Strategic Finance Lead — Growth, Equity & Analytics

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

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