Strategic Finance Lead Broomfield, Colorado

Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid.

Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market. Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, Apple, Powin, Enovix, Zipline, Solid Power, and Fluence. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners such as TDK Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.

We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the new performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.

We're building out a Strategic Finance function to cover the analytical and strategic work our VP of Finance can no longer cover alone as the company scales. This is a high-autonomy, high-visibility role: you'll model potential commercial deals and pricing, structure the financing that supports our S&OP and working capital plans as we scale manufacturing, and support fundraising, capital structuring, and investor and board communications.

You will work directly with executive leadership and, at times, the board. You'll partner closely with our Senior Finance Manager, who owns FP&A, cost-down execution, and working capital modeling, to make sure operational financial reality is reflected in every strategic model and financing conversation.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, motivated, and willing to roll their sleeves up. An ability to operate independently is critical as a substantial amount of time will be spent working cross-functionally as well as interfacing directly with external parties.

• Partner with Commercial on customer pricing strategy, contract structuring, and margin analysis across the project pipeline, including new international markets.
• Build and maintain financial models for strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and other potential transactions, with full scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Lead financial due diligence and deal-structuring analysis for new business arrangements, partnering with Legal and Business Development.
• Build repeatable pricing and deal-economics frameworks, stress‑testing decisions against cost, working capital, and cash flow assumptions in partnership with the Senior Finance Manager.
• Present deal and pricing economics and recommendations directly to executive leadership.

• Partner with the Senior Finance Manager on commercial pricing and terms, grounded in FP&A and working capital positioning.
• Structure the financing options and instruments – LCs, inventory financing, trade finance – to bridge the cash and working capital needs identified by the S&OP plan and operating budget.
• Structure letters of credit, bank guarantees, and other trade finance instruments needed to support supply chain commitments and customer contracts.

• Support the VP of Finance and CEO in preparing materials for equity and debt raises – financial models, data rooms, and investor presentations.
• Model capital structure scenarios (equity, venture debt, project finance) to inform fundraising strategy, timing, and cash runway, and support cap table and ownership‑scenario analysis.
• Build board materials and investor updates that translate operational and financial performance into a clear strategic narrative.
• Serve as a thought partner to the VP of Finance on ad hoc analyses supporting executive and board‑level decisions, flexing to whatever the highest‑leverage finance problem is at a given moment.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field. MBA or CFA a plus, not required.
• 8+ years in strategic finance, corporate development, investment banking, private equity/venture capital, or FP&A at a high‑growth startup – hardware, manufacturing, or energy experience is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated…