Manager, Strategic Finance

The Battery Network

3d • $115,000 - $140,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Strategic Finance expands the Finance team’s capacity to deliver timely, reliable monthly reporting and decision support as The Battery Network grows. Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Finance, this hands-on role owns key elements of the monthly reporting cycle, strengthens forecasting and business analysis, and builds processes to improve accuracy, consistency, and efficiency. The Manager partners with cross-functional business leaders to improve financial data, automate reporting, and translate financial results into clear insights for leadership and the Board of Directors. The role also leads and develops one direct report while supporting strategic initiatives, including profitability analysis, pricing, planning, and multi-entity reporting.

This is a remote position based within the United States, with limited travel estimated at three to four times per year. Standard full-time hours are Monday through Friday, eight hours per day. Some roles may require additional hours during peak periods. Flexible scheduling is offered where roles and current policy allow, while meeting operational and collaboration needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, corporate development, equity research, or another setting requiring rigorous financial analysis and decision support.
• At least 2 years leading or mentoring analysts.
• Ability to build and improve financial models, forecasts, reporting packages, and business cases using complex or imperfect data.
• Demonstrated ability to own monthly financial reporting, analyze budget-to-actual performance, identify variance drivers, and communicate the business implications of financial results.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Accounting, IT, Operations, and business leaders to improve processes and translate financial information into actionable insight.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to create concise, audience-appropriate PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate analysis, forecasting, and management reporting, with disciplined validation of figures and assumptions before distribution.
• Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States for The Battery Network, with or without sponsorship.
• Knowledge of GAAP, financial statements, multi-entity reporting, or organizational restructuring involving multiple legal entities.
• Strong analytical judgment and problem-solving skills, including determining what changed, why it changed, and what action the business should consider.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication that turns detailed financial information into concise insights for Finance and non-Finance audiences.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented approach to recurring deadlines, ad hoc requests, and multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy.
• Collaborative relationship-building with teammates and stakeholders, particularly when gathering inputs, challenging assumptions, and solving cross-functional problems.
• Curiosity and adaptability when learning unfamiliar systems, navigating incomplete data, and responding to changing business needs.
• Commitment to working in a mission-based organization where culture and values are paramount, and diversity, equity, inclusion, collaboration, and innovation are embedded in the work.
• Must be able to work from a U.S.-based location.
• Availability for phone and video interviews.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or other advanced degree.
• Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring analysts, or demonstrated readiness to manage and develop a direct report.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a comparable ERP, particularly in a financial reporting environment.
• Experience developing and validating dashboards or automating reporting with Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience in a growing, evolving, mission-driven, nonprofit, or similarly fast-moving organization where processes and systems are still being built.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly reporting cycle, including budget-to-actual and prior-period variance analysis, business-line results, and management commentary.
• Partner with Operations and other business leaders to understand performance drivers, challenge assumptions, and turn financial results into actions.
• Build and maintain business-unit profitability analyses, KPI dashboards, forecasts, scenario models, and business cases to inform decisions about pricing, investments, partnerships, services, and new markets.
• Design, document, and continuously improve reporting and planning processes, identifying gaps and creating scalable solutions.
• Support annual budgeting, long-range planning, and in-year reforecasting by maintaining models, coordinating inputs from budget owners, and reconciling plans to actual performance.
• Work with IT and Finance partners to strengthen data structures, accounting mapping, and automated data flows, including reporting through Power BI.
• Support multi-entity reporting and analysis, including intercompany considerations and consolidated leadership views.
• Prepare financial analyses and presentation materials for the Senior Leadership Team, Board, Finance Committee, and other stakeholders in partnership with Finance leadership.
• Manage, coach, and develop a direct report and growing team of analysts by setting priorities, reviewing work, strengthening capabilities, and maintaining standards for accuracy, insight, and follow-through.

Benefits

• Strong, well-rounded benefits package supporting employee health and wellness, time off, and productivity.
• Annual impact-based bonus.
• Flexible scheduling where roles allow and in alignment with current policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager