Finance Lead Palo Alto, CA

LFGroup.ai; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Job summary

LFGroup.ai, based in Menlo Park, CA, seeks a Finance Lead to steer financial planning, corporate finance and strategic workstreams across the company. The role collaborates with the CFO to set financial strategy, manage capital, and build a high-performing finance team for multiple sites under construction.

This is an onsite, full-time role with a focus on capital management, financial reporting, and strategic advisory to lenders and investors. 180k–300k base salary, plus incentives.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years in investment banking, private equity or senior start-up finance roles.
• Bonus if you have experience in data centers, energy, compute, real estate or construction.
• Track record of drafting and executing complicated financial plans.
• Bachelor's degree from a qualified institution.

Responsibilities

• Own the company's financial plan, cash-flow and GAAP forecasting, weekly budget, and long-range forecast
• Support procure-to-pay finance operations
• Lead debt and equity financing for new sites, from lender selection and modeling through closing
• Work with accounting on close, financial reporting, tax and auditing
• Report financial results, risks and recommendations to leadership
• Hire, develop and manage the finance team

Skills

Finance experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

LFG designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. We're looking for a Finance Lead to lead financial planning, corporate finance and strategic finance workstreams across the company. The Finance Lead is a critical role building data centers takes large amounts of capital and involves complicated revenue agreements and financing transactions.

You will work with the CFO to set the financial strategy, manage capital, and build an exceptional finance team and systems that can support several sites under construction at once. You will be a principal finance contact for the management team, employees, lenders and investors.

What you will do

• Own the company's financial plan, cash-flow and GAAP forecasting, weekly budget, and long-range forecast
• Support procure-to-pay finance operations
• Lead debt and equity financing for new sites, from lender selection and modeling through closing.
• Work with accounting on close, financial reporting, tax and auditing
• Report financial results, risks and recommendations to leadership
• Hire, develop and manage the finance team

Qualifications

• 5 or more years in investment banking, private equity or senior start-up finance roles
• Bonus if you have experience in data centers, energy, compute, real estate or construction
• Track record of drafting and executing complicated financial plans
• Bachelor's degree from a qualified institution

Additional Requirements

• Willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• This position is based in Menlo Park, CA, and requires being onsite full-time - hybrid and remote work will not be considered

Pay Range:
$180,000.00 - $300,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at LFG.

• You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses.
• You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

LFG is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with LFG is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

As set forth in Limiting Factor Group’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.