Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tapio is an emerging private-equity-backed independent power producer developing and owning power generation assets across North America. The Vice President, Finance & Controller will serve as the first senior internal finance leader, building the finance function and overseeing accounting, FP&A, budgeting, treasury, reporting, controls, financial systems, and project accounting.
Responsibilities
- Build the finance operating model across accounting, FP&A, treasury, reporting, controls, and financial administration
- Evaluate and implement ERP, accounting, and reporting systems, while establishing financial workflows, policies, and approval processes
- Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and ensure appropriate application of U.S. GAAP
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, development-budget tracking, and management/board reporting
- Build project-level accounting, cost tracking, and allocation processes across the development portfolio
- Support lender reporting, draw requests, financing diligence, and accounting requirements associated with project financings
- Own corporate cash forecasting, banking, liquidity management, and spending controls
- Manage external accounting, audit, tax, and other specialist providers
- Partner directly with the CEO, leadership team, board, and financial sponsor on financial performance, risk, liquidity, and broader business decisions
- Build and develop the internal finance organization as the platform scales
Skills
- • Approximately 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience with meaningful technical accounting responsibility
- • Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP , financial close, and financial-statement review
- • Experience across FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and treasury in addition to accounting
- • Demonstrated experience building or improving finance systems, processes, controls, or reporting infrastructure
- • Experience working within a growing, entrepreneurial, project-based, or rapidly evolving organization
- • Exposure to project entities, project cost accounting, lender reporting, or project-finance requirements is valuable
- • Renewable energy tax equity, HLBV, partnership accounting, and equity-method accounting experience is additive
- Background in renewable energy, power, infrastructure, or another capital-intensive project environment strongly preferred
- • CPA strongly preferred
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