Hydro Operations Finance Frame Agreements Leader

This role will report to the Global Hydro Operations Finance Leader.

As the Hydro Operations Finance Frame Agreements Leader, you will

Essential Responsibilities

• Organizational Design & Strategy: Partner with leadership to design and implement a future-ready Project Accounting structure for the Hydro business, translating high-level strategy into actionable programs.
• Controllership Excellence: Lead and develop a world-class accounting team, driving compliance with GAAP, statutory regulations, and global finance policies while fostering a culture of excellence.
• End-to-End Project Accounting: Oversee all financial cycles, including project setup, revenue recognition, actuals booking, and reconciliations to ensure financial integrity.
• Reporting & Financial Quality: Manage legal entity financial quality and regulatory documentation, serving as the primary point of contact for audits and communicating balance sheet positions to senior management.
• Operational Optimization: Partner with functional, cost, and fulfillment teams on margin reviews and pacing processes to optimize contract performance and deliver accurate financial baselines.
• Process Transformation: Champion a LEAN culture to streamline and automate processes, aligning departmental operations with broader finance strategies and the Power Operations model.
• Talent Development: Identify, recruit, and mentor high-performing talent, ensuring the team possesses the necessary expertise to manage daily operations and large-scale transformations.
• Vendor Management: Maintain strong partnerships with third-party vendors, ensuring accountability and high-quality execution for outsourced finance services.

Required Qualifications:

• Hydro accounting work experience either as a Controller, Risk Finance Leader or PFM/OTR Finance Manager
• Team Management/leadership experience
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college
• Eexperience in finance or operations function in progressively larger positions of responsibility
• Finance leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• CSA, Projects & Upgrades accounting experience
• Certified Public Accountant/Chartered Accountant preferred
• Direct or indirect leadership of global teams
• Strategic thinker with the ability to create and execute concrete action plans
• Demonstrated adaptability/flexibility: open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or ability to operate in ambiguous situations
• Ability to partner with horizontal teams like Pole/ITR Finances, Fulfillment, Operations