Description

OUR PURPOSE

SunCommon believes business should create positive change and help solve the world’s biggest problems. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to solar power in our communities because ensuring a habitable planet is the most important work of our lifetimes.

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

SunCommon is a market leading renewable energy company operating in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley and Capital District. SunCommon is a subsidiary of iSun, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISUN), a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company with 50-years of construction experience in solar, electrical and data services. We use an innovative approach to marketing, via high-touch, personal interactions with home and business owners who want clean electricity and more energy security. We’ve done all the legwork to put together a total package that’s easy for the customer. We picked the best equipment manufacturers, arranged attractive financing that saves our customers real money and hired up the finest installers. There’s over 8,000 happy SunCommon residential and commercial customers so far - and lots more to come. Organized as a Benefit Corporation and certified as a BCorp, we’re committed to the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Profit. Our goal is to become the largest publicly traded, BCorp in the country producing renewable energy. 

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The Accounts Receivable Specialist will be responsible for processing Accounts Receivable transactions, including timely processing of customer invoices and payments, assisting with the month-end close process, processing bank reconciliations, preparing balance sheet account reconciliations, assisting with third party audits and help to compile department reporting. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

 Accounts Receivable Specialist will: 

• Enter customer invoices and verify consistency with customer contracts
• Receive and process customer payments
• Communicate with lending agencies, customers, and colleagues regarding customer status
• Engage with customers to ensure timely collectability of accounts receivable
• Prepare accounting related entries to numerous registers, journals and logs
• Assist with external audits 
• Complete journal entries for month-end process
• Perform weekly reconciliation of bank accounts 
• Assist the finance department and senior accounting staff members with various tasks, including preparing reports, locating records, and processing statements 
• Ensure that balance sheet account reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis
• Excel in a collaborative, team atmosphere – providing and receiving feedback to improve professional and personal performance as well as that of the team and the business 
• Support SunCommon’s Culture. Actively contribute to a positive, enthusiastic, and adaptable team environment. We need to love what we do, work well with our teammates, and appreciate our customers in order to achieve and deliver success. 

Requirements

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate for this position will:

• Associate degree in accounting or equivalent combination of experience and education 
• At least one year of experience in an accounting field preferred 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality is essential 
• Proficient in Excel. Comfort with Microsoft Office suite, Google, Salesforce, and data management. Maintain accurate and timely records in Salesforce, Google Calendars and other systems. 
• Netsuite and Salesforce experience a plus 
• A dedicated, consistent attention to detail is a must 
• Top-notch internal and external customer service skills. A passion for delivering a joyful customer experience. 
• Tenacity. The candidate must gain great satisfaction from a job well done and 100% complete. 
• Adaptability. Thrives in an ever-changing environment, and meets tight deadlines. 
• Organization Skills. Able to effectively handle multiple priorities at any given time. 
• Professional, Joyful Communication. Able to speak clearly and articulately on the phone and write clear, effective emails with an engaging tone. 
• A Solutions-Oriented Mindset. Able to quickly identify effective, efficient resolutions to challenges. Asks “how could we” and proposes paths forward. 
• Team Player. Demonstrated experience as a strong team member with superior oral and written communication skills, and solid relationship building skills. 
• Collaboration Across Teams. Effective communication across departments is essential to the team’s success. 
• A strong commitment to SunCommon’s purpose and vision. 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

SunCommon provides our employees a competitive salary and strong package of benefits, including:

• SunCommon provides our employees a competitive salary and strong package of benefits for full and part time team members, including:
• For the employee and their family, fully paid medical premiums as well as a significant contribution toward medical deductible expenses,
• For the employee and family - fully paid dental premiums,
• 3 weeks paid personal leave (combined vacation and sick) for year 1; 4 weeks for year 2,
• 10 paid holidays annually,
• 401k company match 1:1 up to 3% of salary that the employee sets aside then 1:2 match for 4 or 5%.
• Student Loan Paydown Program
• Employee Assistance Program

SUNCOMMON VALUES

Achieving our mission is critical work, and how we do that work matters. One way SunCommon creates positive change is internally, by instituting and measuring ourselves against practices that do right by our employees, customers, and communities. The following core values are critical to our operations and our success: Embody Excellence, Maintain Humanity, Prioritize Inclusivity, Cultivate Joy.

We do it by celebrating creativity, cross-function collaboration, high energy, hard work, good play, deep networking and with the acknowledgement that we’ll each make mistakes and learn from them. We know success. We know fun. Come do both with us.

As a certified BCorps, we take seriously our responsibility to succeed and to honor our triple bottom line commitments to People (our employees and their families, our Customers and residents of the communities where we do business), Planet (our beloved environment and the broader globe, given climate change) and Profit (providing capital to grow, revenue to share among our employees, and a reasonable return to our investors). This is important work, and we have fun doing it. Innovation is fun stuff.

SunCommon of course is an equal opportunity employer and we don’t tolerate harassment or other discrimination based upon sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, caregiver status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, race, color, religion, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other legally protected status.