Financial Reporting Manager

Job Description

The Financial Reporting Manager owns MEW's external financial reporting function across a multi-entity structure of approximately 80 legal entities. While the broader accounting team is responsible for the quarterly and annual close, this role runs point on everything that happens after the close: preparing standalone and consolidated GAAP financial statements, managing external audit, review, and compilation engagements from kickoff through report issuance, and responding to financial statement requests from lenders, partners, investors, and internal stakeholders. The role reports to the Controller and works closely with the accounting managers and the Chief Accounting Officer.

Responsibilities

• Manage all external attestation engagements - audits, reviews, and compilations - from planning through report issuance, serving as the primary point of contact for external accountants.
• Prepare standalone and consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including reviewed financial statements required by lenders and joint venture partners.
• Own the engagement calendar: coordinate PBC request lists, manage timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent engagements, and track open items and corrective actions to resolution.
• Respond to internal and external requests for financial statements and supporting analysis, including requests from lenders, investors, joint venture partners, and executive leadership.
• Maintain audit-ready financial records and supporting documentation in accordance with GAAP and company policy, supporting regulatory and compliance audits including those related to renewable energy incentives, grants, and project financing.
• Apply technical accounting guidance to complex structures, including consolidation and variable interest entity analysis (ASC 810), equity method investments (ASC 323), and related disclosure requirements.
• Research and document technical accounting positions in memos for new transactions, structures, and adopted standards.
• Partner with the accounting managers to ensure close deliverables meet external reporting requirements, and feed engagement findings back into close process improvements.
• Develop and maintain financial statement templates, disclosure checklists, and reporting policies that scale with company growth.
• Prepare financial reporting packages and analysis for executive leadership as requested.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 6+ years of accounting experience, including significant experience preparing GAAP financial statements and managing or running external audit or review engagements.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including consolidation, multi-entity accounting, and footnote disclosure requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements and deadlines with external parties.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with mid-market or enterprise ERP systems.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to draft technical accounting memos and footnote disclosures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting background (audit) with experience running engagements as an in-charge or manager.
• Active CPA license.
• Experience with NetSuite OneWorld.
• Experience in renewable energy, project finance, real estate, or other multi-entity, capital-intensive industries.
• Familiarity with partnership and joint venture accounting structures and related disclosures.
• Experience working with lender reporting requirements and debt compliance.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demand Requirements

Work Environment

This job mainly operates in a professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

This is largely a sedentary role with some travel required. This would require the ability to walk up and down stairs, and to enter, travel in, and exit vehicles and airplanes.