Director of Finance, Operations

The role

You will serve as the finance partner to manufacturing and supply chain leadership. You will drive improvements in manufacturing and supply chain costs, working capital, and capital expenditure while building an operations finance team.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary financial advisor to the COO and Operations executives
• Guide strategic decision-making through financial modeling and business case development
• Own annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range financial planning for manufacturing plants
• Develop and execute capital allocation frameworks and ROI analyses
• Oversee cost accounting, variance analysis, and inventory valuation processes
• Maintain financial oversight over fixed assets and manufacturing cost reduction initiatives
• Partner with the Corporate Controller to ensure accurate accounting close and SOX 404 compliance
• Recruit, mentor, and retain an operations finance team
• Foster collaboration between plant-level finance, corporate FP&A, and core accounting teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business discipline
• 10–15+ years of progressive finance experience with emphasis on manufacturing, supply chain, or heavy industrial environments
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of cost accounting, inventory valuation, CapEx management, and corporate budgeting/forecasting
• Proven track record of building and scaling finance teams and influencing C-suite and Operations executives

Nice to have

• MBA (Finance concentration)
• CPA certification
• Prior experience navigating challenges of a high-growth manufacturing organization or hardware startup scaling to mass production
• Early career foundation in Big 4 audit or public accounting
• Strong, practical knowledge of SOX 404 compliance and internal controls implementation

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 80% healthcare premiums for dependents
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
• Up to 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents
• Generous vacation policies
• Relocation assistance

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. They are revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable.