Sr. Asset Accountant

Job summary

The Senior Asset Accountant oversees full-cycle accounting functions, including financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, and regulatory compliance for wind, solar, and battery-storage assets. They collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure accurate month-end and year-end close processes and support financial audits.

Job details

Urban Grid is a leading independent power producer (IPP) delivering reliable, utility-scale solar and storage solutions to help meet America’s unprecedented energy demand. We develop, own and operate projects that strengthen local economies through long-term partnerships and responsible land stewardship. By integrating agrivoltaics into our land management practices, we enhance soil health, support local farmers and benefit the communities we serve. With a strong focus on execution and integrity, we are committed to being a trusted domestic energy provider and responsible corporate citizen. Urban Grid is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates across the United States with a growing portfolio that includes 12,000 megawatts of development assets. We continue to maintain our optionality to co-locate with battery storage based on customer demand, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness in our energy solutions. Since becoming an IPP in 2023, we have successfully brought five solar projects online, begun construction on three additional projects and are actively advancing one gigawatt of capacity into pre-construction. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com. Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets. The Senior Asset Accountant supports accounting and financial management for large-scale wind, solar and battery-storage operations, working with multiple internal and external teams to ensure accurate reporting, compliance, and efficient asset accounting processes. Responsibilities · Oversee full-cycle accounting functions for assigned assets, ensuring accuracy, policy compliance, GAAP adherence, and regulatory compliance. · Produce accurate and timely monthly financial reports for assigned assets. · Prepare reports and documentation for third-party partners and external audits. · Partner with Asset Managers, FP&A and business teams to support monthly and quarterly reporting. · Support and complete month-end and year-end close processes. · Review the classification accuracy of vendor and subcontractor invoices. · Perform financial variance analysis. · Perform balance sheet reconciliation · Support production of quarterly and annual financial statements. · Establish and maintain accounting processes. · Other duties as assigned · BS degree in Accounting or Finance · 5+ years of accounting experience, covering multiple areas of accounting including reporting · Advanced computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases · Netsuite and Onestream experience preferred · Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations · High attention to detail and accuracy · Excellent oral and written communication skills · Ability to work independently · Strong work ethic and high work standards · Must have strong organizational capacity to simultaneously manage multiple assets with competing deadlines and be able to quickly adapt to changes and shift priorities to meet asset needs and deadlines Location: Preferred location is Gatineau, QC

What you’ll do

The Senior Asset Accountant oversees full-cycle accounting functions, including financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, and regulatory compliance for wind, solar, and battery-storage assets. They collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure accurate month-end and year-end close processes and support financial audits.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and possess at least 5 years of relevant accounting experience. Proficiency in MS Office, accounting software, and strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting standards are required.

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• MS-Office · Preferred
• Bookkeeping · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Full-cycle accounting
• Financial reporting
• GAAP compliance
• Regulatory compliance
• Financial variance analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Netsuite
• Onestream
• MS Office
• Asset accounting
• Audit support
• Bookkeeping
• Financial management
• Data analysis
• Report Writing
• Full Cycle Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• OneStream (CPM Software)
• Policy Compliance
• Strong Work Ethic
• Accounting
• Balance Sheet
• Reconciliation
• Communication
• Regulatory Compliance
• Computer Literacy
• Customer Demand Planning
• Economics
• Finance
• External Auditing
• Financial Management
• Financial Statements
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Renewable Energy
• Invoicing
• Land Management
• Microsoft Office Accounting
• Operations
• Quarterly Finance Reports
• Subcontracting
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Energy
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Asset Accountant
• Accountant (General)
• Accountants
• Accountants and Auditors