Senior JV Accountant – Renewable Energy Financing

Qcells North America; United States; On-site; USD 151,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. in Irvine, CA, is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead joint venture financial reporting for residential solar projects. This role requires strong GAAP knowledge, JV accounting, and coordination across Legal, Tax, FP&A, and Asset Management.

You will own the general ledger, prepare consolidated statements, manage audits, support budgets, and drive process improvements while embracing automation and AI to scale operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 5–8 years progressive accounting, financial reporting, and finance experience.
• Experience with partnership or joint-venture accounting and capital account maintenance.
• Experience with ERP systems and databases.
• Ability to execute in a dynamic, fast-paced, demanding environment against fixed deadlines.
• Knowledge of GAAP financial reporting for joint ventures and equity-method investees.
• Strong Excel and data manipulation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the joint venture's general ledger and books and records, maintained separately from other EnFin-affiliated entities in accordance with each joint venture's operating agreement.
• Prepare quarterly unaudited and annual audited consolidated financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and statement of members' equity) in accordance with GAAP and manage the annual audit process with the joint venture's independent certified public accountants.
• Assist in preparation of the joint venture's annual operating budget and maintain the underlying financial model, tracking actuals against budget and flagging variances for management reporting.
• Oversee cash sweep and treasury mechanics between servicing collection accounts and joint venture operating/distribution accounts, and monitor depositary bank qualification requirements.
• Support Schedule K-1 preparation, IRS notices, and other partnership-level tax matters, including tracking tax elections and their effect on capital accounts alongside the EnFin tax team.
• Coordinate with our tax team for sales tax management for underlying purchased assets.
• Track and reconcile milestone and true-up payments under project purchase agreements against purchase price obligations.
• Review and reconcile monthly O&M/servicer reporting packages and invoices, including validation of non-covered services fees and pass-through costs prior to payment.
• Establish processes for key deliverables and lead continuous improvement activities to achieve effective, efficient execution.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., Legal, Tax, Financial Planning and Analysis, Asset Management) to build an understanding of the key processes within the organization's operations.
• Drive process change and efficiencies by optimizing processes, identifying opportunities for automation, and building for scale, ensuring all solutions are compliant with GAAP and company policies.
• Willing and able to embrace the use of artificial intelligence in driving process efficiencies.
• Assist with EnFin’s own revenue recognition (and related accounting) for projects sold to the joint venture.

Skills

GAAP reporting

Partnership accounting

JV experience

Excel

Power Query

Cross-functional

Audit coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. in Irvine, CA, is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead joint venture financial reporting for residential solar projects. This role requires strong GAAP knowledge, JV accounting, and coordination across Legal, Tax, FP&A, and Asset Management.

You will own the general ledger, prepare consolidated statements, manage audits, support budgets, and drive process improvements while embracing automation and AI to scale operations.