Manager, Development Finance

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.

We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision‑making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.

We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before.Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values—
Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappiness, and Tenacity
—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.

The Manager, Development Finance supports day‑to‑day financial tracking for TNC's active construction projects, including VCS Units 2 and 3 under the Brookfield JV, reporting to the Director, Development Finance to keep actuals, forecasts, and variance reporting current. As developer, TNC contracts EPC firms to build each project; this person builds and maintains the models, dashboards, and reporting packages the Director and VP, FP&A use to brief leadership.

It's a hands‑on analytical role suited to someone who wants to learn project finance inside a fast‑growing, nuclear developer.

• Monthly actuals. Pull and reconcile project-level actual spend against budget for assigned projects.
• Reporting support. Build and maintain the deployment reporting package and capital dashboard.
• EPC billing support. Track milestone billing and change orders from the EPC firms TNC hires, against contract terms.
• Ad hoc analysis. Respond to Director and VP-level requests for cost or schedule cuts of the data.
• Data hygiene.Keep underlying project finance data clean and consistent across systems, tagged correctly.

• 3-5 years in FP&A, accounting, or project finance.
• Strong Excel skills; able to build and maintain models independently.
• Comfortable working with large, multi-project datasets under deadline pressure.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

• Exposure to construction, EPC contractor, or capital project accounting.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, Power BI, or similar reporting tools.
• AP1000/AP300 or nuclear new‑build exposure.
• Competitive compensation packages
• 401k with company match

The estimated starting salary range for this role is $118,000 - $140,000 annually less applicable with holdings and deductions, paid on a bi‑weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role.

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