Financial Analyst

The Nuclear Company•Columbia, SC

9d•$88,000 - $109,000

About The Position

The Nuclear Company is hiring a Financial Analyst as an early member of its Finance team. The role supports financial planning, project economics, and reporting for a company raising capital, developing a project pipeline, and reporting to an institutional investor. The analyst will build understanding of large capital projects and turn complex data into clear insights for executives, project leaders, and investors. The position works closely with The Nuclear Company and Brookfield finance teams, with exposure across development, construction, and corporate finance. The company expects employees to use AI, technology, and its Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to improve work quality, speed, and impact, identify automation and process improvement opportunities, and contribute to NOS. The company describes its culture as purpose-driven, comfortable with ambiguity, committed to candid feedback and continuous learning, and guided by Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity, with TRUST as the foundation of its safety culture.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field.
2 to 5 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, project finance, or a related field.
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including the ability to build clear, well-structured models from scratch.
Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
Ability to communicate complex numbers simply, in writing and in presentations.
Strong attention to detail and a high standard for accuracy.
Comfort with ambiguity, speed, and shifting priorities in a startup environment.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain financial models for nuclear project development, including capital costs, schedules, financing structures, and long-term returns.
Support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning, and track actual results against plan.
Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis, and commentary on key drivers for senior leadership.
Analyze project cost data, including engineering, procurement, and construction budgets, change orders, and contingency, in partnership with project teams.
Prepare financial materials for owners and investors, including investment committee analyses, board updates, and capital call support.
Run scenario and sensitivity analyses on assumptions such as cost, schedule, power pricing, financing terms, and policy incentives.
Support evaluation of government funding opportunities, including loan programs, grants, and tax credits.
Assist with cash management, capital deployment tracking, and funding forecasts.
Support month-end close and coordinate with accounting on accruals, intercompany activity, and shared-service arrangements between the JV and its parent companies.
Help establish financial controls, policies, and reporting practices appropriate for a new company with institutional ownership.
Respond to ad hoc leadership requests with timely, accurate, and well-organized analysis.
Use AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to improve workflows, decision-making, and processes, and contribute to the evolution of NOS.