Controller

Company: Jupiter Power
Location: Austin
Posted on: August 1, 2020

Job Description:

Jupiter Power is an energy infrastructure company focused on the development, construction, and operation of energy storage assets in wholesale electricity markets. The Jupiter team has a long history of successful ventures in the power industry and commenced development of both its project pipeline and proprietary software technology in 2017. In 2019 Jupiter partnered with a leading private equity firm to roll out its project portfolio and will be constructing its first assets this year.

Jupiter seeks to grow its team with the recruitment of a key hire to manage its accounting operations. The Controller position is responsible for maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records and spending controls to support accurate reporting of financial results and tax filings and to ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles and reporting standards. The Controller will lead budgeting and cash forecasting activities and work closely with the Corporate, Development, Operations and Engineering departments to merge business data with financial data to produce accurate and timely management information for ongoing decision making. Other responsibilities include operating existing third-party accounting, invoice, expense, or payments systems and identifying, recommending, and implementing any necessary system additions, extensions or enhancements, and acting as first point of contact for outsourced accounting, tax and financial services functions. Compensation and benefits offered will be commensurate with the experience and qualifications of the candidate. The role will be based in Austin, TX. Principal Responsibilities: Oversee Jupiter's accounting function, including processes and procedures adequate for achieving Jupiter's goals and objectives and maintain the chart of accounts, an orderly accounting filing system and a system of controls over accounting transactions Maintain documentation of Jupiter's accounting policies and procedures Issue timely and complete financial statements, calculate and report operating metrics Calculate variances from budget and report significant issues to management Ensure accounts payable are paid in a timely manner and all reasonable discounts taken Ensure periodic bank reconciliations are completed Ensure accounts receivable are collected promptly Support timely compilation of information required for tax filings In coordination with business managers, manage the production of department budgets (Corporate, Development, Operations, and Engineering) and updates to those budgets Secondary Responsibilities: Jupiter seeks multi-disciplinary individuals that can grow with the company. We are looking for individuals eager to supplement core accounting experience with capabilities in one or more of the following disciplines: performance monitoring, financial analysis, commercial transactions. Secondary responsibilities will be tailored to individual candidate backgrounds as well as company priorities. YourMembership.Category: Finance, Keywords: Financial Controller

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