Director of FP&A

Coreshell's metallurgical Silicon anode technology delivers high capacity, fast-charging, and superior safety. Our low-cost liquid-phase nano-coating addresses critical electrode-surface degradation issues and enables batteries with a Silicon-dominant anode that have higher energy density, superior intrinsic thermal safety, and significantly lower cost/kWh compared to current LIBs. Our Si anode material is lower than the cost of graphite and 100% domestically sourced. We strive to transform the global automotive market by enabling low-cost and long-range EVs as a first step towards net-zero sustainability in the near future.

Core Responsibilities: We are seeking a Director of FP&A to build and lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for a fast-growing, capital-intensive battery materials business. This role will partner closely with the CFO, executive team, and functional leaders (R&D, Process/Manufacturing Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain) to translate technical and operational plans into financial models that guide capital allocation, fundraising, and strategic decision-making. This is a highly cross-functional, builder role suited to someone comfortable operating with the ambiguity of a pre-commercial or early-commercial-stage company while bringing the rigor needed to satisfy investors, lenders, and board-level scrutiny.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own the preparation of company’s annual financial plan, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial model, integrating R&D spend, and commercial-scale manufacturing ramp assumptions.
• Build and maintain detailed unit economics models (cost per kWh/kg/ton of material produced) that track sensitivity to key inputs such as precursor and raw material costs, yield rates, energy costs, and throughput.
• Model capital expenditure plans for pilot lines, and gigafactory-scale facilities, including phasing, equipment lead times, and construction draw schedules.

Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Partner with R&D and Process Engineering to evaluate the financial impact of technology and process decisions (e.g., yield improvements, alternative chemistries, equipment choices).
• Partner with Commercial/BD on customer contract economics, offtake agreement modeling, and pricing strategy.
• Evaluate build-vs-buy, in-house vs. contract manufacturing, and site selection decisions with structured financial analysis.

Reporting & Governance

• Deliver monthly/quarterly board and investor reporting packages, including budget-vs-actual variance analysis.
• Establish FP&A processes, systems, and controls suited to a scaling organization.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure alignment between forecasts, actuals, and GAAP reporting.

Qualifications

Required

• 8+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance, including experience in a capital-intensive industry (manufacturing, materials, industrials, energy, or similar).
• Proven experience building financial models from scratch in a high-growth or startup environment, ideally including pre-revenue or pre-commercial-scale phases.
• Strong grasp of unit economics, cost modeling, and capital budgeting for physical/manufacturing assets.
• Experience supporting fundraising processes (equity and/or debt) and preparing investor/board materials.
• Advanced Excel/financial modeling skills; experience with planning tools a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred

• Experience in battery materials, battery manufacturing, EV supply chain, chemicals, or clean energy hardware.
• Experience with government incentive programs (DOE loans/grants, IRA 45X tax credits, state incentives).
• MBA or CPA a plus but not required.
• Prior experience at a startup scaling from pilot to commercial production.

Location & Benefits: San Leandro, CA. Full-time. $175,000-210,000 with stock incentives. Dental, vision, healthcare and 401(k) benefits are included. Applications will be screened as received.

Coreshell Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status under California law.

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