Finance Director

The Finance Director for Green Core Biofuels is a critical business role with the individual responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, ensuring robust financial governance, supporting commercial and operational decision-making, and serving as the primary liaison between the business and the centralized back-office accounting function. The role extends beyond traditional financial reporting to include commodity market…

Location

USA or Canada

Type

Full Time, Regular

Position

Finance Director

Green Core Biofuels is a clean fuels company with a purpose to power society with more sustainable energy through collaboration to re-imagine the possibilities and solutions to accelerating the circular economy. As part of its growth strategy to expand its portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) production assets in North America, Green Core Biofuels is looking to hire an enthusiastic and entrepreneurial individual to join its growing team as a Finance Director.

The Finance Director for Green Core Biofuels is a critical business role with the individual responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, ensuring robust financial governance, supporting commercial and operational decision-making, and serving as the primary liaison between the business and the centralized back-office accounting function. The role extends beyond traditional financial reporting to include commodity market analysis, environmental credit management, project finance, and business performance optimization.

Within the Green Core Biofuels portfolio, the Finance Director is viewed as the organization’s financial steward of the business, where value creation depends on understanding how natural gas markets, feedstock costs, environmental credits, and carbon policies interact. By integrating market intelligence into forecasting, capital allocation, contract negotiations, and risk management, the Finance Director helps transform market volatility into a source of competitive advantage and long-term shareholder value.

Success for the Finance Director role is measured not only by accurate financial reporting, but also by the ability to convert plant operations, feedstock strategy, and environmental credit markets into improved cash flow, profitability, and long-term enterprise value while ensuring seamless coordination with the back-office accounting function.

Key accountabilities include:

A. Business Performance Management: Monitor profitability by facility, product, feedstock stream, and revenue source;
Analyze production costs and recommend cost optimization initiatives;
Evaluate feedstock economics and transportation costs;
Monitor operating margins and cash generation;
Provide financial insights to improve plant efficiency and asset utilization;
Support continuous improvement initiatives through financial analysis.

B. Operational Finance: Develop and maintain cost accounting systems for plant operations;
Monitor production costs per unit of RNG produced;
Analyze maintenance, labor, utility, and logistics costs;
Evaluate inventory valuation and feedstock utilization;
Recommend cost reduction initiatives without compromising operational reliability;
Support procurement through financial analysis of major contracts.

C. Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead the annual budgeting process and multi-year business planning;
Develop rolling forecasts and cash flow projections;
Analyze financial performance against budgets, forecasts, and strategic targets;
Identify business risks and opportunities through variance analysis;
Prepare financial models to support investment decisions and operational improvements;
Establish key performance indicators and financial dashboards…