Senior Accountant

Scout Clean Energy•Boulder, CO

7d•$90,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Accountant with Scout Clean Energy, you will play an integral role in building a tightly knit and highly productive team. You will engage directly in every facet of a wind developer and operator’s accounting, ranging from day-to-day transactions, to month-end financials closing for a multi-entity company. You will be responsible for accurately completing a variety of accounting tasks on firm timelines, assuring the company’s ability to continue to support growth and meet our commitments to our staff, investors, communities, and business partners. Throughout the day, you will interface with the Accounting team members as well as other departments to complete the required tasks at hand. The Senior Accountant reports directly to Scout’s Project Accounting Manager. The ideal candidate will seek to master the tasks initially assigned to them while maintaining a growth mindset, stepping in to support others on the team with new responsibilities as they emerge. The successful candidate’s passion for renewable and clean energy will create a real connection to our work and to our broader team. Our new Senior Accountant will understand the service-oriented nature of this position and will bring the maturity needed to interact with many personality types and competing priorities. We seek someone with a desire to continuously improve and to support the development of processes that drive our team’s efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
5-7 years of experience in accounting, preferably in energy, construction, or real estate development.
Experience with multiple entities accounting and consolidations, including intercompany accounting.
Working experience with accounting systems and the Microsoft Office suite and with ERP systems.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience with writing, editing, or collaboration on operational procedures.
High attention to detail, strong organizational and deadline-driven time management skills.
Prior experience providing audit support is required.
Demonstrated ability to work in a flat organization, successfully leveraging the expertise of multiple colleagues in different lines of reporting.
Ability to multi-task and arbitrate between conflicting priorities with clear target setting and follow- through capability in a fast-paced work environment.
Experience using influence rather than authority to achieve desired outcomes.
Able to work proactively and productively in a collaborative team environment without direct supervision.
Ability to maintain information confidentiality and handle with discretion.
Authorized to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience preferred.
Experience with SAGE 300CRE, Sage Paperless, and SAP Concur are a plus.
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft tools, especially Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables).
Prior experience with corporate tax filings is a plus.
CPA and/or public accounting experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare multiple entities accounting financial statements.
Perform intercompany accounting
Perform as required the following during month-end closing process: AP and AR reconciliations, Bank reconciliations, Revenue accruals, Closing adjusting, accrual, and depreciation entries, Job cost reconciliations, Intercompany accounting reconciliations, Equity rollforward reconciliations, Preparation and reconciliation of supporting schedules
Own your assigned entities’ financials, including posting AR and AP invoices
Provide audit support
Prepare and analyze financial statements
Support the review and documentation of existing processes
Willingness to actively participate in self-training and training others as necessary
Review and assist in monthly sales and use tax filings for multiple states
Assist with corporate tax filings process
Ad hoc assignments and special projects as required.