Director, General Accounting

ABOUT AVANTUS

Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline represents one of the nation's largest portfolios of solar with integrated storage, capable of providing dispatchable power to 17 million Americans, day and night. With over a decade of industry leadership and strategic investment from KKR and EIG, Avantus delivers affordable, reliable clean energy solutions that meet America’s growing energy demand.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are seeking a highly motivated and organized candidate for the Director, General Accounting position. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound industry knowledge, superior communication, and detail-oriented organizational skills. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, the Director, General Accounting will be responsible for the leadership, development, and execution of Avantus’ general accounting function. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise a team that manages all areas of general accounting including general ledger accounting, consolidations, and accounts payable.
• Lead the Company's financial close process, including preparation of internal financial statements and management reporting metrics and analysis. 
• Continually evaluate opportunities to drive greater efficiencies and effectiveness in the monthly and quarterly accounting close process.
• Serve as one of the primary points of contact with the Technical Accounting team, Treasury Team, FP&A Team, Tax Team, and other business leaders.
• Ensure integrity of accounting and financial reporting, including appropriate information systems to maintain disciplined financial planning and control systems.
• Lead and/or participate in strategic initiatives of the Company involving accounting, financial reporting.
• Work closely with external auditors during financial and operational audits. 
• Serve as a strong leader; be a coach and advisor to the accounting team – yet be willing to roll up sleeves and share process and technical expertise to continually evolve the organization's capabilities.  

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: 

• The Director, General Accounting will be a proven executive with experience developing/leading a accounting organization.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including experience in management of the accounting function for multi-entity company. 
• Big 4, or other national or regional accounting firm, experience preferred. 
• Renewables industry experience preferred.
• An ability to understand key operational business drivers and possessing broad knowledge across a range of finance and accounting functions to serve as a respected partner to other business leaders. 
• Strong people management skills: reputation as a positive, highly motivated leader with a track record of recruiting and developing strong talent who have grown into senior roles. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience preparing public filings and preparing materials for earnings releases and board meetings.  

NICE TO HAVES: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting with CPA license 
• MBA is a plus, but not a requirement 

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