Senior Financial Analyst​/Associate

Overview

Do you love logic, dream in spreadsheets, and consider mental math to be a fun party trick? Are you passionate about joining a company that is making the world a better place? Let’s talk!

We’re looking for a Senior Analyst / Associate to sit at the intersection of finance, accounting, operations, and commercial strategy. This cross‑functional role sits on the Finance team and provides an entry point into any & all data that makes our business tick. You’ll start with financial & operational data and expand into sales & marketing data. Within a few months, we’ll want you to develop a full mental map of how the data flows across and between our systems, building expertise on which data is needed to answer which questions.

You’ll eventually provide input into how to improve our systems to improve data quality.

In early weeks, you will start with a monthly review of our financial statements, including variance analysis and working with our accountants to resolve any questions. You’ll start to understand the data flows between our operational systems and accounting systems, and perform ad hoc comparisons across systems as‑needed. Soon after, you’ll start to analyze install costs, shipping costs, inventory, expenses, and sales performance by channel.

You’ll also support department leads in the FY27 budgeting process and ROI analyses for potential projects.

Your past experience includes financial analysis and accounting, so that you are well‑prepared to communicate with our accountants and provide financial analyses for an executive audience.

In your application, please
1) include a cover letter and resume,
2) highlight any part of your background (job responsibilities, degrees, grades, test scores) that persuasively describes your training for the role, and
3) list any coursework in finance and accounting.

We value diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We’re especially focused on fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can contribute to our shared mission.

This is a full‑time position and it is expected to be in‑office 4 days per week with 1 day flexible for in‑office or remote work. Our office is located in Berkeley, CA.

All‑purpose analytical support:

• Accounting:
  Review month‑end results; do variance analysis; work with accountants to resolve any open issues; work on longer‑term projects such as department creation
• Finance:
  Support budgeting, forecasting, modeling, ad hoc analyses
• Sales & marketing:
  Review performance by sales channel, track metrics, analyze sales leads, review deal economics, analyze cost of customer acquisition
• Operations:
  Analyze weekly metrics for sales, production, & fulfillment; support inventory counts and reconciliation; support COGS analyses
• Supply chain:
  Modeling and forecasting
• Other analytical projects as needed

Serve as a key participant in efforts to improve our data quality and connect the dots between data systems.

• Knowledge of finance and accounting
• High achievement in roles that are highly quantitative
• Ability to break a problem into its logical components
• Ease in building a model to capture a complex business or financial process
• Quick ability to spot inconsistent data, break‑downs of logic, or anything else standing in the way of a tight analysis
• Experience modeling in g‑sheets
• Openness to the AI adventure – utilizing your strong intellect in tandem with AI to produce great analyses and insights

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ease in working cross‑functionally with all departments and all levels of the company

• Comfort in an always‑changing start‑up environment
• Willing to step into whatever project or situation needs your assistance
• Calm under pressure. You bring clarity when things get chaotic.
• Low ego, high accountability. You collaborate cross‑functionally with openness.
• Mission‑driven. You care about electrification and building products that truly serve customers.

This is an in‑office role that is on site four days…