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Staff Finance Associate, Corporate

Redwood Materials is currently seeking a Staff Finance Associate to join our FP&A team. Our finance function combines rigorous financial planning and analysis with direct strategic decision support for executive leadership and the board. The right candidate is a senior individual contributor who operates independently, manages complex modeling and reporting workstreams end-to-end, and produces outputs that reach the most senior levels of the organization.

Responsibilities will include:  

Consolidation & Financial Reporting 

• Own the monthly consolidated financial outlook, integrating operational forecasts, corporate assumptions, and key risk factors into a unified view for leadership. 
• Lead monthly close reporting cycles, including detailed variance analysis with clear narrative on drivers and implications. 
• Develop and maintain management reporting packages distributed to the executive team and board of directors. 
• Continuously improve the accuracy, timeliness, and clarity of consolidated financial reporting processes. 

Long-Range Modeling & Scenario Planning 

• Support maintenance and refresh of the long-range financial model, incorporating updated operating assumptions, strategic initiatives, and market conditions on a quarterly basis. 
• Build and run scenario analyses, sensitivities, and stress tests to support capital allocation and investment decisions. 
• Develop analytical frameworks to evaluate strategic alternatives, new business opportunities, and trade-offs across the corporate portfolio. 
• Partner with senior finance leadership to translate strategic priorities into quantified financial projections. 

Cash Flow Management & Planning 

• Support consolidated cash flow forecasting by integrating actuals, purchase order activity, payment terms, and operational inputs into a reliable short- and long-range liquidity view. 
• Drive working capital analysis and support initiatives to optimize receivables, payables, and inventory dynamics. 
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure cash-relevant assumptions are accurate and consistently reflected across models. 

Actuals Tracking & Financial Controls 

• Oversee accurate classification and reconciliation of financial actuals across revenue, cost, and investment categories. 
• Conduct comprehensive monthly review and analysis of spend actuals, with variance commentary relative to plan and forecast. 
• Identify and drive improvements in financial systems and tools to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency. 

Board & Investor Communications 

• Support preparation of board of directors financial materials, ensuring content is accurate, well-structured, and delivered on time. 
• Support development of quarterly investor communications that clearly convey operational and financial performance and strategic progress. 
• Translate complex financial data into concise, executive-ready narratives for board and investor audiences. 

Ad Hoc Analysis & Strategic Support 

• Provide deep-dive analysis on high-impact financial and corporate decisions, including capital structure, liquidity, and organizational growth. 
• Scope and structure ambiguous problems independently, delivering well-reasoned recommendations under tight timelines. 
• Evaluate and recommend tools or process improvements that enhance the efficiency and quality of FP&A outputs. 

Desired Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of increasingly complex experience in financial planning, analysis, and corporate-level modeling. 
• Demonstrated ability to execute complex modeling and reporting workstreams with a high degree of independence and strong attention to detail. 
• Strong background in consolidation, cash flow forecasting, and long-range financial modeling. 
• Experience preparing materials for board of directors or C-suite audiences. 
• Advanced Excel skills; able to build, adapt, and audit large financial models efficiently. 
• Familiarity with ERP and financial planning systems; experience linking actuals data to forecast models a plus. 
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills; able to influence and communicate clearly at all levels of management. 
• Ability to develop structured frameworks and clear recommendations on ambiguous, high-stakes questions. 
• Experience in manufacturing, energy, clean technology, or other capital-intensive industries a plus. 
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering, or related field; Master's or CFA preferred.