Senior FP&A Analyst — Mine-to-Magnet Finance Leader

USA Rare Earth; Wheat Ridge (CO); On-site; USD 98,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal employment opportunities

Reasonable accommodations

Disability accommodations

Job summary

USA Rare Earth is seeking a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst (Upstream) in Wheat Ridge, CO. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling for development-stage mining projects and support leadership with clear financial insights.

Responsibilities include building dynamic three-statement models, tracking capex/opex, and delivering management reports. You will collaborate with technical teams and help scale finance processes while maintaining high data accuracy and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including three-statement and project cash flow models.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to present to non-financial audiences.
• Self-starter in a fast-paced, development-stage environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance financial models, including project economics, capex/opex forecasts, and life-of-mine cash flow models.
• Lead annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts, consolidating inputs from multiple functions.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly management reporting with variance analysis and drivers.
• Track development capital spend against budgets and AFEs; flag overruns and trends.
• Monitor and forecast liquidity, supporting working capital during development.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis on key value drivers (prices, grades, costs).
• Translate feasibility study assumptions into financial forecasts with technical teams.
• Contribute to finance processes, controls, and reporting infrastructure as the company scales.
• Support ad hoc analysis and strategic initiatives as directed by leadership.

Skills

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Analytical thinking

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

ERP systems

FP&A platforms

Data visualization tools

Job description

USA Rare Earth is seeking a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst (Upstream) in Wheat Ridge, CO. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling for development-stage mining projects and support leadership with clear financial insights.

Responsibilities include building dynamic three-statement models, tracking capex/opex, and delivering management reports. You will collaborate with technical teams and help scale finance processes while maintaining high data accuracy and