Company Overview

Nevados is the premier solar tracker company for PV power plants built on sloped and rolling terrain. We offer innovative all-terrain trackers paired with a comprehensive software suite in an integrated technology platform that optimizes solar performance, improves plant reliability and respects the natural landscape. Headquartered in Oakland and backed by institutional capital, Nevados is transforming utility-scale PV deployment with our tracking solutions and partnership approach.

Nevados is a distributed organization with many team members working remotely, while other roles require an in office and on-site presence. Specifics of the work location, travel expectations and other role requirements are outlined in the position overview. Ideal candidates are self-starters who are able to direct and manage their time wisely.

Nevados is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our team. This person will be focused on AP and responsible for performing daily financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in payments to vendors while safeguarding against errors. Reporting to the Controller, your role will involve reconciling accounts, managing cash flow, and maintaining compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role can be based remotely but preference may be given to candidates based in Pacific Standard Timezone. Prior NetSuite experience highly preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting, and recording accounts payable data, ensuring payments are made to vendors in a timely manner, protecting against unintentional overpayment, verifying, and investigating discrepancies, and resolving all payables-related issues with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform daily cash management duties, including the recording of bank payment transactions, preparing and processing vendor payments via electronic fund transfers and wires, and posting of cash to the accounts payable sub-ledger.
• Understand expense accounts, cost centers, and compliance issues around accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.)
• Reconcile Accounts payable sub-ledger to the bank and to general ledger account balances, performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare journal entries, analysis, account reconciliations, and support monthly close processes.
• Follow the documentation retention policy to maintain accounting files.
• Perform accounting analysis and reporting to support decision-making purposes.
• Assess internal controls, maintaining documentation for accounts payable, outstanding payments, and treasury.
• Monitor the need for business process improvements and assist with the design processes, procedures, and reporting enhancements to improve financial and operational processes.
• Ensuring compliance with GAAP, exercising integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting, and complying with national and local financial requirements.

• 3 years of proven working experience as a Staff Accountant, or equivalent, with general ledger accounting activities and high volume accounts payable.
• Knowledgeable in accounts payable practices, processes, and procedures.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• NetSuite experience highly preferred.
• Time management skills and ability to prioritize and meet daily and weekly deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively with different levels of employees.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong mathematical skills.
• Advanced MS Excel ability; Vlookups, Pivots, If statements, statistical formulas, etc.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of GAAP.

Actual base salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

Benefits & Total Compensation Package

Nevados offers competitive base salary, bonus, and equity commensurate with qualifications and experience. Full time employees are provided medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and unlimited PTO, with additional benefit offerings as we continue to grow.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Unless otherwise explicitly stated as a requirement of the role, candidates must be willing to travel at least 10-20% of the time for company off-sites, conferences, trade shows, site visits, and other potential events as needed.

Don't meet every qualification listed in the job posting above? Apply anyways! Nevados is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to building a more inclusive ecosystem that integrates women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups into the cleantech sector and the overall tech industry. We strongly encourage applications from qualified individuals and members of underrepresented groups, even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly. You might be a fit for this role or another open position.