Founder-Track Strategy & Finance Lead

Arbor; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Hybrid in-person collaboration

Job summary

Arbor is building an intelligent electricity marketplace. We offer an early-career, founder-track role that sits at the intersection of FP&A, strategy, fundraising, and investor relations. You will own models, shipping insights and plans, and craft narratives for the CEO in Austin.

You’ll build executive reporting, shape board materials, and run analyses with a focus on data-driven decision making. Hybrid, Austin-based with in-person collaboration and equity upside as part of meaningful

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in consulting, venture capital, private equity, or investment banking; and/or a finance role at a high-growth startup
• AI fluency and hunger to continuously increase leverage for yourself and the organization
• Elite deckcraft, with impactful storyteller, clear data-driven messaging, tasteful design.
• Strong Excel chops; comfort with SQL and basic Python a plus.
• BI familiarity and data hygiene instincts.
• Excellent communication, writing & structured thinking; first-principles mindset and high ownership.
• Direct experience and/or deep interest in electricity markets and climate/energy.

Responsibilities

• Plan & model the business: Maintain a clear, driver-based view of how the company grows and performs; help set targets and scenarios that guide decisions.
• Make insight actionable: Build executive-ready reporting and narratives that highlight what matters, surface risks/opportunities, and propose concrete next steps.
• Partner with the CEO on board & fundraising cycles: Shape storylines and materials, coordinate inputs across the company, and ensure diligence readiness.
• Lead focused strategy work: Run market/competitive/regulatory analyses and produce crisp decision memos with options, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• AI-native leverage: Design lightweight automations and workflows that reduce cycle time in planning, reporting, communications, and research.
• Drive follow-through: Translate insights into decisions, owners, and timelines—measure performance, and close the loop.

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

SQL

Python basics

BI reporting

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Arbor is building an intelligent electricity marketplace. We offer an early-career, founder-track role that sits at the intersection of FP&A, strategy, fundraising, and investor relations. You will own models, shipping insights and plans, and craft narratives for the CEO in Austin.

You’ll build executive reporting, shape board materials, and run analyses with a focus on data-driven decision making. Hybrid, Austin-based with in-person collaboration and equity upside as part of meaningful