Vp - Financial Reporting

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]).

Job Purpose/Background

As Greenbacker continues to grow, raise capital, and launch new investment entities, an opportunity has arisen to lead the Financial Reporting team. The role will report to the Chief Accounting Officer, however, this role is a leadership role in the Company and will also need to work independently and with senior members of various departments to oversee all aspects of external financial reporting related to Greenbacker and its managed funds, including primary responsibility for all SEC filings. This role will have one direct report and supervise a team of four. The role can be based as hybrid in either of Greenbacker’s New York City, Portland, Maine, or Montpelier, VT offices, or remotely in the New York City or Boston, MA areas.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct all aspects of external financial reporting, including preparation and coordination of SEC filings (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, proxy statements, and other required form filings for significant transactions and offerings, as applicable), as well as other external financial reporting deliverables for various stakeholders (e.g. preparation of private company financial statements).
• Assist with the internal accounting close process to support acceleration of close schedule and external reporting timelines, as needed.
• Manage review and approval of SEC filings with external auditors, inside and outside legal counsel and disclosure and audit committees. Prepare committee meeting materials, as appropriate.
• Responsible for the preparation and review of quarterly and annual financial statements, footnotes, and Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) included in SEC filings.
• Direct department ad hoc projects and analyses, including supporting the Finance, Business Development and Marketing functions, and other requests from Executive Management.
• Communicate effectively with both internal and external personnel in multiple disciplines and varying levels of management, on a variety of complex issues.
• In collaboration with the Controller and Senior Manager - Technical Accounting, evaluate the disclosure implications for significant transactions, adoption of new accounting guidance, and overall accounting positions and policies.
• Take an active role within the accounting organization to drive goal achievement, while evaluating and recommending process improvements.
• Develop and maintain disclosure controls and processes in accordance with SOX, and ensure all documentation complies with regulations and professional standards.
• Prepare data and other supporting information requests as needed for audits and reviews conducted by external auditing firms.

Education and Experience

• Demonstrated organizational and planning acumen and analytical experience delivering reporting packages, financial statement review, compliance reports, and data interpretation.
• Willingness to work as a team member with a highly motivated, experienced group of professionals in an open office environment.
• CPA and 10+ years of relevant experience required; 5+ years of audit experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel.
• Experience in leading a team while developing staff for professional growth.
• Interested in joining a fast-growing company; proven ability to collaborate to develop new ideas and creative solutions.
• Self-motivated, independent, detail-oriented, inquisitive and possesses a strong sense of ownership.
• Strong and extensive knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls and SEC reporting; experience performing accounting research, preparing technical memos and written disclosures required.
• Ability to produce excellent results in a time-sensitive, deadline focused financial reporting cycle.
• Excellent analytical skills and commercial awareness with ability to apply commercial judgement.
• Significant experience with external financial reporting processes and controls, including preparation of financial statements and financial reporting under Regulation S-X and the Investment Act of 1934 (SEC filings) required.

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