Director, Fp&A Jobs

Company Description

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“Greenbacker”) is an energy transition, renewable energy and investment management company that acquires, constructs and operates renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and provides Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company is an independent power producer (IPP) and a leading climate-focused investment manager (IM), whose mission is to empower a sustainable world by connecting individuals and institutions with investments in clean energy. Since our founding in 2011, we’ve grown to over 180 employees in four offices—New York City, Portland, ME, Denver, CO, and Montpelier, VT—and other individual locations across the US, and have positioned ourselves as a market leader in energy transition, renewable energy, and sustainable infrastructure investments.

Greenbacker’s IPP business segment acquires, owns, and operates income-producing clean energy infrastructure projects (e.g., solar energy, wind power, energy storage) in communities across the country. These assets sell power under long-term contracts to high-credit-quality counterparties, including utilities, municipalities, and corporations. As of 2023, our IPP fleet comprises over 450 projects, representing 3.4 gigawatts of total clean energy production and storage capacity. Within our IM business segment, Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) serves as the registered investment adviser to five funds focused on green power generation and the energy transition, including private equity investment in growth-stage clean energy companies, across a wide range of sustainable infrastructure and renewables sectors.

Drawing upon the firm’s expertise in renewable power generation, battery storage, and other green technologies, Greenbacker is expanding its IM business and launching a sustainable real estate fund with a focus on reducing buildings' carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency, and building additional sources of renewable power. Greenbacker has hired a senior executive with over 20 years and $25 billion of commercial real estate principal investment experience to manage this new vehicle and is actively growing the real estate investment team.

Please visit www.greenbackercapital.com to learn more about our company, mission, team, and portfolios.

Greenbacker is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Greenbacker will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Nicole Giangiulio ([email protected]).other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Nicole Giangiulio ([email protected]).

Job Purpose/Background

Greenbacker is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A”) to join the Finance team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the Company’s budgeting and forecasting process, which includes the implementation and use of financial systems to improve the process currently in place. Reporting to the SVP of Finance, this role will be working closely with the finance and accounting teams to produce recurring reporting of actual and budget / forecasted results. The role will also collaborate with all functions of the organization to support line-of-business performance as well as total company reporting. The ideal candidate will partner with the Senior Executive team to develop and execute on the Company’s strategies while also supporting day-to-day processes and reporting.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify process improvement opportunities, including how to further use financial systems, to streamline and create efficiencies. Partner with IT to optimize existing systems, implement new systems and integrate data between them.
• Manage a team of at least five FP&A professionals with a range of experience and backgrounds.
• Support line-of-business leaders as they manage their individual businesses – including the renewable energy projects, managed funds and individual departmental budgets. Develop a detailed understanding of the business processes to identify and mitigate risks and realize opportunities in financial results.
• Perform other ad hoc analysis and support as needed.
• Oversee the annual and quarterly budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring that financial goals and objectives are aligned with the strategic priorities of the organization.
• Support the Investor Relations and Marketing teams to produce investor materials and press releases.
• Perform monthly and quarterly reporting of actuals relative to the budget / forecast, including partnership with accounting to analyze results.
• Further develop cash flow forecasting capabilities, including collaboration with the Treasury, Investments and Structured Finance teams.
• Translating financial results and metrics into clear, concise, actionable narratives that influence strategic planning, business decision-making and action. Includes the use of statistical information / KPIs underlying the financial results.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance or Accounting. CPA and / or CFA preferred but not required.
• Experience using financial systems as well as understanding of how such tools interact with other technologies such as Salesforce. Oracle ERP, Oracle Cloud EPM Suite (EPBCS, PCM, FCCs), or HFM is a plus.
• Line-of-business / commercial FP&A experience – which includes support of line-of-business / general manager and full responsibility over a P(L) (i.e., forecasting revenues and operating expenses for a division / line-of-business / total company vs a purely Corporate FP&A function).
• Experience in a fast-paced, high growth environment with an emphasis on continuous improvement and scale.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build relationships cross-functionally.
• Renewable energy industry experience is a plus.

Benefits

Medical: Insperity/ 5 United Health Care options (3 PPO’s and 2 High Deductible Health Plans) / 100% employer paid for employee; 50% employer paid for spouse and children

Dental: Guardian – two options / 100% employer paid for employee; 50% employer paid for spouse and children

Vision: Guardian / VSP – two options / 100% employee paid

Life and AD&D: Unum / 100% employer paid / 2 times annual

Short term disability: Unum / 100% employer paid / 60% base

Long term disability: Unum / 100% employer paid / 60% base

Retirement: Insperity ~ various stock, bond and lifestyle fund options / 50% match up to 6% of salary

Other: Medical and dependent care / Health Savings Accounts / Pre-tax commuter benefits / 20 days paid time off & 7 sick days, Modern Health: 24/7 access to Coaching and Therapy sessions for employees' and dependents

Parental Leave Benefits: 16 weeks paid leave for employees who have been with the company for 1+ years

Family Building Benefits/Fertility Benefits Provided through a Fertility HRA

Adoption/Surrogacy: financial support to employees who are growing their families through the adoption of a child or a surrogacy parenting arrangement. Through this program, Greenbacker offers partial reimbursement for up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the costs