Finance Director
Spencer Ogden, Washington, DC, United States
We're partnered with a leader in the renewable energy sector that is looking for a seasoned and strategic finance leader to oversee financial planning and analysis. This high-impact role will shape financial direction, guide performance analysis, and support strategic decision-making for a portfolio of solar assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes across corporate and project-level operations.
- Partner with executive leadership to drive strategic planning, capital allocation, and growth initiatives for distributed generation solar assets.
- Build and maintain dynamic financial models to evaluate project economics, portfolio performance, and corporate cash flow.
- Develop KPIs, dashboards, and variance analyses to provide actionable insights into financial performance.
- Oversee pricing, PPA modeling, and margin analysis for new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with accounting, development, operations, and asset management teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and alignment between actuals and forecasts.
- Manage and mentor a growing FP&A team, instilling best practices in financial analysis and business partnership.
- Prepare Board-level materials and present key financial insights to executive stakeholders.
- Enhance financial systems, reporting tools, and processes to scale with rapid company growth.
Preferred Background & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline; MBA is advantageous.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in financial planning & analysis, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
- Prior experience in renewable energy or asset-heavy industries such as utilities or manufacturing is preferred.
- Deep expertise in financial modeling and the ability to distill complex datasets into clear insights.
- Familiarity with tools like NetSuite, Salesforce, Excel (advanced), and PowerPoint; automation or dashboarding experience is a plus.
- Proven track record of driving process enhancements and implementing financial tools or frameworks.
- Strong team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to manage priorities across multiple projects with tight timelines.