Strategic Finance Lead

Optivolt; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Unlimited PTO

Pre-IPO equity

Job summary

Optivolt, based in San Francisco, seeks a Strategic Finance Lead to shape the financial strategy for a rapidly scaling hardware and energy technology company. You will own models, capital allocation, fundraising, and product economics, working directly with executives to inform key commercial decisions.

This role emphasizes rigorous financial analysis, cross-functional collaboration with engineering, sales, and operations, and the delivery of actionable insights to guide growth and manufacturing

Qualifications

• 4+ years in strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or corporate finance.
• Exceptional financial modeling and spreadsheet skills.
• Experience with integrated forecasts, scenarios, financial statements, and cash flow.
• Understanding of capital structure, valuation, and financing mechanics.
• Ability to turn complex technical and commercial inputs into actionable analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with executives and investors.

Responsibilities

• Own long-range financial models, budgets, operating forecasts, and scenario analyses.
• Model revenue, gross margin, manufacturing costs, hiring, cash runway, and financing requirements.
• Support fundraising, investor materials, financial diligence, and board reporting.
• Build unit economics and profitability models for residential and utility-scale products.
• Evaluate pricing, customer agreements, partnerships, and commercial investment opportunities.
• Analyze manufacturing scale-up, working capital, inventory, and capital allocation tradeoffs.
• Build KPIs and dashboards tied to milestones and company performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, sales, and operations to translate plans into forecasts.
• Support strategic transactions and financing structures.

Skills

Finance foundation

Financial modeling

Financial statements

Data-driven decisions

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent work

Tools

Excel

Job description

About Optivolt

Optivolt’s mission is to overshoot humanity’s energy supply by reimagining solar.

America is at an inflection point. We need reliable energy fast. The grid is aging. And solar, the only technology that deploys quickly enough, is still constrained by technology frozen in time.

To close this gap, we build intelligent solar systems that think and adapt to real world conditions. Optivolt solar systems understand the sun, the weather, shading, harsh conditions, and optimize energy flow in real time. Every Optivolt panel is designed with an aerospace power electronics brain sealed inside to make solar more powerful and cost effective than ever in any condition.

The next step is putting it everywhere. In the home as Optivolt Home Solar and in the field as Optivolt Solar Fields. Hyper performant, controllable, reliable solar that works for everyone, everywhere.

Our Team & Traction

Optivolt is a team of some of the best builders and doers in the world, drawing from incredible talent pools in aerospace, electrical engineering, design-led organizations. We ultimately will win by designing and building the world’s best solar energy products.

But chiefly important, our organization is a lab for those devoted to solving some of the toughest problems in energy. Everyone is expected to contribute to the mission meaningfully. Clear communication, rapid iteration, and strong work ethic is the floor for anyone on our team.

To date we’ve shipped over 20,000 units and have companies worth billions of dollars relying on our solar architecture.

Why we are looking for you

As Strategic Finance Lead at Optivolt, you will help shape the financial strategy of a rapidly scaling hardware and energy technology company.

You will work directly with leadership on financial planning, capital allocation, fundraising, product economics, and major commercial decisions. This is a highly analytical role with direct ownership of the models and insights behind company decisions.

What you’ll do

• Own the financial operating model. Own long-range financial models, budgets, operating forecasts, and scenario analyses.

• Connect the plan to the economics. Model revenue, gross margin, manufacturing costs, hiring, cash runway, and financing requirements.

• Support the next stages of financing. Support fundraising, investor materials, financial diligence, and board reporting.

• Build product-level financial insight. Build unit economics and profitability models for residential and utility-scale products.

• Evaluate commercial opportunities. Evaluate pricing, customer agreements, partnerships, and commercial investment opportunities.

• Plan for manufacturing scale. Analyze manufacturing scale-up, working capital, inventory, and capital allocation tradeoffs.

• Make performance easy to understand. Build KPIs and reporting dashboards tied to operating milestones and company performance.

• Work directly with operating teams. Work with engineering, sales, and operations to translate technical plans into financial forecasts.

• Bring rigor to major decisions. Support strategic transactions, financing structures, and high-priority executive projects.

What we’re looking for

• You have a strong finance foundation. 4+ years in strategic finance, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or corporate finance.

• You build models others can trust. Exceptional financial modeling and spreadsheet skills.

• You understand the financial statements. Experience with integrated forecasts, scenarios, financial statements, and cash flow.

• You can find the decision in the data. Understanding of capital structure, valuation, and financing mechanics.

• You exercise sound judgment. Ability to turn complex technical and commercial inputs into actionable analysis.

• You communicate clearly. Excellent written and verbal communication with executives and investors.

• You are comfortable owning the details. High ownership, attention to detail, and ability to operate independently.

Preferred skills

• Experience in hardware, energy, infrastructure, or manufacturing.

• Experience supporting growth-stage financing.

• Familiarity with solar project economics and energy markets.

• Experience modeling manufacturing scale-up and product-level unit economics.

Additional requirements

• Willingness to work extended hours as needed to support critical milestones

• Everyone at Optivolt is required to participate in on call support for customers

• Must be based in San Francisco, CA

Pay and benefits

The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $150K-220K depending on level, location and experience, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package

Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, unlimited PTO, plus extra fun perks!