Senior Project Accountant

Cypress Creek Renewables•Durham, NC

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Company Cypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. We develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects across the country. Fostering a diverse group of innovative thinkers from all backgrounds, Cypress people are drawn to work in a purpose-driven organization. We hope you will join us. Overview The Senior Project Accountant role is a position that will fill a critical component in our Finance & Accounting team. This hands-on position provides opportunities to further develop the depth and breadth of your accounting and operational skills. This position will work with the project accounting team, providing hands-on input and execution of both operational and technical accounting. The candidate will also work cross-functionally with internal groups including Asset Management and O&M. Opportunities to take on additional responsibilities within the accounting department are available given available time and success in the technical role.

Requirements

BS in Accounting/Finance desired
Public accounting experience is a plus
3-5 years of experience in accounting is required
Previous experience in an accountant or audit role in the construction or maintenance is highly preferable
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong accounting knowledge
Good written and verbal communication skills
Must be inquisitive, have the desire to learn and initiative to reach out to various departments to complete tasks
Excellent analytical / reasoning abilities
Superior interpersonal abilities. Ability to get along with diverse personalities, tactful, mature, flexible
Effectively communicates with support peers and all levels of corporate management as well as with independent auditors
Results and people oriented, sound judgment and ability to balance other business considerations
Thorough, detail-oriented, highly organized, and performs effective self-reviews
Comfortable working in hybrid environment (in office several days a week and can be remote several days) and meeting with individuals and groups over Zoom (some groups/people work out of different offices and different time zones)
This position will be based in Durham, NC.
Must be able to go into the Durham office 3x week on a hybrid schedule

Responsibilities

Works with various operations personnel, to track margins on all active projects
Work closely with the operational team to provide forecast and estimates for project cash flow and other information requested (NOTE: the project budget is prepared by the operational team)
Perform ongoing Forecast vs. Actual cost analysis of project data to ensure that actual and estimated costs are appropriately recorded
Investigate large discrepancies from our expectations
Monitor inflows (to ensure all revenue is captured) and outflows (to ensure any reimbursable items are billed back to the customer)
Review coding on open POs and paid invoices to ensure margins are being tracked correctly
Monthly project level allocation for large overhead costs (i.e. labor allocation, vegetation costs, etc)
Assists in financial activities of organization; prepares reports to management on ad hoc basis
Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end journal entries, accruals and other financial activities
Maintain schedules and assist with management reporting requests
Track and record inventory transfers (equipment purchased and stored at a warehouse until allocated/shipped to a solar site)
Reviews all O&M and Corporate (CCR) accounts receivables and accounts payables ensuring accurate and timely processing
Review open POs and work with the operations team to close out stale POs
Review quarterly invoicing to customer (accrued on a monthly basis), including supporting documentation, as requested by customer
Assist with balance sheet/income statement quarterly analytics (and high level monthly analytics)
Assist in annual audit
Work with corporate tax compliance to ensure that taxes are properly accounted for each project