Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst (or Finance Manager, depending on seniority)

Location: Baltimore, MD (Hybrid: 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)

Work Schedule Perk: Compressed Work Week (Every Other Friday OFF)

Compensation: $100,000 – $120,000 Base + 10%–15% Annual Bonus + Full Benefits Package & 401(k) Match

Employment Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

We are North America’s largest provider of sustainable district energy solutions, delivering low-carbon energy infrastructure to iconic commercial and municipal buildings across major U.S. city skylines. Driven by a commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions, we operate in a flat, fast-paced environment that values transparency, zero corporate politics, and true cross-functional collaboration.

The Senior Financial Analyst (with potential for Finance Manager titling depending on experience) will lead month-end financial operations for business units within our Baltimore district. Reporting directly to the Regional Finance Director, this position serves as a core analytical partner to operations while directly overseeing and serving as a backup for our local Senior Billing Analyst.

If you thrive as a "player-coach,", possess a sharp accounting mindset, and enjoy solving complex contractual and billing logic challenges, this role offers high visibility and key leadership impact.

• Business Unit Month-End Close: Lead the complete month-end close process for assigned business units—booking journal entries, performing complex account reconciliations, and clearly presenting financial results to leadership.
• FP&A & Budgeting: Drive the development of regional budgets, localized rolling forecasts, and active identification of financial risks and opportunities.
• Cap Ex & Working Capital: Oversee capital expenditure (CAPEX) tracking for major infrastructure projects and implement working capital improvements.
• Operational Financial Support: Serve as a trusted financial resource for local Operations teams, translating numbers into practical guidance around safety, system reliability, and financial performance.

• End-to-End AR & Billing Oversight: Oversee the monthly utility billing cycle and accounts receivable processes, stepping in as a hands-on backup to create monthly billing summaries, aging reports, and customer invoices when needed.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Work closely with metering, account management, and operations teams to ensure complete billing accuracy and timely cash collection.
• Validation & Escalations: Review customer consumption estimates, validate monthly billing rates, and execute precise calculations for annual contractual rate escalations (rate and timing).
• Cash Management: Review daily cash application and lockbox reconciliations, directly contacting clients when necessary to resolve billing discrepancies or increase auto-match rates.

• Solid Accounting Fundamentals: Firm understanding of core debits, credits, revenue recognition principles, and balance sheet mechanics.
• Advanced Excel
  
  Skills:
  
  Highly proficient in independently navigating, auditing, and modeling within complex, high-volume data workbooks.
• Complex Billing
  
  Experience:
  
  Practical experience with dynamic, non-standard, or contractual billing structures (e.g., energy, utilities, heavy construction, chemical production, or capital project management). (Simple SKU/product-shipping backgrounds will not fit this complexity).
• Contractual & Abstract Literacy: Ability to read through complex commercial energy contracts, extract variable unit costs, and handle abstract data variables to verify invoice integrity.
• Problem-Solving Grit: You are a self-directed investigator. When encountering a variance or complicated workbook, you dive deep to understand the root cause before bringing targeted questions to leadership.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• Billing
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum 3 years of energy-focused billing operations within corporate accounting or private industry.
• General Ledger
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum 2 years of hands-on GL, journal entry, and account reconciliation experience.
• Software
  
  Skills:
  
  Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the MS Office Suite. Experience with specialized billing software (e.g., Oracle Customer Care & Billing / CC&B) is a strong plus.
• Communication: Exceptional analytical, mathematical, and…