Market-leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects across the United States that acquires, develops, owns, operates, or has contracted more than 8 gigawatts of capacity among a portfolio of over 65 renewable energy projects seeks a highly motivated individual to head its Tax group. The Director will be part of a small, inclusive, highly skilled team responsible for supporting the company’s portfolio of wind and solar energy projects within a fast-paced environment that values collaboration, thoughtful problem-solving, and attention to detail.
DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
• Overseeing and managing the tax function for existing and new renewable projects across the U.S., as well as corporate entities. T
• Liaising cross-functionally both internally and with external advisors to formulate, analyze, monitor, and implement strategy, compliance, and finance management for direct and indirect taxes.
• Engage in tax modeling and various forms of federal, state, and local tax, accounting, management,
• Prepare investor reporting, including tax filing review, taxable income forecasting, partnership accounting, hypothetical liquidation at book value (HLBV) modeling, yield tracking, deferred taxation (ASC 740), and budget vs. actual analysis.
• Liaise with U.S.- and India-based deal team members, asset managers, treasury, affiliates’ tax teams, external consultants, and tax authorities for various tax-related matters.
• coordinating on key tax items across the company and focusing on initiatives related to establishing, standardizing, optimizing, and documenting tax processes, workflows, and controls.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
• Candidates should have at least 6 to 12 years of experience with renewable energy tax and partnership concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of tax equity structures and taxability of pass-through entities (including tax allocations for complex tiered partnership structures) is required for this role. Knowledge of financial principles and experience with complex transactions are pluses.
• Experience building and/or reviewing complex tax models in Excel is important for this role.
o Excellent analytical abilities, impressive communication and organizational skills, and superb attention to detail are all vital.
• The ability to lead and collaborate with teams located in different time zones and jurisdictions is of great importance. Experience mentoring, supervising, or managing junior team members is highly preferred.
• An MBA, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Tax LLM, or similar certification are all pluses but are not required.
Compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401k contribution matching, paid time off, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.
Salary $180 base salary +90K bonus + potential for pre-IPO equity
