Outsourced Head of Finance for Australian Renewables Developers

Head of Finance for the renewables operator going from development to financial close

Renewables developers operate on long timelines and non-trivial capital stacks. The finance function has to do capex tracking against project stages, LGC accounting against the REC Registry, Safeguard Mechanism compliance where baselines apply, capital-raise-grade financials for equity and debt rounds, and board-grade reporting. We run all of it.

Head of Finance tier scope for renewables

• Capex tracking against project stages. Site identification, lease, resource study, grid connection, environmental approvals, PPA negotiation, EPC award, financial close, construction — each with budget, actual, variance, and forward commitment. Reported monthly.

• Capital structure modelling. Equity tranches, debt tranches, mezzanine, tax equity. Drawdown waterfall modelled. Covenant package built into the term sheet review. Series B pre-marketing timing aligned to financial close window.

• LGC + Safeguard. Pre-COD: registration plan drafted. Post-COD: LGC generation accounting and REC Registry reconciliation as a monthly process. Safeguard baseline reporting where applicable.

Three triggers we see most often

1. Series A is closing or has closed. The board is asking for monthly financial reporting at a standard the current accountant doesn't produce.

2. Senior debt facility term sheet under negotiation. Covenant package needs to allow for a tax-equity layer above it. Financial-close timing assumptions need to be defensible.

3. Pre-COD, with construction starting. The finance function for a $50M+ build is different from the finance function for an early-stage development. We bring the discipline.

Head of Finance — from $8,500/mo

Renewables development almost always sits at Head of Finance tier. The capital intensity, the board-level demand, the regulatory complexity, and the long timelines all argue for the highest tier scope. Lower tiers don't carry the same scope of strategic finance.

The three tiers, for context:

• Finance Manager — from $2,750/mo (sub-$5M operators, monthly close + BAS)

• Financial Controller — from $4,950/mo ($5-25M operators, job-cost + bank facility)

• Head of Finance — from $8,500/mo ($25M+ or capital-event-driven scope)

Related reading

• Solar Installer Outsourced Finance — for solar generation operators

• EPC Accounting in Australia — for renewables developers running EPC scope in-house

• ACCU & Carbon Credit Accounting in Australia — carbon abatement project accounting

• ANREU Registry Reconciliation — the monthly process

• Finance Function Maturity Audit — 12-question self-score

When developers engage us

If you're going from Series A to financial close inside 24 months, that's the engagement window.

Book a 30-min discovery call — email rami@techedgeaccounting.com.au or use the booking link on the homepage.

Published 26 May 2026 by Rami Rajkumar, CPA. TechEdge Finance Office — outsourced finance department for AU utility-scale wind, solar, BESS and renewables developers from Series A through financial close. CPA-led, Hawthorn VIC, Australia-wide.