FLSA Classification: Exempt
Salary Range: $110,000 - $120,000 plus bonus
Reports to: Corporate Accounting & Reporting Manager
Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid)
Job Summary:As a Senior Accountant at NineDot Energy, you'll play a key role in building the financial foundation of one of New York's fastest-growing clean energy developers. You'll own core accounting processes, ensure accuracy across financial reporting, and help strengthen internal controls - all while supporting the company's mission to create a more resilient, sustainable energy future. This is a high-visibility role with room to grow, offering the chance to shape accounting practices in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:- Participate in the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, including preparation of journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Assist with the development and documentation of processes and policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Ensures the timely accurate recording and maintaining of financial information, including journal entries, clearing and application of cash clearing accounts, recharge account, GL account reconciliations, and other suspense and clearing accounts.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support and maintain an effective internal control environment.
- Manage all accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepaid expense, fixed assets and other assigned general ledger accounts.
- Ensure the timely and accurate recording and payment of monthly due diligences, monthly rent/lease, and quarterly property taxes on NineDot owned properties.
- Support financial statement preparation including consolidation, intercompany reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Support external audits to ensure all information is provided in a timely and accurate manner.
- Takes initiative in leading projects and process improvements within the accounting group, including system upgrades, implementation testing, and troubleshooting.
- Work independently to research, track and timely resolve outstanding reconciling items and related issues and communicate with internal resources and/or processors to escalate and resolve these differences.
- Work with a high degree of initiative to identify and recommend process improvement opportunities in the areas of reporting, reconciliation and analysis.
- Other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies:- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Drives Results - Constantly achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
- Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
- Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both success and failures as learning fodder
- Plans and Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
Required education and experience:- 3+ years of professional experience in accounting, or related fields.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA or working towards certification is preferred.
- Experience in the renewable energy industry is a plus.
- Experience in public accounting is preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- Experience with SAP, Oracle, Workday, Netsuite or similar ERP systems preferred.
- Experience with financial consolidation for multiple entities is a plus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.NineDot Employee benefits include but are not limited to:- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- 5% employer match on your 401k retirement account
- 20 paid vacation days off, plus 7 sick days, 9 federal holidays and 3 personal floating holidays
- 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver within the first year of birth or adoption
- Wellness initiatives including a $1,000 stipend
- 16 volunteer hours plus two planned company-wide volunteer outings per year
