Position Overview

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads Mainspring Energy's enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and strategic financial analysis. This executive serves as a trusted advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team by translating financial and operational data into actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making.

This role is focused on enterprise financial strategy, top-down analysis, and long-range planning. The Vice President will lead the FP&A function through a team of experienced managers who oversee day-to-day budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering. The successful candidate will strengthen the analytical capabilities of the Finance organization, drive the company's strategic planning process, challenge assumptions with data, and help shape the financial strategy that supports Mainspring's next phase of growth.

Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Lead Mainspring's enterprise-wide financial planning and analysis function, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic and operational objectives.
• Partner closely with the CFO and executive leadership team to develop long-range financial strategies that support commercial growth, manufacturing scale, and capital allocation decisions.
• Lead the company's strategic planning process through enterprise scenario modeling and financial analysis that informs executive decision-making.
• Provide financial leadership and recommendations to support Board presentations, financing activities, and other strategic initiatives.
• Serve as a strategic advisor by proactively identifying financial risks, opportunities, and key business drivers that influence company performance.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Provide executive oversight of the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasting process, and long-range financial planning.
• Review and challenge financial assumptions, operating plans, and resource allocation decisions across all business functions.
• Lead complex financial and operational analyses that provide actionable insights to executive leadership.
• Own the development of financial content for Board of Directors materials, including forecasts, key performance indicators, and strategic analyses.
• Continuously improve forecasting accuracy, analytical methodologies, and planning processes to support a rapidly scaling organization.

Executive Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to executive leaders across the organization, aligning financial priorities with business objectives.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Support evaluation of new products, manufacturing investments, pricing strategies, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives through rigorous financial analysis.
• Build alignment across cross-functional teams by connecting strategic financial objectives with operational execution.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A organization through experienced managers responsible for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business partnering.
• Empower experienced leaders while establishing strategic priorities, coaching analytical excellence, and building organizational capabilities that scale with company growth.
• Promote collaboration across Finance and cross-functional teams to improve planning effectiveness and decision support.

Systems & Process Excellence

• Champion continuous improvement of financial planning processes, reporting capabilities, and analytical tools.
• Drive the evolution of financial planning systems, reporting automation, and business intelligence capabilities.
• Ensure the Finance organization leverages technology and data to deliver timely, accurate, and actionable financial insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required; MBA, CFA, or CPA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, or related disciplines, including significant leadership experience.
• Experience leading FP&A within a high-growth manufacturing, industrial technology, clean energy, or similarly complex operating environment.
• Prior experience in investment banking, private equity, management consulting, or another highly analytical finance discipline is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership to influence strategic business decisions through data-driven financial analysis.
• Deep expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, long-range planning, scenario analysis, and business performance management.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, supply chain, capital investments, and operational finance.
• Proven experience developing executive and Board-level presentations that communicate complex financial insights with clarity.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing finance organizations through multiple levels of management.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and presentation skills with the executive presence to influence senior leaders across the organization.

What Success Looks Like

• Serves as a trusted strategic partner to the CFO and executive leadership team.
• Elevates the analytical capabilities of the Finance organization and improves executive decision-making.
• Develops scalable planning processes that support Mainspring's continued growth.
• Delivers clear, data-driven Board materials and executive analyses that influence strategic decisions.
• Builds a world-class FP&A organization that combines operational excellence with strategic insight.

$263,000 - $300,000 a year

This position is hybrid at our Menlo Park HQ. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don't meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we'd still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.