Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Nova Clean Energy is a renewable energy company focused on developing and constructing utility-scale projects across the United States. We have the patience, creativity, and capital to take a long-term view of the evolution of US energy markets. We are investing in the large-scale projects needed to advance the energy transition.

The Financial Controller will support the accounting function of a global investment company and oversee aspects of tax, accounting, and audit for its operating entities. Reporting to VP of Finance, this role will be hands-on in all operational aspects of the business. This is a hybrid role working out of our Chicago office.

• Preparation and completion of monthly and quarterly close process, ensuring on-time delivery of financial reporting for Nova
• Consolidating Nova’s results, including the delivery of monthly and quarterly management accounts to senior management
• Lease Accounting under ASC 842, managing and overseeing all workflows
• Completion and management of Nova’s debt schedules, financing costs, and interest calculations
• Manage a combination of outsourced providers and internal accounting stakeholders
• Completion of capital accounts and review of cost allocations for various entities.
• Accurate reporting of development and capital expenditure
• Treasury and management of Bank accounts, checks, and other sources of funds
• Management and coordination of monthly accounts payable payment cycle
• Coordinate with FP&A on cash requirements for Nova and other global business entities, as required
• Process improvements in the streamlining and design of finance processes and further enhancing financial reporting capabilities

• Design, document, and maintain the internal control framework over outsourced accounting activity — segregation of duties, delegated approval limits, and a documented journal review and sign-off hierarchy
• Operate a risk-based journal review protocol, with full review of manual and non-routine entries (balancing entries, reclasses, accruals, intercompany) and retained evidence of review
• Maintain a clear RACI across outsourced providers and internal teams for every close activity, keeping it current as responsibilities change
• Own service-provider SLAs covering the close timetable, deliverable due dates and query turnaround, and manage escalation and remediation where they are missed
• Define and report a monthly provider KPI scorecard — on-time close, first-time-right / rework rate, reconciling items cleared and aged open items — and run periodic service reviews against it

• Own the month-end balance sheet reconciliation process across all entities and currencies, ensuring every material account is reconciled to source, reviewed, and signed off to a defined timetable
• Govern ASC 842 lease reconciliations so each schedule ties to the general ledger every month, resolving differences and reducing reliance on ad-hoc balancing entries
• Own intercompany reconciliation, elimination and multi-currency translation tie-outs across the US and international entities
• Track reconciliation KPIs (accounts reconciled on time, aged and unreconciled items, recurring differences) and drive resolution of root causes, not just clearing

• Continuously challenge and redesign close and lease processes to reduce manual effort, cycle time and key-person dependency
• Identify and implement automation and system improvements, reducing reliance on spreadsheets and standardizing templates and reconciliations
• Apply data and AI tools to monitor accounting activity, detect anomalies and enhance management reporting
• Set measurable efficiency targets each period and track…