Finance Associate, Corporate Ridgeville, South Carolina,

Ridgeville, South Carolina, United States;
San Francisco, California, United States

Redwood Materials is seeking a Staff Finance Associate to join our FP&A team. The role focuses on rigorous financial planning and analysis, providing direct strategic decision support for executive leadership and the board.

• Own the monthly consolidated financial outlook, integrating operational forecasts, corporate assumptions, and key risk factors into a unified view for leadership.
• Lead monthly close reporting cycles, including detailed variance analysis with clear narrative on drivers and implications.
• Develop and maintain management reporting packages distributed to the executive team and board of directors.
• Continuously improve the accuracy, timeliness, and clarity of consolidated financial reporting processes.
• Support maintenance and refresh of the long‑range financial model, incorporating updated operating assumptions, strategic initiatives, and market conditions on a quarterly basis.
• Build and run scenario analyses, sensitivities, and stress tests to support capital allocation and investment decisions.
• Develop analytical frameworks to evaluate strategic alternatives, new business opportunities, and trade‑offs across the corporate portfolio.
• Partner with senior finance leadership to translate strategic priorities into quantified financial projections.
• Support consolidated cash flow forecasting by integrating actuals, purchase order activity, payment terms, and operational inputs into a reliable short‑ and long‑range liquidity view.
• Drive working capital analysis and support initiatives to optimize receivables, payables, and inventory dynamics.
• Partner cross‑functionally to ensure cash‑relevant assumptions are accurate and consistently reflected across models.
• Oversee accurate classification and reconciliation of financial actuals across revenue, cost, and investment categories.
• Conduct comprehensive monthly review and analysis of spend actuals, with variance commentary relative to plan and forecast.
• Identify and drive improvements in financial systems and tools to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Support preparation of board‑of‑directors financial materials, ensuring content is accurate, well‑structured, and delivered on time.
• Support development of quarterly investor communications that clearly convey operational and financial performance and strategic progress.
• Translate complex financial data into concise, executive‑ready narratives for board and investor audiences.
• Provide deep‑dive analysis on high‑impact financial and corporate decisions, including capital structure, liquidity, and organizational growth.
• Scope and structure ambiguous problems independently, delivering well‑reasoned recommendations under tight timelines.
• Evaluate and recommend tools or process improvements that enhance the efficiency and quality of FP&A outputs.

• 5–8 years of increasingly complex experience in financial planning, analysis, and corporate‑level modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to execute complex modeling and reporting work streams with a high degree of independence and strong attention to detail.
• Strong background in consolidation, cash flow forecasting, and long‑range financial modeling.
• Experience preparing materials for board of directors or C‑suite audiences.
• Advanced Excel skills; able to build, adapt, and audit large financial models efficiently.
• Familiarity with ERP and financial planning systems; experience linking actuals data to forecast models a plus.
• Strong cross‑functional partnership skills; able to influence and communicate clearly at all levels of management.
• Ability to develop structured frameworks and clear recommendations on ambiguous, high‑stakes questions.
• Experience in manufacturing, energy, clean technology, or other capital‑intensive industries a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, engineering, or related field;
  Master’s or CFA preferred.

The position is full‑time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.