Renewable Energy Client Accounting - Senior Associate

Senior Associate – Renewable Energy (Client Accounting Advisory)

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Associate to join the Renewable Energy team in our Client Accounting Advisory practice. Cohn Reznick is a hybrid firm. This position is remote, but you may be required to be present at a Cohn Reznick office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.

The Client Accounting Advisory Team is a rapidly growing division of Cohn Reznick, where we partner with our clients to perform accounting, advisory and technology services. Our goal is to leverage the best staff, cutting edge technology, and efficient processes to exceed our clients’ expectations. Our services include maintaining books and records, financial statement close management reporting, assistance with state and local tax filings, virtual controller/CFO services, and accounting technology solution development.

At Cohn Reznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. We believe it’s important to balance work with everyday life and provide a robust Total Rewards package that includes generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and paid volunteer time.

• Support the Renewable Energy accounting team. Responsible for client execution and timely delivery of client’s work product.
• Demonstrate ability to independently perform accounting services for client, including timely completion of duties associated with managing teams. Ensure team meets goals and benchmarks for performance and execution of client work, such as delivering monthly financials, developing skills for career growth, and working within budget and time parameters.
• Perform thorough self‑review of all work prior to submission for final review.
• Develop proficiency in use of all technology necessary for performance and execution of work, and act as a resource for other staff.
• Ensure quality control procedures are being followed and executed.
• Identify areas for process improvement for client work and/or practice operations.
• Build and maintain positive client, colleague, and internal stakeholder relationships.
• Respond timely and accurately to internal team and client requests.
• Develop efficient work habits to support the organization and work within budgetary (time and deadline) parameters.
• Appropriately communicate difficult situations encountered on engagements to leadership.
• Maintain appropriate compliance with all firm‑wide policies and procedures.
• Positively represent and actively promote the Firm.
• Participate in mentoring, recruiting, retention and team‑building activities directly related to job responsibilities.
• Proactively seek knowledge, new tasks, and responsibilities.
• Follow regulations and professional ethics of the AICPA and the state society.

• Bachelors Degree, CPA preferred but not required.
• Proven ability to drive and lead month‑end close processes, including ownership of deadlines, reviews of and accuracy of work performed by other team members, corporate accounting processes and procedures such as cash management, AR/AP, payroll and benefits.
• Strong GAAP experience along with hands‑on experience performing consolidations, GL close and financial reporting for the renewable energy industry.
• Strong Renewable Energy experience with renewable energy projects, development and/or contractor operations and their related entities, including project costing and transfer of projects from one company to another.
• Strong communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Minimum intermediate proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.).
• Hands‑on operational accounting experience in Quick Books, Net Suite, Sage Intacct, BILL, BILL Spend and Expense (former Divvy) or similar AP and Expense automation tools highly preferred.
• Strong project and time…