R&D Finance Partner — Strategic Budgeting & Forecasting

Commonwealth Fusion Systems; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Company holidays

Flexible vacation

Sick days

Parental leave

401(k) match

Growth opportunities

Team-building

Job summary

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner directly with our R&D and Technology Development teams, translating experimental roadmaps into budgets, tracking spend against milestones, and giving leaders the financial visibility they need to make good decisions under real technical uncertainty. This is a business partner role supporting cutting edge science.

The ideal candidate will bring the ability to track project spend with a strong understanding of financial

Qualifications

• 7 years in FP&A, corporate finance, or program finance.
• Strong financial modeling skills and advanced Excel; comfort building models from ambiguous inputs.
• Able to translate technical projects to financial data for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build annual budgets and periodic forecasts for R&D cost centers.
• Forecast short term cash flows and adjust schedules.
• Track actuals vs. budget at project level; flag variances and risks.
• Advise leadership on resource allocation and operating efficiencies.
• Own program forecasts end-to-end and support capital re-allocation.
• Investigate vendor commitments and maintain master data records.

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

Excel

Job description

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner directly with our R&D and Technology Development teams, translating experimental roadmaps into budgets, tracking spend against milestones, and giving leaders the financial visibility they need to make good decisions under real technical uncertainty. This is a business partner role supporting cutting edge science.

The ideal candidate will bring the ability to track project spend with a strong understanding of financial