Accounts Payable Associate

ROLE OVERVIEW  Pivot Energy is seeking a motivated and self-directed Accounting Associate to join our Accounting and Finance Team, headquartered in Denver. This position supports both the company headquarters and regional offices, with projects in development throughout the country. The position will be responsible for processing and managing invoices, ensuring timely payments, maintaining accurate records, and reconciling accounts, all while adhering to accounting principles and company procedures. This is an exciting, fast-paced industry requiring creative thinking and problem-solving skills to succeed. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Review, verify, and process vendor invoices for accuracy, completeness, proper coding, and required approvals. • Enter invoices into the accounting system in a timely and accurate manner while maintaining established processing deadlines. • Perform three-way matching of invoices, purchase orders, and receiving documentation to ensure payment accuracy and compliance with company policies. • Research, investigate, and resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing variances, and vendor inquiries by partnering with internal departments and external vendors. • Prepare and process vendor payments, including checks, ACH, wire transfers, and other electronic payment methods, ensuring all payments are accurate, authorized, and completed within payment terms. • Reconcile vendor statements and accounts, identifying and resolving outstanding balances, discrepancies, and unapplied transactions. • Assist with vendor onboarding by collecting required documentation and ensuring vendor information is complete and accurately maintained. • Monitor shared AP inboxes and respond to vendor and internal customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner. • Prepare account reconciliations, reports, and spreadsheets to support month-end close, audits, and management reporting. • Support month-end and year-end closing activities by ensuring invoices are processed timely and accrual information is complete. • Assist with internal and external audit requests by providing accurate documentation and supporting schedules. • Identify opportunities to improve Accounts Payable processes, increase efficiency, and strengthen internal controls. • Maintain confidentiality of financial information while ensuring compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal control requirements. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Purchasing, Operations, and Accounting, to ensure efficient invoice processing and issue resolution. • Perform other Accounts Payable and accounting-related duties and special projects as assigned. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES • Strong attention to detail and accuracy. • Knowledge of basic accounting principles. • Familiarity with accounting software and systems. • Good communication and interpersonal skills. • Ability to work independently and as part of a team. PREFERRED COMPETENCIES • Prior Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable experience • Prior experience in the renewables industry a plus Recruitment Agency Notice: We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role. ABOUT PIVOT Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and families.   We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.   As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.   At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally: ·       Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet ·       Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun ·       Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge ·       Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player ·       Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally ·       Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced   DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT   At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.  Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.   EEO STATEMENT Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.