Accounting Manager

Radian Generation•Charlotte, NC

111d•$110,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Role and Responsibilities Supervise a group of 2 or more individuals within the Financial Asset Management group, establishing direction and driving team to meet goals. Proficiency with all roles and responsibilities required of a Senior Associate Managerial responsibilities over three or more clients Note that client demands can vary significantly, and the workload will be balanced amongst managers as needed. The “three or more” expectation won’t supersede pragmatism when assigning responsibilities. However, all things held equal, managers can expect to have more client demands than those in the supervisorial rank. Review of tasks completed by Senior Associates and Associates, using an analytical perspective to identify errors and/or other areas requiring correction and/or optimization Manage workstreams over both short and long-term timelines and provide direction to direct reports on the prioritization of tasks to achieve those timelines Perform research into technical GAAP questions and identify appropriate treatment Serve as the primary client contact for deliverables, questions, and other communications as needed Provide mentorship for Senior Associates. Managers will provide recurring feedback to Senior Associates to promote development and/or resolve performance issues, if relevant. Oversee all team activities: preparation of opening balances, ensuring all entries are posted, providing explanations for variances, completing reconciliations, managing bank accounts and AP/AR, managing budgeting processes, preparing draw requests, & generating consolidated monthly & quarterly financial statements for multiple investors in accordance with GAAP (balance sheet, income statement, members’ equity, and cash flow statements). Manage support of external audits & tax preparation and ensure GAAP compliance across all entities. Ensure compliance with financing documents, including debt service payments and equity distributions. Ensure all intercompany accounts are reconciled and resolve any variances prior to close. Oversee the maintenance of HLBV (Hypothetical Liquidated Book Value) calculations and tracking models used in GAAP accounting for investments in tax equity partnerships; ensure validation of partnership contributions and distributions Develop, resource and manage schedules for long term projects, making scope and delivery tradeoffs as necessary. Review work products and progress to ensure success. Facilitate meetings with external stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Resolve issues within and across teams. Develop compensation planning, career coaching, training, and administer company policies for the team. Drive team improvement initiatives, and propose updates to division policies.

Requirements

1-2 years management experience
Expertise in accounting and/or finance
Proven documentation, presentation, and communication skills with working teams and senior level management, CEOs, boards of directors
University Degree (or equivalent) with 4-6 years of experience in the domain
Masters/Graduate and 2-4 years domain experience
BS in Accounting or Finance (or equivalent) preferred
Strong GAAP knowledge over a variety of core accounting topics (e.g., revenue recognition, leases), and a well-practiced ability to research questions against authoritative literature
Strong interpersonal skills – the role is highly interactive with internal and external parties
Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Possesses business interpersonal skills and customer service skills. Ability to read, interpret and extract critical information from various types of contracts.
Strong written communication skills.
Ability to take ownership of tasks and pursue to completion. Plans and organizes meetings and communications with clients and other key external stakeholders. Able to liaise with clients and internal teams on significant issues that require high level management intervention in a professional manner
Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays or unexpected events.
Understands personal accountability for overall portfolio success.
Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Gathers, reviews and assesses information appropriately.
Ability to analyze data and create reports
Demonstrates Passion to learn in a rapidly growing often unstructured environment. Always looking to learn, grow and expand their knowledge.
Able to define goals and lead a team to achieve the goal, able to work as part of a larger team.
Personnel management, coaching & mentoring.
Strong project management skills - organizing work, planning, monitoring and making tradeoffs to ensure quality deliveries.
Root cause analysis & process improvement. Big picture thinking that drives team to meet organizational goals and provides cross-functional improvements.
Expertise in MS Office MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project) and Adobe PDF toolsets

Nice To Haves

Experience working with a public accounting firm
Management of a small team
Successful delivery of small cross functional projects
Process improvement experience with Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.
Experience in the green energy or utilities domain
Active CPA or CFA
Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills with the ability to distill information and present it in an understandable manner appropriate for the audience
Training creation, process improvement.
Coaching / leadership skills
Experience with having 1 or more direct reports

Responsibilities

Supervise a group of 2 or more individuals within the Financial Asset Management group, establishing direction and driving team to meet goals.
Proficiency with all roles and responsibilities required of a Senior Associate
Managerial responsibilities over three or more clients
Review of tasks completed by Senior Associates and Associates, using an analytical perspective to identify errors and/or other areas requiring correction and/or optimization
Manage workstreams over both short and long-term timelines and provide direction to direct reports on the prioritization of tasks to achieve those timelines
Perform research into technical GAAP questions and identify appropriate treatment
Serve as the primary client contact for deliverables, questions, and other communications as needed
Provide mentorship for Senior Associates. Managers will provide recurring feedback to Senior Associates to promote development and/or resolve performance issues, if relevant.
Oversee all team activities: preparation of opening balances, ensuring all entries are posted, providing explanations for variances, completing reconciliations, managing bank accounts and AP/AR, managing budgeting processes, preparing draw requests, & generating consolidated monthly & quarterly financial statements for multiple investors in accordance with GAAP (balance sheet, income statement, members’ equity, and cash flow statements).
Manage support of external audits & tax preparation and ensure GAAP compliance across all entities.
Ensure compliance with financing documents, including debt service payments and equity distributions.
Ensure all intercompany accounts are reconciled and resolve any variances prior to close.
Oversee the maintenance of HLBV (Hypothetical Liquidated Book Value) calculations and tracking models used in GAAP accounting for investments in tax equity partnerships; ensure validation of partnership contributions and distributions
Develop, resource and manage schedules for long term projects, making scope and delivery tradeoffs as necessary. Review work products and progress to ensure success.
Facilitate meetings with external stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Resolve issues within and across teams.
Develop compensation planning, career coaching, training, and administer company policies for the team.
Drive team improvement initiatives, and propose updates to division policies.