Senior Manager - Operations Finance

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Summary of Role:

SunPower is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join the Residential finance team. This role will lead FP&A for the Operations and Maintenance team, oversee and support management of our warranty reserves and be responsible for budgetary spending for our Customer Care team. This position will report to the Director of Operations Finance and will have a small team of high performing analysts reporting to them. The key responsibilities include working closely with the O&M team to effectively forecast and manage the overall P&L, with accounting team to ensure our warranty reserves are accurate and adjusted periodically and with the Customer Care team to accurately forecast and manage the overall spend as per capacity requirements. The candidate will work closely with senior O&M, product and customer care leadership to assist with performance analyses and providing insights for improving near-term execution as well as conducting long-range planning. The right candidate will have experience analyzing large datasets to come up with actionable recommendations as well as leading implementation of process improvement initiatives with cross-functional teams. Prior experience in annual planning, forecasting and tracking expenses for O&M and warranty reserves in the renewable energy sector is highly preferred but not required.

Key Responsibilities:

•Partner with General Manager O&M to forecast and improve profitability of O&M P&L 

•Identify opportunities to reduce cost and implement scalable solutions to improve overall P&L

•Oversee warranty reserve models and analysis, ensure alignment with Quality and Operations teams and creating recommendations to surface risks and opportunities. 

•Partner with senior leadership in customer care team to forecast budgetary spend as per required capacity needed to meet service level

•Create monthly, quarterly, annual, and multi-year investment forecasts as a part of annual and long-range planning.

•Track progress against goals, analyze variance and present recommendations for meeting plan targets.

•Create ad-hoc analyses to model updated assumptions and present findings to leadership.

•Identify new metrics that can improve tracking of business performance.

•Lead cross-functional projects to drive finance and process improvements.

•Additional responsibilities as assigned by senior leadership.

•Consolidate and analyze financial data including reconciliations, period to period variance analysis, derivation of cost targets, analyzing cost deviation with variance explanations.

•Additional ad hoc assignments and projects supporting departments across the organization including month end financial reporting, Business Plan development, benchmarking and process analysis.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Business, or a related field
• 10 or more years of progressive work experience in finance, analytics, management consulting or a similar field with 5 or more years in financial planning and analyses OR equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Advance excel modeling skills and comfort with managing large datasets.
• Proven technical, quantitative, and critical thinking skills, high level of independent judgment, initiative, and creativity to identify and clearly communicate key performance drivers to management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for results.
• Demonstrated effective written, interpersonal, and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Solar or Wind industry or other renewable technologies
• Knowledge of Anaplan, Tableau and Qliksense
• Understanding of repair activities and times as well as the basic principles of warranty and claim payment in the renewable energy industry, including standard and extended warranty plans for solar systems.
• Accounting experience 

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $131,560/year in our lowest geographic market up to $236,808/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package including annual bonus eligibility, short and long-term incentives, and a comprehensive and competitive benefits program which includes health insurance coverage, employee wellness, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. For more information, please visit our benefits site athttps://us.sunpower.com/employees-benefits.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SunPower, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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