of all technology necessary for performance and execution of work, and acts as a resource for other staff.
• Ensures quality control procedures are being followed and executed.
• Identifies areas for process improvement for client work and/or practice operations.
• Builds and maintains positive client, colleague, and internal stakeholder relationships.
• Responds timely and accurately to internal team and client requests.
• Develops efficient work habits to support the organization and work within budgetary (both time and deadline) parameters.
• Appropriately communicates difficult situations encountered on engagements to leadership.
• Maintains appropriate compliance with all firm‑wide policies and procedures.
• Positively represents and actively promotes the Firm.
• Participates in mentoring, recruiting, retention and team‑building activities directly related to job responsibilities.
• Proactively seeks knowledge, new tasks, and responsibilities.
• Follows regulations and professional ethics of the AICPA and the state society.

Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree, CPA preferred but not required.
• Proven ability to drive and lead month‑end close processes, including ownership of deadlines, reviews of and accuracy of work performed by other team members, corporate accounting processes and procedures such as cash management, AR/AP, payroll and benefits.
• Strong GAAP experience along with hands‑on experience performing consolidations, GL close and financial reporting for the renewable energy industry.
• Strong Renewable Energy experience with renewable energy projects, development and/or contractor operations and their related entities, including project costing and transfer of projects from one company to another.
• Strong communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills, being highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Minimum intermediate proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.).
• Hands‑on operational accounting experience in QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, BILL, BILL Spend and Expense (former Divvy) or similar AP and Expense automation tools highly preferred.
• Strong project and time‑management skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail. Action‑oriented (self‑starter, team player, detail‑oriented). Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills.
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities and effectively meet critical deadlines.
• Significant knowledge of accounting and finance processes and functions. Strong understanding of financial statement preparation and analysis.

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package includes generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning and development, and paid volunteer time.

Equal Opportunity Employment

CohnReznick is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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