Senior Portfolio Accountant, Reporting & Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Lead analyses comparing budgeted figures to actual results, identify underlying factors, and offer actionable insights to management.

• Prepare and disseminate management reporting packages for leadership, investors, lenders, and other external stakeholders.

• Assist in the formulation of portfolio budgets and forecasts.

• Oversee the accounting for newly closed projects and financing transactions.

• Facilitate debt and tax equity fundings from request to closure, including managing funding entries, sources and uses, and resolving accounting-related funding conditions.

• Collaborate with investments, legal, and asset management teams to support the financial closure of new financing transactions.

• Manage recurring compliance calendars for financing vehicles, covering covenant and DSCR testing, reserve requirements, distributions, and lender and tax equity reporting.

• Calculate debt service, partner and investor distributions, as well as cash waterfalls in accordance with credit, partnership, and operating agreements.

• Maintain and reconcile partner and member capital accounts, comprising contributions, distributions, and income/loss allocations.

• Prepare work papers, schedules, and audit support to fulfill quarterly and annual reporting requirements.

• Oversee project-agreement obligations to ensure financial and regulatory compliance.

• Drive process enhancements for closing, funding, and compliance activities.

• Review and mentor junior accountants and analysts; document team procedures.

• Spearhead special projects and cross-functional initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related domain.

• At least 5 years of experience in portfolio management, investment banking, or project finance.

• Familiarity with debt agreements, LLC and partnership agreements, and other transaction documents, including their impact on distributions, waterfalls, and capital account allocations.

• Experience in supporting debt or tax equity fundings, onboarding new projects or deals, and recording funding transactions.

• Advanced Excel and modeling capabilities, including creating schedules for sources and uses, liquidity, waterfalls, and covenant compliance.

• FP&A experience (budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis) with the ability to communicate findings to senior management.

• Experience in reviewing the work of or mentoring junior team members.

• Capability to manage complex processes with minimal oversight and coordinate with internal teams, auditors, lenders, and other third parties.

• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).

• A Master’s degree in finance, business, or a related field is a plus.

• Practical experience in the operating phase of infrastructure, real estate, or solar assets, including covenant and DSCR testing, distributions, and lender reporting, is a plus.

• Experience in renewable energy, especially in solar project or fund accounting, is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Training and professional development opportunities.

• 401(k) with a 4% company match.

• Summer Fridays.

• Flexible remote/hybrid work options.

• Paid parental leave.

• Team lunches, events, and well-stocked kitchens.

• Modern, collaborative office environments in Asbury Park, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance.

• Incentive-based compensation with the potential to earn more.