Senior Financial Analyst / Associate

Copper•Berkeley, CA

6h•$120,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Copper is hiring a Senior Analyst / Associate for its Finance team. This cross-functional role works across finance, accounting, operations, and commercial strategy, beginning with financial and operational data and expanding into sales and marketing data. The position will develop an understanding of how data moves between business systems, determine which data is needed to answer different questions, and contribute to improving systems and data quality. Early work includes monthly reviews of financial statements, variance analysis, and coordinating with accountants to resolve questions. The role will also examine data flows between operational and accounting systems and compare data across systems as needed. Additional analyses include installation and shipping costs, inventory, expenses, sales performance by channel, budgeting, and project return on investment. The role provides analytical support across accounting, finance, sales and marketing, operations, and supply chain, and participates in efforts to connect data systems and improve data quality. This is a full-time, primarily in-office position in Berkeley, California: four days onsite per week, with one day flexible for onsite or remote work. The listed salary range is $120,000–$145,000 per year.

Requirements

Knowledge of finance and accounting.
High achievement in roles that are highly quantitative.
Ability to break problems into logical components.
Ability to build models that capture complex business or financial processes.
Ability to quickly identify inconsistent data, breakdowns in logic, and other issues affecting analysis.
Experience modeling in Google Sheets (g-sheets).
Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work cross-functionally with all departments and levels of the company.
Comfort working in an always-changing startup environment and willingness to assist with varied projects or situations.
Calm under pressure and able to bring clarity in chaotic situations.
Low ego and high accountability, with an open and collaborative approach.
Interest in using AI alongside strong analytical ability to produce analyses and insights.
Mission-driven interest in electrification and building products that serve customers.

Responsibilities

Review month-end financial results and perform variance analysis.
Work with accountants to resolve open questions and issues.
Support longer-term accounting projects, such as department creation.
Support budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and ad hoc analyses.
Review sales-channel performance, track metrics, analyze sales leads and deal economics, and analyze customer acquisition costs.
Analyze weekly sales, production, and fulfillment metrics.
Support inventory counts and reconciliation, and perform cost of goods sold analyses.
Perform supply-chain modeling and forecasting.
Conduct analyses of installation costs, shipping costs, inventory, expenses, and sales performance by channel.
Support department leads in the FY27 budgeting process and conduct ROI analyses for potential projects.
Participate in efforts to improve data quality and connect data across systems.
Take on other analytical projects as needed.