Smart Energy

Credit Controller - Renewable Energy

Smart Energy  •  Byron Bay, AU (Onsite)  •  14 days ago
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Job Description

Smart Energy is one of Australia’s fastest-growing clean-tech and home-electrification companies - helping Aussie households transition to smarter, cleaner, more sustainable energy solutions ⚡

As we continue to scale nationally, we’re looking for a commercially minded Credit Controller to strengthen our rebate recovery, optimise collections, and bring sharper visibility to our receivables performance.

🚀 The Opportunity

This isn’t your standard collections role.

You’ll sit at the centre of Finance, Rebate Operations, and Sales, owning the end-to-end rebate lifecycle - from recovery and analysis through to process improvement and reporting.

If you love getting stuck into data, solving problems, and actually fixing broken processes (not just spotting them) - you’ll thrive here.

Why You’ll Love This Role

High Impact - You’ll directly improve cash flow, systems & performance
📈 Growth - Work in a fast-scaling business where things are evolving quickly
🧠 Problem Solving - Real ownership to fix processes, not just follow them
🤝 Cross-Functional - Work across Finance, Sales, Ops & external partners

What You’ll Be Doing:

Rebate Collections & Recovery

  • Own rebate receivables and drive timely recovery
  • Run structured, data-led follow-ups (calls + comms)
  • Work closely with installers, Formbay & internal teams to unblock claims
  • Ledger & Performance Analysis

    • Consolidate data across Xero, Airtable & Formbay
    • Monitor rebate ageing, trends, disputes & risk
    • Deliver clear, actionable reporting to leadership
    • Process Improvement

      • Map and improve the full rebate lifecycle
      • Identify leakage, bottlenecks & data issues
      • Drive better systems, controls & automation
      • Rebates & Adjustments

        • Reconcile claims, track disputes & resolve aged items
        • Investigate root causes impacting recovery
        • Compliance & Governance

          • Keep everything audit-ready and aligned to policy
          • Ensure strong documentation, controls & data integrity

Qualifications and Experience:

  • 2–4 years in AR, credit control, or rebate collections
  • Strong analytical skills —- you know how to read ageing & spot trends
  • Advanced Excel / Google Sheets (reporting, analysis, insights)
  • High attention to detail across reconciliations & data
  • Confident communicator - can manage installers + stakeholders
  • Experience with Xero, Salesforce, Airtable, Formbay (highly regarded)
  • Bonus if you’ve worked with rebates, compliance-based claims, or government programs

The Kind of Person Who Wins Here

  • Proactive - you chase outcomes, not just tasks
  • Commercially minded - you balance relationships with results
  • Process-driven - you see gaps and fix them
  • Resilient - you’re comfortable following things through to the end
  • Solutions-focused - you don’t just flag problems, you solve them
  • ⚡ Why Join Smart Energy?

    Smart Energy isn’t your typical workplace - we’re a high-growth, high-performance business leading the shift toward full home electrification across Australia.

    This is a team that moves fast, backs its people, and gives you the opportunity to actually make an impact - not just sit behind it

    High-Performance Culture - Surrounded by driven, capable people who lift the standard
    Real Growth Opportunities - Clear progression pathways as the business continues to scale
    Leadership Exposure - Work closely with senior finance leaders and key decision-makers
    Team Culture That Delivers -Social, collaborative, and genuinely enjoyable (yes, Friday drinks included)
    Big Moments - Annual Christmas Party in Byron Bay or Sydney

    📍 Please Note

    This role is based on-site at our Byron Bay HQ (industrial estate), so we’re ideally looking for someone located in the Northern Rivers region.

    ⚡ Ready to Apply?

    If you’re looking for a role where you can take ownership, improve systems, and make a real impact — we’d love to hear from you.

    Apply now 🚀

    Smart Energy

    About Smart Energy

    Smart Energy was founded to help Australia realise its full solar potential through harnessing our lucky country’s abundance of sun. As a vertically integrated solar technology company, our mission is to save the planet, one roof at a time. We’re reducing the energy costs of Australian households and businesses while improving the nation's green credentials.

    In 2016 long-time friends Elliot Hayes and Beau Savage co-founded the company after having worked in Solar since finishing school. In this short time, Smart Energy has grown to more than 200 staff with offices in Byron Bay, Newcastle, Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide, Wollongong, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

    We are now one of Australia’s market leaders in solar and currently average more than 100 installations a week.

    How we work

    Quality and customer satisfaction is at the core of what we do. That’s why we only use Clean Energy Council accredited Installers and Tier 1 products. We are committed to providing an environmentally friendly, affordable and enduring alternative to the polluting and increasingly expensive electricity generators & retailers.

    Industry
    Energy & Utilities
    Company Size
    201-500 employees
    Headquarters
    Byron Bay, AU
    Year Founded
    2016
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