FP&A Manager

 Job Description:

The Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) Manager will be a leader in Rhythm Energy's finance team, bringing strong analytical skills and a resourceful mindset to build and enhance the company's financial planning, reporting, cash management and decision-making capabilities. This individual will have a significant impact on Rhythms strategic direction by providing analysis and recommendations based on financial data and market trends. 

The FP&A Manager is a critical link between the finance team and business leaders providing bidirectional analysis and insights to drive efficiency and execution.

What you'll do

  • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Lead the development of financial models and forecasts, analyzing business performance and identifying key drivers of growth and profitability.
  • Reporting & Analytics: Build and enhance reporting capabilities from scratch, creating dynamic tools to track business metrics on a weekly and monthly basis.
  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Collaborate with business leaders to develop detailed budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and goals.
  • Decision Support: Provide actionable insights and recommendations to the CFO and other executive leadership, focusing on the so what of financial data and analysis.
  • Capital & Cash Management: Work closely with treasury to optimize capital allocation, forecast and manage liquidity, and ensure the efficient use of funds including management of Rhythm's existing credit facility.
  • Stakeholder Management: Engage with external stakeholders, including auditors, lenders, and investors, to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function and broader finance team.
  • Leadership & Development: Act as a resourceful leader, mentoring junior team members and fostering a culture of curiosity, excellence and continuous improvement.

What you'll bring

  • Experience: 7+ years of experience in finance roles, with at least 3 years in FP&A (multiple years in the retail energy sector preferred).
  • Background: Strong background in accounting or auditing is highly desirable, with a proven track record of managing external stakeholders. Rhythm values experience with commodity hedging and mark-to-market reporting.
  • Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with business intelligence tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker.
  • Reporting Expertise: Demonstrated experience in building financial reporting capabilities from the ground up, with a focus on automation and scalability.
  • Strategic Mindset: Ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable business strategies, with a focus on driving growth and profitability.
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial analysis and recommendations to senior leadership and external partners.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA/CPA/CFA preferred).

Success Metrics

  • Improved accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial forecasts and performance reporting.
  • Increased automation, control, and efficiency of major processes.
  • Analysis that drives and supports strategic planning and clearly measures the financial performance of existing initiatives.

Location

  • Rhythm Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
  • This position is remote enabled (ability for hybrid work from Houston preferred).

What you'll love

  • Our culture. We're friendly, transparent, and love to innovate together.
  • Flexible work-life balance.We embrace the mix of working remote and from the office.
  • Professional development opportunities.We love to grow together.
  • A chance to make a difference. We're a sustainably-driven company rethinking what's possible in Energy.
  • Competitive compensation. We reward performance with annual bonuses and salary increases.
  • Health Benefits. We promote your wellbeing with paid vacation and premium private medical insurance for you and your family.

Why Rhythm

  • Impact: Play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy of a fast-growing, mission-driven company.
  • Growth: Opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.
  • Location: Based in Houston, with the opportunity to work in a collaborative, innovative company.

About Us

Rhythm is a renewable energy and technology company empowering you to take control of your budget and your footprint. We combine energy market expertise with technology, design, and data science to create best-in-class products and services that are simple, delightful, and seamlessly integrated with the rhythm of your life. Our mission is to upend the energy status quo by setting a new standard of service excellence and customer partnership. We are a mission-driven, results-oriented group of engineers, businesspeople, designers and artists who love solving tough problems, all while making a positive impact on our communities.

  Required Skills:

Management Skills Electricity Operations Modeling Valuation Capital Analysis Clarity Balance Oversight P&L Financial Planning Sustainability Data Integrity Trading Load Ownership Salary Energy Stakeholder Management Business Strategy Compensation Data Science Validation Supply Metrics Retail Credit Excel Insurance Analytics Forecasting Team Leadership Risk Management Tableau Automation Integration Strategy Testing Finance Planning Design SQL Python Business Leadership Science Communication Management