Renewables Contract Payment Analyst

derivaenergy; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Deriva Energy seeks a Renewables Contract Payment Analyst to administer landowner lease payments, analyze royalties, and ensure accuracy across wind, solar, and storage projects. The role interfaces with engineering, accounting, settlements, asset management, and legal to validate data and resolve payment issues.

Responsibilities include interpreting lease provisions, validating data, and improving processes with tools like Landworks, Basware, and Excel.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing landowner lease payments.
• Proficient with Excel and financial data.
• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley controls and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Administer landowner lease payments and analyze royalties per lease agreements.
• Calculate royalties, escalations, and payment obligations across sites.
• Validate data sources, review discrepancies, and resolve payment issues.
• Interpret lease provisions, formulas, and timing to ensure accurate payments.
• Review calculations and records to identify variances impacting compliance or finance.
• Create and maintain tools and documentation used for royalty calculations and payments.
• Input data and approved amounts into Landworks and related systems.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial acumen

Tools

Landworks

Basware

Excel

PI

FIHUB

Job description

Position Overview

Deriva Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer in the US renewables market, with over 6.5GW of operating or under construction wind, solar and storage projects across the country. Formerly a part of Duke Energy, Deriva is now a Brookfield Renewable company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world's largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation who envision a future of energy independence using resilient, carbon-free generation. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry. Deriva empowers customers with innovative clean energy solutions that strengthen communities and serve future generations.

The Renewables Contract Payment Analyst is responsible for administering, analyzing, calculating, validating, and processing landowner lease payments for executed renewables lease agreement compliance. This role interprets lease payment provisions, validates generation, revenue, ownership, vendor, and contract data, and applies independent judgment to determine accurate payment amounts, identify discrepancies, and resolve payment-related issues with financial, contractual, or compliance impact. The role works across multiple teams and systems, including Landworks, Basware, Excel, PI, FIHUB, and other operational or financial data sources, to obtain and analyze data related to generation, production, and revenue from wind, solar, and battery storage facilities. This position also provides reporting, research, and subject matter support to Renewables Contract Analysts, Developers, Accounting, Settlements, Asset Management, Legal, Supplier Administration, and other stakeholders regarding payment methodology, payment status, compliance requirements, exception handling, audit readiness, and process improvement.

Main Responsibilities

• Landowner lease payment administration and contract royalty analysis

  Administer, analyze, calculate, validate, and process operational and development site landowner lease payments, including royalty payments, escalations, and other lease-based payment obligations, in accordance with executed renewables lease agreements and required controls.

  Calculate royalty payments and review discrepancies, partnering with Engineering, Accounting, Settlements, Asset Management, Contract Analysts, Developers, Legal, Supplier Administration, and other departments to gather information, validate source data, and resolve payment-related issues.

  Interpret lease payment provisions, royalty formulas, escalation requirements, payment timing obligations, ownership data, generation data, revenue data, payment histories, and business requirements to determine accurate landowner payment amounts.

  Review payment calculations, source data, lease provisions, formulas, payment histories, and system records to identify discrepancies, variances, irregularities, and potential financial, contractual, or compliance impacts.

  Determine appropriate resolution options for payment discrepancies; recommend or implement corrective action when payment issues may affect accuracy, contractual compliance, control requirements, landowner communications, or financial results.

  Create, maintain, and improve formulas, spreadsheets, controls, analytical tools, and supporting documentation used to calculate royalties, escalations, and recurring lease payment obligations.

  Input data into spreadsheets to properly calculate payment amounts and determine escalation requirements; input approved payment amounts into Landworks and related systems.

  Generate payment advices showing site generation, site revenue, landowner turbine generation, associated revenue, and other payment-support information; input charge code data and upload payment advices in Basware.

  Monitor lease payment processing status, approval requirements, validation proof, and payment completion in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and recurring payment calendars.

  Serve as a subject matter resource to Renewables Contract Analysts, Developers, Accounting, Settlements, Asset Management, Legal, and other stakeholders regarding payment methodology, payment status, exception handling, and compliance requirements.

• Vendor, ownership, banking, and landowner support

  Coordinate with Supplier Administration, landowners, and internal business partners to obtain vendor identification numbers and support accurate vendor, ownership, and banking updates.

  Review requested vendor, ownership, or banking changes for completeness, payment impact, and compliance risk; determine whether additional documentation, escalation, or stakeholder review is required before payment processing proceeds.

  Prepare, print, mail, or email payment advices and related communications to landowners.

  Respond to landowner inquiries by researching payment records, lease payment suppor