Staff Accountant

About the job

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Battery Storage Accountant to join Sungrow’s finance team. This role will focus on managing financial accuracy, invoicing, reconciliations, and contract compliance within our growing battery storage business unit. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in contract-based accounting, revenue recognition under ASC 606, and customer invoicing. This position plays a key role in ensuring alignment between accounting, project management, and commercial teams, while maintaining the highest standards of financial integrity and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage reconciliations for all battery storage contracts to ensure accurate reporting of costs, revenues, and alignment with customer purchase orders.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation, verification, and processing of invoices in accordance with contract terms, resolving discrepancies in collaboration with project managers.
• Support the month-end close process by ensuring invoices and revenue are properly recorded under ASC 606 standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams to track invoice reporting, improve accounts receivable (AR), and enhance financial outcomes for projects.
• Assist in preparation for annual audits by reconciling accounts, addressing discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Review contracts and purchase orders from an accounting perspective to ensure revenue recognition accuracy and contractual compliance.
• Identify opportunities to streamline invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy across accounting functions.
• Support other accounting duties as required, ensuring operational flexibility and adherence to high-quality financial management practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or CMA preferred).
• 5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in manufacturing, energy, or contract/project-based accounting.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and revenue recognition standards (ASC 606 required).
• Proficiency in SAP or other ERP systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail in financial reporting and reconciliations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to present financial data to management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across departments and with external auditors.
• Fluency in Mandarin (written and verbal) a plus but not required.

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven accounting experience in contract or project-based environments.
• Competency in MS Office and SAP (or similar ERP).
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets, reconciliations, and financial reports.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Work Location and Status:

• Full-time, Costa Mesa, CA
• Hybrid work environment (minimum 2 days in office)
• No visa/legal sponsorship available

Compensation:

• Compensation commensurate with experience
• Competitive benefits package and employee programs
• Strong opportunities for personal and professional growth

As a global renowned renewable energy company, Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. (Stock code: 300274) specializes in R&D, production, sales and services of new energy equipment, such as solar energy, wind energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy, electric vehicles and charging, mainly provides photovoltaic inverters, wind converters and motor driver, energy storage system, floating PV system, motor controller and on-board charger for EV, EV charging station, renewable hydrogen production system, smart operation and maintenance, and commits itself to providing first-class life cycle solutions of clean energy.

Since the establishment in 1997, the Company has been concentrating on the field of new energy power generation, adhering to market demand orientation, and taking technological innovation as the propellant for development. The Company has cultivated a professional R&D team with solid R&D experiences and strong capabilities of independent innovation. Sungrow has led the drafting of multiple national standards, and is one of the few companies in the industry that have mastered a number of independent core technologies.

Photovoltaic inverters, Sungrow’s core products, have been accredited by TÜV, CSA, SGS, and other international authorities, and sold to more than 180 countries and regions in the world. Sungrow’s cumulative installed capacity of power electronic converters across the world has been above 740 GW by the end of December 2024.

The Company has successively won the awards of China Grand Awards for Industry, National Manufacturing Single Champion Demonstration Enterprise, Top 50 Innovative Chinese Companies, National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise, Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises, and Best Companies to Work For in Asia. Sungrow is a company with state-level post-doctoral research workstation, a national high-tech industrialization demonstration base, a national enterprise technology center, a national industrial design center, a national green factory, and ranks among the best in the global new energy power generation industry in terms of comprehensive strength.

In the future, Sungrow will adhere to its mission of “Clean power for all”, accelerate the development of clean energy power generation system based on the new energy equipment business, innovate and expand new business in the field of clean power conversion technology, keep in close contact with the customers, and strive to build itself into a trusted world-class company.

Sungrow is an equal opportunity employer. Due to high interest in this position, we will only contact candidates who best meet the requirements. Thank you for your interest in Sungrow.