Tax Equity Fund Accounting Lead

base-power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is building a distributed battery-based energy platform in the United States. This role owns fund-level accounting and financial reporting for tax equity funds, shaping the chart of accounts, close procedures, and reconciliations across multiple entities.

You’ll partner with asset management, capital markets, and tax counsel as new funds are structured. The position requires 3–6+ years in fund/partnership accounting, strong Excel, NetSuite, and BigQuery skills, and a track record of

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years in fund accounting, partnership accounting, or tax equity accounting.
• Working knowledge of partnership accounting mechanics: capital accounts, HLBV, income and loss allocations, and waterfall structures.
• Comfort owning a monthly close process end to end.
• Experience preparing for or supporting an audit: schedules, reconciliations, and auditor questions.
• Excel fluency, plus comfort with or willingness to learn NetSuite and BigQuery.
• Ability to build a process where none exists — write SOPs and implement controls.

Responsibilities

• Own all fund-level accounting and financial reporting for Base's tax equity funds, including capital account maintenance, HLBV calculations, income and loss allocations, and distribution waterfall accounting.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process for each fund, ensuring accurate financial results and reconciliation between fund-level records and corporate accounting in NetSuite.
• Prepare audit-ready accounting support, including K-1 schedules, capital account statements, and responses to auditor/investor inquiries.
• Design and implement fund accounting infrastructure: chart of accounts, close procedures, reconciliation frameworks, policies, and internal controls.
• Account for and reconcile capital activity, fundings, distributions, management fees, and other fund transactions with the general ledger.
• Collaborate with asset management, capital markets, and tax counsel as new funds are structured.
• Identify processes that can be automated as fund count grows.

Skills

Fund accounting

HLBV

Waterfall allocations

Audit coordination

Tax equity accounting

Financial reporting

Monthly close ownership

Tools

NetSuite

BigQuery

Excel

Job description

Base is building a distributed battery-based energy platform in the United States. This role owns fund-level accounting and financial reporting for tax equity funds, shaping the chart of accounts, close procedures, and reconciliations across multiple entities.

You’ll partner with asset management, capital markets, and tax counsel as new funds are structured. The position requires 3–6+ years in fund/partnership accounting, strong Excel, NetSuite, and BigQuery skills, and a track record of