Director, Operational Finance & Project Economics

Pivotenergy; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivot Energy seeks a Director of Operational Finance to bridge corporate FP&A with development, EPC, asset management, and construction teams. You will own data flow, cost insights, and project financial metrics from multiple lifecycle stages into planning and reporting, driving financial discipline and actionable insights for executives.

This hands-on strategic role requires partnering across functions to standardize cost accounting, improve data quality, and deliver portfolio-level insights

Qualifications

• 5+ years in FP&A, project controls, or operational finance supporting development, construction, or EPC functions.
• Proven impact on cost management and financial discipline across multi-project portfolios.
• Experience with project accounting, cost controls, and change order management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between FP&A and development, EPC, asset management, and construction teams to align financial performance with operations.
• Own operational financial planning and data integrity across portfolios; synthesize field data into forecast inputs and variance analysis.
• Establish governance frameworks for development and EPC cost control, accounting methods, and financial decision criteria for operations to follow.
• Lead cross-functional problem solving on cost escalations, delays, budget pressures, and risk with CFO-level mitigation strategies.
• Partner with asset management on run-rate economics and alignment between development estimates and post-COD actuals.

Skills

Operational FP&A

Project Finance

Cross-functional Leadership

Data Governance

ERP & BI systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Engineering

Tools

Procore

NetSuite

Sage

Power BI

Touchplan

Job description

Pivot Energy seeks a Director of Operational Finance to bridge corporate FP&A with development, EPC, asset management, and construction teams. You will own data flow, cost insights, and project financial metrics from multiple lifecycle stages into planning and reporting, driving financial discipline and actionable insights for executives.

This hands-on strategic role requires partnering across functions to standardize cost accounting, improve data quality, and deliver portfolio-level insights