Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst (Upstream)

USA Rare Earth, LLC

$98K — $118K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
  • 4+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience, preferably in mining or capital-intensive industries.
  • Advanced financial modeling skills, including building dynamic cash flow models from scratch.
  • Expert-level Microsoft Excel proficiency.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting financial concepts to non-financial audiences.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced, development-stage environment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain financial models for project economics, capex, opex forecasts, and cash flows.
  • Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts with input from various departments.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages with variance analysis commentary.
  • Track capital spending against budgets and identify cost overruns early.
  • Monitor liquidity and support working capital management during development phases.
  • Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis on key value drivers like commodity prices and recovery rates.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to translate feasibility study assumptions into financial forecasts.
  • Contribute to the development of finance processes, controls, and reporting infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment blending office, construction, and mining site settings.
  • Opportunities to engage with cross-functional teams in a dynamic setting.
  • Chance to influence financial processes and systems as the company scales.
  • Support for professional development through strategic financial initiatives.
  • Involvement in high-impact decisions at a critical development stage.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

The Senior FP&A Analyst is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and management reporting that support critical development-stage decisions. The analyst will build and maintain models covering project capital expenditures (capex), operating expenditures (opex), cash flow, and mine economics. The role demands strong analytical rigor, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex financial and technical data into clear insights for leadership.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, maintain, and enhance the company's financial models, including project economics (NPV, IRR, payback), capex and opex forecasts, and life-of-mine cash flow models.
  • Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts, consolidating inputs from project, exploration, technical, and G&A functions.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages, including budget-to-actual variance analysis with clear commentary on drivers.
  • Track development capital spend against approved budgets and AFEs flagging overruns and cost trends early.
  • Monitor and forecast liquidity, supporting working capital management through the development phase.
  • Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis on key value drivers such as commodity prices, grades, recovery rates, throughput, and input costs.
  • Partner with technical teams to translate feasibility study and engineering assumptions into financial forecasts.
  • Contribute to the development of finance processes, controls, systems, and reporting infrastructure as the company scales toward production.
  • Support ad hoc analysis and strategic initiatives as directed by leadership.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of FP&A or corporate finance - mining, resources, energy, or capital-intensive industry experience strongly preferred.
  • Advanced financial modeling skills, including the ability to build dynamic, three-statement and project cash flow models from scratch.
  • Expert-level Microsoft Excel proficiency.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with high attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present financial concepts to non-financial audiences.
  • Self-starter comfortable working in a fast-paced, development-stage environment.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Direct experience with mining project economics, feasibility studies (PEA/PFS/DFS), or mine planning inputs.
  • Familiarity with AFE tracking, capital cost estimating, and construction-phase cost control.
  • Exposure to ERP systems, FP&A platforms and data-visualization tools.
  • Understanding of mining industry cost metrics and commodity markets.


Work Environment

The work environment will be a mix of a typical office environment, a construction site, and a mining site. Noise level: Normal office and lab noises.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills required of personnel so classified. The reporting relationship may not reflect the most recent changes to the corporate reporting structure.

The pay range for this role is:

98,000 - 118,000 USD per year (Wheat Ridge, CO)

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