Technical Accounting Manager

Everything we do at Sunrun is driven by a determination to transform the way we power our lives. We know that starts at the individual employee level. We strive to foster an environment you can thrive in through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging.

The Technical Accounting Manager will fulfill a critical role for our rapidly growing company within our Accounting team. This is a hands-on position with tons of opportunities to further develop the depth and breadth of your accounting and operational skills. This role will oversee the technical accounting research for all new contracts including new revenue streams.  This role will also help the revenue team with month end and quarterly responsibilities including reconciliation review, SOX control review and other ad hoc projects. This position will liaise cross functionally with internal groups such as Operations, Pricing, Legal, IT, Product and Corporate Tax to ensure investor reporting, compliance and tax filing requirements are met.

*This role is a Hybrid role, working 2-3 days in our Corporate office and the other days from home.*

• Prepare accounting memos for new revenue streams to ensure appropriate revenue recognition treatment under ASC 606

• Research technical accounting issues to ensure proper accounting treatment in accordance with US GAAP

• Work with independent auditors to ensure proper accounting of new transactions and to to provide support for audited consolidated financial statements

• Work directly with the Corporate Controller on ad hoc technical projects

• Review complex journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations including but not limited to revenue, contract assets and liabilities and contra revenue

• Review quarterly analytics

• Prepare information needed for SEC financial reporting

• Assist in developing and improving processes and procedures for our growing department

• Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to assigned staff that ensures development of a highly skilled and motivated team

• Assist with Oracle implementation, by providing business requirements, process design, and user acceptance testing

• Assist in establishing, implementing and improving internal control policies and procedures

• Assist in departmental, resource and project planning

• Assist with special projects as required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent

• CPA needed

• Minimum of 5 years experience with at least 2 years in a management role

• Public accounting/auditing experience

• Big 4 preferred Public company and Internal Controls/Sox 404 expertise

• Thorough knowledge of operating and reporting structures and financial policies and procedures

• Thorough, detail-oriented, highly organized, and performs effective self-reviews

• Is accountable

• Takes ownership

• Demonstrates initiative to ask about new learning opportunities

• Must be inquisitive, have the desire to learn and initiative to reach out to various departments to complete tasks

• Must be results-oriented, able to manage timelines and proactively communicate on-going issues to various team members with an ability to work in a fast paced environment

• Ability to identify problems and discrepancies, independently perform research and analysis of causes, and recommend corrective actions

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task accordingly in a fast paced environment is required

• Ability to communicate clearly and precisely on operational issues

• Excellent written and formal presentation skills

• Oracle R12 or comparable system experience desirable

• Expert in Excel desirable

Recruiter:

Please note that the compensation information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to acts, such as The Equal Pay Transparency Act. It assumes that the successful candidate will be located in markets within the United States that warrant the compensation listed. Candidates in locations outside this local area may have a different  starting salary range for this opportunity which may be higher or lower.  Please speak with your recruiter to learn more.

Starting salary/wage for this opportunity:

Other rewards may include annual bonus eligibility, which is based on company and individual performance, short and long term incentives, and program-specific awards.  Sunrun provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO). A candidate’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions. 

This description sets forth the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as some of the essential functions of this role.  It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all essential duties and qualifications. If you have a disability or special need that may require reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process or to perform this role if you are offered employment, please let us know by contacting us at candidateaccomodations@sunrun.com.