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With eight offices and several sites, at EDP Renewables North America, we are experienced developers and operators of renewable energy. Our portfolio includes wind farms, solar parks, energy storage projects, and green hydrogen solutions throughout the continent. We are ranked among the top 5 in the U.S. in operational renewable energy capacity.\nOur company is part of EDP, a global energy group present in around 30 markets with a particular emphasis on renewable energies. With more than 45 years of experience, we have been consolidating a relevant presence on the world energy scene based on the commitment to be all-green by 2030, leading the energy transition. With more than 13,000 employees around the world, we are committed to using our energy and heart to drive a better tomorrow.\nRole Overview:\nThe US Financial Reporting Lead is a senior individual contributor and the final internal reviewer of US project-company financial statements before submission to the external auditor. The role is accountable for the quality, technical accuracy, consistency, and audit readiness of the complete reporting package, including the primary financial statements, disclosures, supporting schedules, and related consolidation impacts. Although the position has no direct reports, it provides functional leadership across the Accounting, Consolidation, Tax, Finance, and other teams that contribute to the preparation of the financial statements. The role sets expectations, coordinates responsibilities and inputs, challenges the quality of deliverables, and drives issues to timely closure. This position is suited to an experienced public-accounting or financial-reporting professional with senior-level review responsibility, strong US GAAP expertise, hands-on financial-statement review experience, and the ability to lead cross-functional delivery through influence.\nWhat you will be doing:\nLead the end-to-end coordination and review of US project-company financial statements and disclosures, overseeing contributions from the relevant teams and providing the final internal quality assessment before submission to the external auditor\nReview balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows, statements of equity, footnotes, and supporting schedules for technical accuracy, internal consistency, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP and and group-reporting requirements\nChallenge trial-balance data, account mappings, consolidation adjustments, cash-flow classifications, disclosure support, and unusual or judgmental transactions, ensuring that identified issues are clearly documented and resolved\nAct as the principal financial-reporting contact for the external auditor and provide functional leadership to the internal teams contributing to the reporting package, coordinating responsibilities, inputs, dependencies, responses to review comments, and audit requests through final clearance\nEvaluate complex accounting and reporting topics, including tax-advantaged partnership structures, consolidation matters, equity-accounted interests, impairment indicators, asset transactions, and other non-routine events\nReview account analyses, roll-forwards, reconciliations, and audit-support schedules prepared by Accounting and Finance teams, identifying gaps and improving the quality of supporting evidence\nPartner with the accounting and consolidation teams to ensure appropriate account mapping, eliminations, classification, presentation, and consistency among local records and the financial statements\nApply professional judgment to assess materiality, presentation, disclosure sufficiency, and the impact of proposed adjustments or late changes\nEstablish and maintain review standards, templates, checklists, responsibilities, and governance routines that strengthen accountability, consistency, efficiency, and audit readiness across the US financial-statement portfolio\nProvide functional direction and technically grounded feedback to preparers and reviewers across multiple teams, aligning contributors on expectations, priorities, quality standards, and required corrective actions\nManage deliverables, dependencies, and unresolved matters across multiple teams and reporting workstreams, following up on commitments, escalating risks, and proposing practical solutions to protect submission deadlines\nSupport broader financial-reporting, consolidation, internal-control, and continuous-improvement initiatives as required\nDirect reports: None. This is a senior individual-contributor role with significant technical leadership and functional responsibility for coordinating the teams that contribute to the preparation and review of the US financial statements.\nTravel: No regular travel required\nEmployment type: Full-Time\nWork site: Hybrid Model\nMinimum Requirements:\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; CPA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification strongly preferred\n6+ years of progressive accounting, audit, or financial-reporting experience, including substantial public-accounting experience with senior-level responsibility for complex audit or financial-reporting engagements\nDemonstrated experience performing detailed reviews of complete financial statements and disclosures under US GAAP; exposure to IFRS, consolidation, and multi-entity reporting strongly preferred\nStrong understanding of audit methodology, financial-statement assertions, internal controls, materiality, supporting documentation, and the resolution of audit review comments\nAdvanced analytical and technology skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial-reporting or consolidation systems; experience with SAP FI and consolidation module, or a comparable platform, preferred\nBehavioral Requirements:\nStrong ownership and accountability for quality, accuracy, and timely delivery\nSound professional judgment and the confidence to challenge conclusions constructively and independently\nAbility to translate complex accounting matters into clear conclusions, actions, and auditor-ready documentation\nExcellent written and verbal communication, with the authority and credibility to align cross-functional teams, challenge senior stakeholders constructively, and engage effectively with external auditors\nAbility to lead through influence, establish clear ownership, and coordinate multiple teams and financial-statement workstreams in a deadline-driven environment\nA continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to strengthen review processes, controls, templates, and team capability\nPhysical demands & working conditions:\nSitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment\nSpeech/Reading: Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form\nLifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds \nVision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form\nSafety: Ability to understand and communicate safety precautions when necessary\nMore than academic knowledge and technical skills, we are looking for ambitious people who are enthusiastic about the future and who bring human skills aligned with our purpose.\nEqual opportunities for all\nOur vision is that each person combines their unique characteristics and experiences to fulfill our mission of creating new energy for the planet. We are an inclusive employer, ensuring all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and value all people, and we are committed to fostering a sense of belonging for each person who is part of the EDP group.\nThis policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. EDP makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For further information, please review this notice from the Department of Labor: EEO is the Law poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster). You may have additional rights pursuant to recent amendments to federal labor laws. Please review these protections from the EEO is the Law Supplement (https://www.eeoc.gov).\nNeed more reasons to apply?\nAs a top employer we:\nEmpower our employees through a positive and innovative work environment that promotes collaboration and agile decision-making;\nRespect and value each person, providing a flexible, healthy, and inclusive workplace with a range of attractive benefits;\nProvide a meaningful work experience and prepare our people for future challenges through different opportunities for development and internal mobility;\nOur efforts have resulted in several distinctions over time, highlighting the EDP group's strong positioning and its dedication and commitment to attracting and retaining the best talent:\nTop employer certification by Top Employers Institute\nPart of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index\nGlobal certification as a family-responsible company by Fundación Másfamília\nTop 100 Workplaces by Houston Chronicle\nDiscover our tips to enhance your performance during the recruitment process and apply until October 24th, 2026 if you think you are the right fit for this opportunity.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9489,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Energy Management"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T08:24:26Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-11T00:35:18Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-10-16T00:40:42Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":32,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.705,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":23,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:36","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/about-us-financial-reporting-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/about-us-financial-reporting-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T18:28:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24743,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1802466},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1802466"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fabout-us-financial-reporting-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fabout-us-financial-reporting-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fabout-us-financial-reporting-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/about-us-financial-reporting-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fabout-us-financial-reporting-lead"}]}