Senior Finance Manager
BoxPower•Grass Valley, CA
•$150,000 - $200,000
About The Position
BoxPower is on a mission to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy ANYWHERE. Its ecosystem of software and hardware solutions optimizes the performance and accelerates the deployment of microgrids across BoxPower's utility, commercial, and government customers. BoxPower's projects span the full lifecycle — design, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning — making deep project financial fluency essential to how the Finance team operates. We are a dynamic, rapidly growing startup entering our 9th year of operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Construction Management, or a related field
- 4–10 years of experience in project finance, project accounting, FP&A, or financial operations — with at least 2 years directly supporting, construction, or capital project environments
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with job costing, cost-to-complete tracking, and project-level budget management
- Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel — pivot tables, complex formulas, financial modeling, and multi-project cost tracking
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Procore, Sage 300 CRE, or similar) in a construction context
- Experience in FP&A: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and KPI reporting across projects or business units
- Familiarity with project finance structures: draw schedules, milestone billing, lender reporting, and cost certification
- Willingness and demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to write scripts, automate workflows, or accelerate analysis
- Strong attention to detail and a process-improvement mindset — comfortable identifying and fixing broken workflows
Nice To Haves
- Experience in renewable energy, energy storage, solar, or clean infrastructure
- Background with EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) project finance or developer-side project accounting
- Python or SQL experience for data extraction and reporting automation
- CPA, CFA, or MBA (not required — demonstrable experience matters most)
Responsibilities
- Own the collection, consolidation, and validation of financial data from ERP systems, project management tools, and internal stakeholders
- Build and maintain dashboards, trackers, and reports that provide real-time visibility into project costs, margins, and cash flow
- Prepare weekly and monthly financial reporting packages for the Director of Finance and senior leadership while working alongside the accounting department.
- Reconcile actuals vs. budget across projects and cost centers, identifying and investigating variances
- Facilitate the departmental budget reviews
- Design and maintain sophisticated Excel financial models for project economics, scenario analysis, and cost forecasting
- Build reusable templates for FP&A workflows including budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and project pro formas
- Automate Excel-based processes using AI based tools available
- Analyze project cost data across the full lifecycle — procurement, construction, and commissioning — to identify cost drivers and opportunities
- Actively use AI coding tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) that automate data extraction, transformation, and reporting tasks
- Identify manual, repetitive finance workflows and lead the effort to replace them with scripted or AI-assisted processes
- Collaborate with the Director of Finance to deploy and iterate on internal AI tools that increase team output and analytical quality
- Document automated workflows and maintain clear handoff materials for the broader finance team
- Support the budgeting process through data gathering, model building, and departmental coordination
- Assist with rolling financial forecasts, tracking actuals against plan and flagging risks and opportunities
- Develop and maintain KPI tracking tied to financial and operational performance
- Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support strategic and operational decisions
- Work within the company's ERP system to extract, validate, and report on financial data across projects and cost centers
- Coordinate with accounting on accounts payable, accounts receivable, and job costing to ensure accurate project-level financials
- Support month-end close
- Assist in maintaining and improving ERP data integrity and financial reporting configurations
- Own project-level cost tracking across the full BoxPower project lifecycle:
- Build and maintain project pro formas, cost-to-complete analyses, and job cost reports for active and pipeline projects
- Track budget vs. actual by project phase and cost code, flagging variances and driving resolution with project managers
- Maintain draw schedules, milestone billing trackers, and lender reporting packages for financed projects
- Coordinate with construction and operations teams to capture change orders, purchase order changes, and scope adjustments in financial models
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
