Staff Finance Associate, Energy Storage

Redwood Materials • San Francisco, CA

3d • $137,500 - $182,500

About The Position

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
We're looking for a Staff Finance Associate to join our Energy Storage group in San Francisco. In this role, you'll serve as the financial backbone of our supply chain and product cost operations, driving BOM transparency, cost optimization, and supply chain financial rigor across our energy storage business. You'll own end-to-end BOM cost management and lead cost reduction initiatives across the supply chain.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or professional background in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field
• Strong foundation in cost modeling, BOM management, supply chain finance, or financial analysis
• Exceptional Excel and financial modeling skills, including experience building bottoms-up BOM cost models and should-cost analyses
• Deep familiarity with manufacturing cost structures and supply chain economics
• Ability to translate complex supply chain and technical details into clear financial insights for executive stakeholders
• Strong communication skills and comfort working across engineering, procurement, operations, and executive teams
• Self-starter mentality with the ability to structure ambiguous problems in a fast-moving environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in energy storage, battery systems, or renewable energy supply chains
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain detailed bill of materials cost models across all energy storage products, including raw materials, cells, modules, power electronics, balance of system, and packaging — ensuring accuracy, version control, and visibility across the organization
• Develop and manage should-cost models to benchmark components and subassembly pricing against market rates and supplier quotes
• Identify, quantify, and track cost reduction initiatives across the supply chain in partnership with engineering, procurement, and operations — including supplier negotiations, design-to-value opportunities, and make-vs-buy analysis
• Analyze supplier cost structures and logistics economics to inform sourcing strategy and risk mitigation
• Build financial frameworks that connect procurement decisions, supplier performance, and operational trade-offs to margin and unit economics outcomes
• Partner cross-functionally to inform pricing, sourcing, second-sourcing, and strategic supply chain decisions with rigorous financial analysis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees