Director, Accounting Advisory & Strategic Programs

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:
The Director, Accounting Advisory and Strategic Programs will serve an important role within SOLV Energy's Accounting organization, supporting the Chief Accounting Officer and accounting leadership team on complex, high-priority initiatives spanning accounting transformation, external audit readiness, mergers and acquisitions, internal controls, technical accounting, and financial reporting.

The role is designed for an experienced accounting professional with broad public-company expertise who can move effectively across functional areas, lead complex programs, and provide additional technical and execution capacity where the organization faces its most significant accounting and reporting challenges.

The position will work in close partnership with SOLV's Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Project Accounting, Tax, Internal Audit, and other finance teams while maintaining clear functional ownership within those organizations.

Job Description:



*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Finance Transformation & Close Process Optimization


* Support cross-functional accounting transformation initiatives focused on strengthening and automating accounting processes and accelerating the monthly and quarterly close cycles


* Participate in the development and deployment of analytics and workflow automation solutions to reduce manual processes, increase operational efficiency, and enhance risk-based monitoring capabilities

External Audit Coordination


* Support the CAO and functional accounting leaders in coordinating the Company's external audit and quarterly review activities, including cross-functional planning, issue tracking, deliverable management, and escalation of significant matters


* Coordinate the preparation-by-client (PBC) request process and audit status reporting, facilitate timely resolution of audit open items with functional owners, and drive completion of audit deliverables within required reporting timelines

M&A Support


* Support financial accounting due diligence for acquisition targets, including assessment of accounting policies, quality of earnings considerations, and identification of potential GAAP conversion or harmonization requirements.


* Evaluate target company financial statements for technical accounting risks, off-balance sheet exposures, and areas requiring post-close remediation


* Coordinate the accounting integration workstream for acquisitions, partnering with Technical Accounting on purchase accounting conclusions and with functional accounting teams on opening balances, policies, ...