Finance Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Kalamazoo (MI); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Kalamazoo, MI seeks a Finance Manager to blend financial modeling with strategic business partnering. The role offers substantial autonomy and a clear path to influence margins and profitability.

You will lead forecasting, review downside scenarios, and partner with sales on deal structuring to drive informed decisions. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in finance leadership, a proven ability to mentor others, and a strong network in Kalamazoo or the hustle to build one.

Qualifications

• 7+ years steering finance projects end to end.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support manager teammates.
• Learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements.
• 6+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks.
• A Kalamazoo network, or the hustle to build one from scratch.
• At least 7 years building expertise within the finance space.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile the loan amortization schedule against every lender statement.
• Pair Financial Modeling forecasting with a steady-handed review of the downside case.
• Sit with sales on deal structure before the remote-friendly contract is signed.
• Surface the three expense lines quietly eating the finance margin.
• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision.
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment.
• Coach manager analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel.

Skills

Mentor teammates

Finance project leadership

Fast learner

Owns outcomes

Kalamazoo network

Finance expertise

Job description

This flexible Finance Manager role in Kalamazoo, MI blends the rigor of Financial Modeling with the storytelling of business partnering. Few Kalamazoo employers pair $97,000 - $149,000 with this much finance autonomy, and fewer still ask only 7 years to earn it.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile the loan amortization schedule against every lender statement
• Pair Financial Modeling forecasting with a steady-handed review of the downside case
• Sit with sales on deal structure before the remote-friendly contract is signed
• Surface the three expense lines quietly eating the finance margin
• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision
• Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment
• Coach manager analysts on how a clean reconciliation should feel

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support manager teammates
• 7 or more years steering finance projects end to end
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
• 6+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks
• A Kalamazoo network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• At least 7 years building expertise within the finance space

Long obsessed with Networking, Blumhouse has turned a Kalamazoo office into one of the craft-obsessed centers of finance innovation in MI. Our MI team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

What we put on the table: $97,000 - $149,000, coaching for your General Ledger, benefits worth having, and freedom to grow at your own pace.

This role is in active recruitment, with a target start date just ahead.