Strategic Finance Manager

Strategic Finance Analyst / Strategic Finance Manager

Lunar Energy is seeking a motivated, rigorous finance professional to take on an influential role on our finance team. You will be responsible for owning our company’s three-statement model and developing our financial forecasts. You will work across all departments to ensure the Finance team, the CEO, and the executive team have a full and accurate view of the business. This role will report to the Head of Corporate Development and be directly involved with any capital markets transactions, as well.

Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.

This is a full-time, in-person position located in Mountain View, CA.   

On a given day at Lunar, you’ll likely…

• Own and run our corporate-level financial models, including our three-statement corporate financial model
• Forecast key metrics (e.g., revenue, gross margin, working capital) and identify areas of financial opportunity and risk for the business
• Run sensitivity analyses and scenarios to stress-test resilience of business plans and long-term forecasts
• Present in our regular strategic finance meetings (cash forecasting, forecast vs. actuals) to the CEO and Executive team
• Support the strategic finance team’s work tracking, reporting, and communicating key commercial and financial metrics to the Executive Team, Board, and Investors
• Work cross-functionally with other teams and functions including our commercial, operations, supply chain, and software engineering teams

Desired Skills…

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including the capability to produce clear and well-structured commercial and financial analysis
• Fluency in building and auditing three-statement financial models
• Understanding of key corporate finance concepts including basic accounting, corporate valuation, and cost of capital
• 2-6 years of experience in a client-facing role in investment banking, financial advisory, or similar corporate finance-intensive roles (e.g., corporate finance role in a relevant business, corporate finance consulting) 
• Equity and/or debt fundraising experience is an advantage, but not required

Benefits:

We’re dedicated to creating a remarkable employee experience. At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package. Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.

Additional benefits include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
• Tax deferred 401(k) plan 
• Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent 
•  Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Cell Phone stipend 

Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is: $125,000 - $160,000 USD.

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.