Senior Finance Controller for GW-Scale Clean Energy Infra

TAR; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TAR, based in Austin, seeks a Controller to own the finance function. This hands-on role will manage the end-to-end accounting cycle, build systems, and scale from a single project to a multi-GW platform.

We require 7+ years of progressive accounting experience (CPA preferred), strong GAAP knowledge, and ERP experience (NetSuite or Sage Intacct). On-site, growth-minded environment with rapid timelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with full ownership of a monthly close; CPA strongly preferred.
• Hands-on AP and AR ownership at real volume: PO matching, approval workflows, payment execution, customer billing, and collections.
• Working command of payment fraud controls; you can describe your vendor bank-detail verification process and approval matrix from memory.
• Strong GAAP fundamentals, comfortable with accruals, capitalization, and multi-entity and intercompany accounting.
• Experience implementing or administering an ERP (NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar) and modern AP and expense tooling.
• Extreme attention to detail and ownership, in a fast, ambiguous, early-stage environment where you do the work rather than delegate it.

Responsibilities

• Own accounts payable end to end.
• Run payment controls that make fraud impossible: verified vendor master data, callback verification of bank detail changes, dual approvals on large payments, and a clean audit trail on every disbursement.
• Own accounts receivable: issue POs and invoices to customers and offtakers, track contract milestones and payment terms, and manage collections.
• Run the monthly close, including reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany entries across parent and project entities, and deliver timely GAAP financial statements.
• Own project cost accounting: track actuals against budget by cost code, manage retainage and lien waivers, and give the delivery team real-time visibility on spend.
• Work with outside tax advisors to maintain equipment cost basis and tax credit documentation, including safe-harbored equipment, and support audits, lender reporting, and diligence with defensible numbers.
• Manage cash across operating and project accounts: banking relationships, cash forecasting, and funding so payments never wait on money movement.
• Own the finance stack: select and implement ERP, AP, and expense tooling, then hire and build the accounting team as transaction volume scales.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ownership

Fraud controls

GAAP fundamentals

Multi-entity accounting

Tools

ERP (NetSuite/Sage Intacct)

Job description

TAR, based in Austin, seeks a Controller to own the finance function. This hands-on role will manage the end-to-end accounting cycle, build systems, and scale from a single project to a multi-GW platform.

We require 7+ years of progressive accounting experience (CPA preferred), strong GAAP knowledge, and ERP experience (NetSuite or Sage Intacct). On-site, growth-minded environment with rapid timelines.