Built for Solar
Banking that fits the ITC-and-storage cycle.
Spend management for solar + storage installers — designed around long install timelines, panel pricing volatility, and ITC accounting.
Slater is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by partner bank, member FDIC.
Works at the supply houses solar installers actually use
Job-level cash and finance tracking
Cash jobs vs. financed jobs reconciled in one view, no QuickBooks gymnastics.
Storage product margin
Battery margin moves separately from panel margin. See both per project.
Build-list vs. installed reconciliation
Materials ordered vs. installed, with shrinkage tracked automatically.
Built for solar installers
See and control every dollar, from the job site to the books.
Job Profitability
Live margin on every job — no waiting for the bookkeeper.
Buy 200 panels at a price hold? Slater Capital handles single-day six-figure inventory bets.
- Real-time material and labor actuals
- Margin alerts when a job trends thin
- Compare margin across crews, customers, job types
Crew Cards
A card for every tech, controls for every dollar.
Code transactions to the right ITC bucket. Tax credit prep stops being a January project.
- Locked to CED Greentech, Soligent, Enphase, and other supply houses
- Per-card daily limits and per-card geofencing
- Receipt-by-text — no app for the crew to install
Bill Pay
Pay supply houses and subs from one screen.
Pay reps via ACH from the same account that holds your operating capital. No third-party payroll for 1099 reps.
- ACH the day-of, never miss an early-pay discount
- Approval flows when you want them, instant when you don't
- 1099 prep handled automatically at year-end
Budget vs. Actuals
Catch overruns at week 2, not at close-out.
Field crews, sales reps, install managers — each with their own limits and category locks.
- Budget by cost code, not just job total
- Variance alerts at thresholds you set
- Roll-up across all open jobs in one screen
Median permit-to-install timeline
Saved on bookkeeping
Cash back on materials
“We finance 80% of our jobs and handle 20% cash. Old fintech stacks broke on either side. Slater handles both.”
Aaron Lee
COO, Sunshore Solar · San Diego, CA
Real jobs, real margin
See every job's P&L the moment it closes.
FAQ
Questions solar installers ask.
ITC-eligible spend can be tagged on the transaction so your CPA has clean books at year-end. Speak to a tax pro for ITC qualification.
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Built for solar installers. Run the money in 10 minutes a day.
Apply in under 10 minutes. No credit pull. No fee to open.