Sr Director FP&A and Strategy

Join the Solar For All Revolution!

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer,  the Sr Director, FP&A and Strategy will have direct oversight of corporate financial planning and analysis, including longer term strategic and profitability planning.  This role will work closely with the CFO, the CEO, and the other members of the executive leadership team to build and/or improve upon operational and financial data capabilities, applicable key performance metrics for sales, corporate and field operations, and asset performance. The candidate should have the ability to analyze the key drivers of the business model, including the economics of new and existing market expansion and develop a suite of analytical reports that assist the executive team in gaining business model insights, and driving performance and efficiency within the business. The role will also have overall responsibility for budget planning and management. 

PosiGen’s ambition is to build on its business as the leading LMI focused residential solar company by rapidly growing its current customer base of over 22,000 customers and expanding to offer its product from coast to coast and is seeking individuals that are energized and excited about our vision, mission and values, to join our team to build the best residential solar business in the US.  We are looking for practical, self motivated people that can solve problems and participate in building a profitable business that delivers on our promises. To learn more about PosiGen, please visit www.posigen.com. 

Essential Job Functions

• Works with senior executives to establish financial, operational and strategic goals for the organization
• Responsible for working with the leadership team to perfect the design of all operational and financial performance metrics and providing useful and regular management reporting to create visibility and enable efficiency and operational outcomes that support PosiGen’s growth, profitability and strategic goals
• Participates with the CEO, CFO in setting the company’s strategic direction, including the evaluation of M&A opportunities
• Responsible for developing annual budgets, managing cost reporting to budget, and long-range financial planning as it relates to sales, operational and overhead costs
• Is responsible for developing, presenting and obtaining approval from the Board of Directors the annual budget, including all anticipated capital expenditures
• Is responsible together with the Information Technology group and the Vice President of Accounting and Finance to build and/or improve upon the data and accounting infrastructure required to deliver all of the above objectives
• Is responsible for building out the human capital required to accomplish all of the above, mentoring and motivating the team and providing leadership

Candidate Profile: 

• Ideally, candidates will come from the renewable energy or similar asset based industry 
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field. MBA desirable but not required 
• 10+ years of progressively responsible finance and operational experience
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement financial controls, operating plans, budgets, and projections
• Basic knowledge of renewables tax structuring, ideally partnership flip and leasing structures
• Experience working with a Board of Advisors / Directors, investors, and investment community
• Strong model development and spreadsheet skills. Knowledge of data systems strongly desired
• Superior verbal and written communication skills 
• Strong team player: ability to easily work cross-functionally with Accounting, Sales, Legal and Asset Management groups 

Personal competencies: 

• Cultural Fit: PosiGen employees are passionate and dedicated, team-oriented, humble, graceful under pressure, and open.  Independent enough to challenge the status quo and initiate constructive change with the pragmatism to find commercial solutions to issues. 
• Corporate Values: Understands, embraces and integrates PosiGen’s corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Commitment to Excellence:  Identifies what needs to be accomplished and take action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations
• Driving Results: Translate overarching business goals into specific objectives for each member of the team. Hold people accountable for agreed-to results. Identify and keep others focused on the most important metrics that drive the business. 
• Analytic Skill: The candidate must be able to spot problems quickly and find creative ways to solve them. She/he must be hands-on, data-driven and detail-oriented, with excellent technical, analytical, and evaluative skills. 
• Entrepreneurial Drive: High-energy; quick to enable this dynamic organization to capitalize on trends and opportunities; ability to quickly develop credibility; respected as a leader with demonstrated change management ability.
• Communication: Exceptional communications skills and ability to articulate and convey important messages and the unvarnished truth in a clear and compelling manner; an executive-presence combined with a high degree of maturity and business judgment and ability to present to various internal and external functions, including the Board of Advisors / Directors, and financial institutions.
• Management/Leadership: Forge strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives and talents. Engage the team through his/her enthusiasm and excitement about the business. 
  Delegate/give significant responsibilities to team members and hold them accountable; be able to recruit, motivate, develop and retain a team comprised of high-performing people. 
• Integrity: Possess ethics beyond reproach, credibility and character, with demonstrated moral and ethical behavior. 
• Peer Group Relationships: Develop deep peer group relationships. Coach, educate, innovate, and drive best practices with executives to maximize financial performance; team-focused knows when to lead when to listen and when to influence.

PosiGen Overview:

Headquartered in New Orleans, LA, PosiGen is the nation's leading residential solar and energy efficiency provider focused on low-to-moderate income families and communities. PosiGen has over 600 direct employees and supports more than 150 employees through its contractors in LA, MS, CT, NJ, PA, and MA.  PosiGen's unique non-FICO based lease offering, combined with energy efficiency services that save customers money by lowering both their cost of power as well as helping them conserve energy, makes solar energy accessible and affordable to homeowners of all income levels, and sets it apart from the rest of the industry. 

Our “Solar for All!” product is based on our vision to save families money and transform communities with clean energy by putting people first, simplifying solar, improving home efficiency, and generating opportunities for the underserved. We strive to:

• Act with Integrity
• Be Humble, Be Kind
• Collaborate and Seek to Understand
• Deliver on our Promises
• Engage Passionately

PosiGen is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Individuals who require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in the search process should notify the Office of Human Resources.