Sr Associate, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting

 

RWE Clean Energy, LLC

Functional area: Finance / Controlling 

Remuneration: Exempt

 

RWE Clean Energy, LLC (“RWE CE”) is seeking a financial reporting and technical accounting professional to support our significant growth targets spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico and Chile markets.

 

The Sr Associate, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting role is a very unique opportunity, blending interesting content from two of the RWE CE Accounting department’s main focus areas – Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting. The successful candidate will spend approximately 50% of his/her time supporting the review and audit of financial statements under both IFRS and US GAAP, and approximately 50% of his/her time advising the business on application guidance of existing accounting rules and executing and/or supporting technical accounting analysis on new business endeavors.

 

Responsibilities:

• Support the review and issuance of RWE CE’s IFRS group reporting packages to RWE AG, to meet annual and quarterly external reporting requirements.
• Perform and/or review recurring and ad hoc analysis on the RWE CE IFRS RWE AG Group reporting package for internal customers, and support the independent external auditor’s review of the same.
• Help ensure technical compliance under IFRS and in line with the RWE Group Accounting Policies, including execution and/or support of analysis over complex group reporting related topics.
• Support the review and issuance of RWE CE’s US GAAP standalone project reporting packages to external investors, to meet annual and quarterly external reporting requirements.
• Perform and/or review recurring and ad hoc analysis on the RWE CE US GAAP standalone project reporting packages for both internal and external customers, and support the independent external audits of the same.
• Establish, maintain and/or help improve best practices related to the preparation of the RWE AG Group IFRS and standalone project US GAAP financial reporting packages.
• Review various financing, M&A, procurement, commercial, leasing and other renewable energy related contracts, helping to ensure the business understands and accepts the financial statement impact of such contracts on both the RWE CE business and RWE AG as a whole.
• Advise the business on ways to make contracts more beneficial for RWE both in an overall commercial business sense and in an accounting sense.
• Advise the RWE CE Finance community on the application of both IFRS and US GAAP accounting guidance to new and existing transactions, both for historical reporting and future forecasting.
• Assist in special projects related to complex RWE AG topics.
• Maintain a high quality, deliverable-focused culture within the team.
• Dedication to continuously improve the efficiency of the accounting and reporting process.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance (required)
• CPA or equivalent (required)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a professional accounting/finance environment
• Experience with the preparation (or audit) of annual consolidated audited financial statements with footnotes under both IFRS and US GAAP
• Experience with conducting technical accounting research and preparing related memos, presentations, or similar materials
• Experience with SAP ERP and/or the Workiva financial reporting platform (preferred)
• Big 4 audit and/or advisory experience (preferred)
• Renewable energy industry experience (preferred)
• Large corporate environment experience (preferred)
• Experience with or proficient knowledge of tax equity partnerships or similar structures (preferred) 
• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to manage customer relationships
• Demonstrated desire to learn about the Company and the renewables space