Director, Accounts Payable

At Sunrun, we’re on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, and we’re building a company and brand that puts power at the center of life. To do it, we’re designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. It’s why we’ve become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. We’re unlike any other residential energy company. Our vertically integrated model gives us total control over every part of the energy lifecycle – from sale through installation and beyond – so you can find endless opportunities for growth. Come join a career you can grow in and a culture you can run with.

We’re on a mission to make energy more reliable and affordable for more people. We provide an opportunity with storage and solar to help people access greater energy independence without the big upfront costs.

Key Responsibilities

Drive a best-in-class Payables Team & P2P Operations.

Manage day-to-day Payables operations in conjunction with leadership.

Lead a team of approximately twenty individuals, optimizing human capital resource structure and roles.

Manage Payables for up to 13k employee base and over 25k monthly invoices.

Drive best‑in‑class tools, people, process, and policy for Sunrun’s current size and business needs.

People Leadership & Culture

Cultivate Transparency & Teamwork: foster an open culture of collaboration and transparency where team members are encouraged to raise flags, surface process bottlenecks, and work collectively toward solutions.

Results-Driven Development: lead, mentor, coach, and scale a high-performing AP team, transforming the organizational culture from transactional processing to analytical exception management driven by clear accountability and ownership.

Cross-Functional Relationship Management: act as a true cross‑functional leader who actively seeks feedback and input from varying departments (Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, IT) to ensure P2P processes meet diverse business needs without compromising accounting integrity.

Advanced Document Capture: leverage and optimize advanced intelligent data capture tools, specifically OCR & IDR invoice readers, to convert manual ingestion into highly automated, touchless processing.

AI & Automation Roadmap

Drive the identification, piloting, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities within the P2P cycle (e.g., predictive exception routing, smart GL coding suggestions, automated duplicate detection).

Convert manual, repetitive touchpoints into automated workflows, delivering trackable results in automated 3‑way match rates, reduced cycle times, and lower cost‑per‑invoice metrics.

Expense & Corporate Card Governance

Lead the strategic evaluation, implementation, and scaling of automated employee expense management tools and corporate credit card programs.

Design and enforce global T&E policies that balance corporate agility and strict public company compliance, reducing leakage and unauthorized spend.

Risk Management, US GAAP & SOX Compliance

Maintain & adapt the SOX control framework across the entire P2P lifecycle and corporate card ecosystem to support our public company requirements.

Modernize, develop, and enforce corporate accounting policies and procedures that align with business growth while effectively mitigating risk across operational business units.

Act as the primary interface for internal and external auditors for all P2P and expense cycles during quarterly reviews and annual financial audits.

Data Analytics & Enterprise Systems

Leverage enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence tools—specifically Snowflake and Tableau—to build automated AP dashboards, track operational metrics, and conduct deep‑dive variance analyses.

Utilize and optimize Oracle Cloud ERP to automate matching, streamline invoice routing, and eliminate manual, redundant touchpoints.

Core Accounting & General Ledger Review

Ensure the AP team operates with a strong accounting mindset, owning AP specific account reconciliations and subledger‑to‑general‑ledger balancing in key accounts.

Own the operational design, calculation, and review of critical month‑end AP accruals, ensuring no material variances or omissions impact corporate consolidation.

Partner closely with teams across Inventory, Project Costing, Operations, S&M and G&A to ensure upstream data integrity, preventing coding errors that trigger downstream variances or material misstatements.

Manage the AP month‑end close timeline rigorously to ensure flawless and timely data flow into the general accounting and corporate consolidation teams.

Qualifications

Minimum 15+ years of progressive accounting and accounts payable experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership/people‑management capacity.

Proven experience leading large teams with a focus on building a cohesive, collaborative, transparent, and high‑performance team environment.

Hands‑on experience implementing or utilizing OCR/IDR invoice reader tools alongside AI/advanced automation within an AP/P2P function to achieve measurable efficiency results.

Experience successfully implementing and managing an enterprise‑wide expense management tool and a corporate card program.

Prior experience within a publicly traded company is required. Deep technical fluency in US GAAP accounting and SOX controls is key.

Hands‑on experience with Oracle Cloud ERP is preferred.

Strong experience with advanced reporting tools, ideally Snowflake and Tableau.

Proven experience performing month‑end close, complex accruals, account reconciliations, and general ledger activities in addition to traditional payables operations.

Familiarity with Salesforce is a plus.

Strong foundational understanding of accounting mechanics within capital‑intensive environments.

Influence & Collaboration Skills

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to collaborate with, influence, and gather consensus from cross‑functional groups with varying needs.

Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.

Compensation
$131,796.00 to $175,728.00 per year (in markets within the United States).

Equal Opportunity Employer
Sunrun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. We believe that empowering people and valuing their differences are essential for our mission of connecting people to the cleanest energy on earth.

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