Director, Finance - Power Production & Energy
Leads finance partnership for power production and energy operations, modeling generation economics, PPAs, capital investments, market exposure, and project returns. Requires 8+ years of finance experience in power, energy, or utilities and advanced project or asset-level financial modeling skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Partner with Power Production to model levelized cost of energy (LCOE), plant utilization, and unit economics across on-site generation assets.
- Financially model and evaluate power purchase agreements, interconnection arrangements, and offtake contracts; collaborate with Legal and Energy teams on deal structuring.
- Support capital planning and investment cases for generation, transmission, and energy storage projects, tracking returns against underwriting assumptions.
- Own FP&A activities for power generation and energy, including close, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning.
- Monitor wholesale power and natural gas market trends and translate market movements into financial impact and planning assumptions.
- Align Power Production, Data Center Operations, and corporate FP&A so power supply plans and compute demand forecasts remain coordinated.
- Evaluate the financial impact of energy tax credits, environmental regulations, and policy changes on generation economics and project returns.
Requirements
- 8+ years of finance experience, including meaningful experience supporting a power generation, energy, or utilities business.
- Strong understanding of power and energy economics, including LCOE, capacity factors, fuel cost pass-through, and power purchase agreement structures.
- Advanced financial modeling skills, including building project finance or asset-level models from scratch.
- Experience evaluating capital projects and partnering with engineering and operations teams on investment decisions.
- Familiarity with wholesale power pricing and natural gas markets.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including translating technical energy concepts into clear financial narratives.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to Have
- MBA.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation range: $235,000-$275,000 plus bonus.
- Restricted Stock Units included in all offers.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave programs.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer HSA contributions.
- Paid parental leave.
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Commuter benefits and cell phone stipend.
- 401(k) plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
- Volunteer time off, global travel insurance, daily meals allowance, and location-specific perks.
Skills
Financial Modeling, Project Finance, Asset-Level Modeling, Power Economics, Levelized Cost Of Energy, Power Purchase Agreements, Capital Planning, FP&A, Wholesale Power Markets, Natural Gas Markets, Energy Tax Credits, Long-Range Planning, Investment Analysis
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