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About The Position

Requirements

• At least 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years managing an accounting team, including hiring, developing and evaluating staff.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 606 over-time revenue recognition, ASC 842 leases, fixed assets and capitalization, accruals, intercompany accounting and consolidation.
• Hands-on experience with intercompany transactions, cost allocations and consolidated reporting across related companies.
• Demonstrated experience building or rebuilding processes, controls and close operations in a disorganized or fast-growing environment.
• Expert Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, modeling and data cleanup.
• Hands-on experience with a mid-market ERP or construction accounting system and AP-automation tools.
• Working knowledge of California contractor sales and use tax, payroll tax, 1099 reporting, lien-law basics and documentation standards for public incentive programs.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain accounting information to project managers, bankers and leadership.
• Organized, deadline-driven and discreet with confidential information; able to thrive in a fast-paced, in-office, small-company environment.
• Able to work the stated Monday–Friday schedule and additional hours as needed around month-end close, audit and year-end.
• Able to reliably commute to the Costa Mesa, California office or plan to relocate before starting work.
• Able to perform the listed physical functions, with reasonable accommodations as applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Construction or contractor accounting experience, including job costing, WIP, over-time revenue recognition, progress billing, retainage and certified payroll.
• Manufacturing, renewable energy or other project- and incentive-driven industry experience.
• Active CPA; CMA will also be considered.
• Public-accounting foundation.
• Experience selecting or implementing accounting systems or AP automation.
• Experience with CALeVIP, utility make-ready programs, LCFS credit accounting, federal energy tax credits or grant accounting.
• Experience with owned-and-operated asset portfolios, including site-level P&L, revenue share, depreciation and tax-credit basis tracking.
• Experience leading an ERP or accounting-system implementation or AP-automation rollout.
• Use of AI tools such as Excel Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude to support reconciliations, analysis and documentation.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, QuickBooks, Smartsheet or Procore and integration of their data with accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and hold accountable a team of three accounting staff; define roles, responsibilities and performance standards.
• Assess the accounting function, including books, team, systems and controls; prepare and execute a prioritized stabilization and improvement plan.
• Document procedures, build close checklists and cross-train the team; coach staff, give performance feedback, and hire or restructure as needed.
• Run a weekly team operating cadence covering priorities, agings, open items and close status; communicate status and risks to the Director of Finance and company leadership.
• Build working relationships with construction, sales, procurement and operations.
• Own accurate, timely monthly, quarterly and year-end closes across all entities; establish and enforce a close calendar and checklist.
• Ensure monthly reconciliation and documented support for balance-sheet accounts, and resolve historical reconciling items.
• Prepare monthly entity and consolidated financial reporting, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, project margins, KPIs and variance commentary.
• Design and implement internal controls, including approval, segregation-of-duties, vendor onboarding, card and expense, and journal-entry review processes.
• Improve the chart of accounts, reporting dimensions and general-ledger structure; lead accounting-system selection or optimization and automation efforts.
• Advise staff on technical and non-routine accounting matters; research and document accounting positions.
• Manage construction job-cost accounting, including budgets, committed costs, change orders, progress billing, retainage and monthly WIP schedules under ASC 606 over-time revenue recognition.
• Conduct monthly project-margin reviews with construction project managers and identify margin fade, unbilled work and cost overruns.
• Manage preliminary notices, lien releases, subcontractor and vendor compliance, and certified-payroll and prevailing-wage records on publicly funded projects.
• Account for owned charging assets, including capitalization, depreciation, site-level P&L, revenue-share calculations and payments, and utility cost pass-through.
• Oversee ChargeTronix manufacturing accounting, including inventory, COGS, standard costs and warranty reserves.
• Manage intercompany transactions, shared-cost allocations and eliminations, and consolidated results across affiliated entities.
• Own the 13-week cash forecast; manage AP prioritization, AR collections, retainage receivable and customer deposits.
• Track incentive-program receivables and compliance by program and site, maintaining documentation suitable for agency audits.
• Support bank and lender compliance reporting, investor reporting and partner reporting.
• Lead the annual audit or review, including PBC lists, schedules and auditor communications, and address audit findings.
• Oversee sales and use tax, 1099s, business licenses and property-tax filings; coordinate income tax with the outside CPA.
• Support budgeting and forecasting, and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Opportunity for advancement