[Hiring] Senior Manager, Accounting @SunStrong Management

Role Description

This position owns day-to-day accounting for a residential (RESY), commercial & industrial (C&I), and distributed energy solar and storage portfolio. This is a hands-on, portfolio-level accounting role: you will own the transactions, reconciliations, and coordinate technical positions for this book directly and serve as the final internal authority on them, including financial reporting. A separate function owns consolidated/SEC-level reporting; this role feeds it.

Responsibilities

• Owns day-to-day portfolio accounting and the general ledger, including transaction recording, account reconciliations, and journal entry review with full sign-off authority, and manages month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close on the group close calendar.
• Prepares and/or reviews portfolio-level financial statements and reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance ahead of consolidated/SEC-level reporting.
• Applies and maintains tax equity and partnership accounting, including partnership-flip, inverted-lease, and pass-through structures, ITC allocation and basis adjustments, and related fund waterfalls and cash-sweep mechanics.
• Owns the HLBV (hypothetical liquidation at book value) methodology end to end, building, maintaining, and reviewing quarterly models and determining the allocation of income or loss to the tax equity investor and the sponsor, including non-controlling interest.
• Analyzes LLC agreements, partnership agreements, and related tax equity documents, and translates their economic terms into HLBV model logic and accounting conclusions.
• Evaluates and accounts for tax equity transactions from inception through unwind, including consolidation/VIE assessments, buyouts, and amendments, and maintains model controls and audit-ready documentation.
• Accounts for asset-backed securitization (ASC 860) debt, including sale-vs.-secured-borrowing analysis and covenant calculations, and applies lease and revenue accounting (ASC 842, ASC 606) to residential, C&I, and distributed energy arrangements.
• Establishes and documents US GAAP accounting processes for new or evolving deal structures, and develops audit-ready technical memos, partnering with the Technical Accounting group to clear conclusions ahead of external audit.
• Serves as primary liaison with external auditors, the asset management team, and service providers, coordinates across Treasury, Accounts Payable, Asset Management, Legal, and Tax, and presents financial analyses to senior management.
• Hires, manages, mentors, and evaluates accounting staff supporting the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• CPA credential required (active and in good standing).
• 8+ years in financial accounting or auditing (Big 4 preferred), including at least 3+ years operating at the manager level or above.
• Direct financial reporting experience, including preparation and/or review of financial statements.
• General ledger ownership and hands-on month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close experience.
• Deep working knowledge of renewable energy tax equity accounting and HLBV (hypothetical liquidation at book value).
• Demonstrated experience reading and analyzing LLC agreements and tax equity partnership documents.
• Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and reviewing HLBV models.
• Working knowledge of tax equity structures common to renewable energy and the related ASC guidance.
• Experience with asset-backed securitization accounting (ASC 860).
• Demonstrated portfolio- or entity-level accounting experience with full ownership and sign-off authority.
• Proven people-management experience, including hiring, performance management, and developing accounting staff.
• Strong judgment and the ability to operate independently with minimal oversight across multiple deal structures.
• Consistently high ethical standards, reflected in both words and actions.
• Ability to independently define and set accounting processes and policy for new portfolios or deal types.
• Strong research skills in accounting literature (ASC standards).
• Comfortable presenting technical accounting positions and portfolio financial results directly to senior leadership and external auditors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly preferred: direct, hands-on experience with HLBV accounting in a renewable energy tax equity context.
• Highly preferred: experience interpreting complex, negotiated LLC agreements for new tax equity or fund transactions.
• Experience with tax equity unwinds, buyouts, and restructurings.
• Proficiency in Excel-based financial modeling for HLBV, waterfall, and partnership allocation analysis.
• Prior experience specifically in residential solar, C&I solar, distributed energy, battery storage, or other renewable asset portfolios.
• Experience with ASC 842 lessor accounting for residential and C&I lease and PPA portfolios.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics, Xero, Ramp, NetSuite, or BluePoint.
• Consolidation preparation experience.
• Interest in leveraging AI for accounting workflows.
• A verifiable reference from a single engagement or role of 6+ months, reflecting sustained ownership rather than short-term project work.

Benefits

• PPO and HDHP Medical Plans, buy-up plans for both Dental and Vision, ancillaries such as Accident, Critical illness, Hospital indemnity, Employer sponsored Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Life, and Legal services along with multiple add-ons.
• Our 401(k) Package includes a Safe Harbor Match of 100% up to the first 4% and 50% on the next 2% with immediate vesting.