NOW HIRING: Chief Financial Officer - LightEdison - Bozeman, MT
LightEdision is growing rapidly, and we need an experienced financial leader to administer our company's financial growth and success. This leader will be instrumental in setting, measuring and achieving company financial standards & objectives as we continue to impact energy infrastructure on a national scale.
This executive must have proven expertise in raising capital, managing resources and developing financial policies. They must be dedicated to leading with integrity and impacting positive change for our partners, our employees and our climate.
About LightEdison:
LightEdison is a national renewable energy company with a simple mission: to improve the communities we live in and the planet we live on. We strive relentlessly toward this goal through the development, engineering, procurement, and construction of clean energy projects, with a strong focus on LED lighting, solar, and energy storage.
As a development services provider, development capital investor and EPC contractor we offer best-in-class infrastructure to advance a sustainable future, seeking to dramatically improve human lives through clean energy.
About Bozeman:
Our primary collaboration hub is in Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is a nature lover's playground, ample in its ability to inspire our devotion to nature and our efforts to protect it. Surrounded by world class ski resorts and national parks, Bozeman is a mecca for hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, rock climbing, hunting, rafting and more. One of the fastest growing communities in the U.S., Bozeman is home to Montana's top university, fantastic school districts for young families, and a bustling restaurant and nightlife scene. Bozeman offers all the convenience of a fast-growing modern city amidst the bounty of the great outdoors.
Position Location Requirement:
An initial 90 day probationary period can be remotely performed. Following the end of the 90 day probationary period, if the Position Holder and the Company determine that the Position Holders' employment should continue, then the Position Holder shall be required to relocate within 6 months of the end of the 90 day probationary end date to Bozeman, MT. Company and Position Holder shall negotiate a mutually agreeable relocation allowance prior to the start of the 90 day probationary period, and the Position Holder and the Company shall agree to a two year employment agreement.
Required Competencies:
Proven executive financial experience, including deep experience with financial strategy, planning, monitoring and financing
Strong preference for experience with renewable energy project finance, with experience in solar and energy storage projects, including legal, engineering, permitting, finance, procurement, construction and operation activities
Demonstrated ability to create financial plans, goals and objectives
High degree of professional ethics and integrity
Sound judgment and ability to analyze situations and information
Outstanding communication skills
MBA Finance preferred
Familiarity with Google Workplace Apps
Ready to play a role in changing the world
Responsibilities Include:
Working with Executive Leadership and Board to determine, update and refine Company short-, mid- and long-term goals and objectives
Developing Company's financial plan to enable Company to achieve Company goals and objectives
Developing financial goals and objectives in collaboration with Growth, Services and Operations leaders that contribute, meet and exceed Company benchmarking goals and objectives
Working with Executive Leadership and Board to create and continuously improve employee compensation policies, including but not limited to retirement, profit sharing, stock appreciation rights and equity compensation
Working with Executive Leadership and Board to investigate and explore potential financial activities such as joint ventures, equity sales, public listings and employee stock ownership programs
Working with Executive Leadership to develop and pursue strategies, business ventures, mergers and acquisitions that contribute to Company goals and objectives
Working with Executive Leadership and Board to develop Company financial policies and strategies
Supervising the compilation, preparation, analysis, monitoring, auditing and interpretation and communication of Company financial statements, budgets, forecasts and reports to Executive Leadership, Board and other outside stakeholders as required
Determining required debt and equity capitalization levels based on current and future Company goals and objectives
Securing debt and equity facilities to support current and future Company goals and objectives
Identifying, securing and managing banking relationships, including checking, lines of credit and term debt facilities
Securing required project bonding either through direct surety relationships or joint venture partnerships
Generating and analyzing Company benchmarking metric relative to industry benchmarking metrics for internal and external stakeholders
Working with Growth, Services and Division leaders to help them understand their contribution to Company benchmark metrics and financial performance
Working with Growth, Services and Operations leaders to determine budgets and required financial resources they require to operate their respective divisions
Managing the preparation and submittal of all required Company tax returns by Company Certified Public Accounting firm
Leading project financing activities, including construction debt, term debt, tax equity and cash equity requirements
Assisting in the management of Company financial activities and finance staff as required
Identifying and evaluating Company financial risks and structuring risk mitigation solutions accordingly, including legal agreements drafted by Company legal counsel and insurance products
Assuring legal and regulatory documents are filed and monitor compliance with laws and regulations
Liaising with external stakeholders when it comes to finances (e.g. joint venture partners, bankers, investors, etc)
Assisting with recruiting and retaining key Company staff members as necessary
Before Submitting an application we ask that you complete the following steps to ensure that you understand our purpose and values clearly. This will help us both to determine whether you have the potential to thrive at LightEdison.
Please read our Why, What and How statements below. These statements help define our purpose and mission. Our Company exists to make positive climate change impacts and therefore you must have a desire to use your career to affect change. For us to succeed all of our employees must be unified in this. If you do not care about climate change, LightEdison will not be a good fit for you.
Please read Our Values, Company Standards and Personal Standards below. These values and standards help to define our culture. Our positive climate impact starts with a positive company culture, and it is imperative that every individual understands and contributes to these values. If our values speak to you, then we encourage you to apply.
We also value our individual team member's commitment to personal continuous self improvement. We value an individual's work on themselves--whether that be mental, physical or spiritual self improvement. We want our team members to be the best they can be in their personal lives, which we strongly believe will carry over into the Company. If you are committed to personal, continuous self improvement, we encourage you to apply.
Why Statement
We exist to relentlessly improve and inspire through business so that together we dramatically enhance the communities we live in and the planet we live on.
How Statement
We strive to delight our customers in each and every interaction we have with them. We work hard to build and sustain relationships with our customers so that we can help them identify solutions that solve their specific problems and issues. We do this by encouraging open, honest communication by establishing roles and ground rules to create a comfortable environment within which to do business. We work hard to clearly understand our customer's underlying problems and how those problems impact their business. We then help our customers discover if they are willing to invest the time, money and resources to fix the problems that we have helped them identify, and then we work with our customer to clearly understand their buying process. We then do good work, which we believe is defined as work that is done safely, quickly and, most importantly, at a high level of quality. We believe that if we can help our customers through the above process-all while doing good work-that we can create long term relationships whereby LightEdison can help our customers for decades to come.
What Statement
We are a design-build energy services company with a focus on lighting, solar energy, energy storage, microgrid, electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects. We deeply understand the legal, engineering, permitting, finance, construction and operation aspects of the projects we work on, and we are also a licensed electrical contractor in the states where we operate.
Our Values
Continuously improve by innovation and evolution
Take responsibility
Root cause solutions for root cause problems
Focus on relationships
Foster mutual respect
Work with exceptional people
Grow and develop exceptional people and partners
Maintain open, honest communication
Seek consensus
Solve big problems
Think long term
Believe in systems
Under-promise and over-deliver
Pay attention to the details
Do good work by focusing on safety, speed and quality
Company Wide Standards
Performing all work in accordance with all government laws, regulations, ordinances and court rulings in those jurisdictions in which the Company operates
Documenting all routine work in an operations manual (the information included in the operations manual is proprietary)
Performing all work according to Company policies and standards inherent in all position agreements, system action plans, employee manuals, ongoing policy memoranda, facilities and dress codes
Holding Client and Company information as strictly confidential outside the Company
Return all telephone calls, both internal and external, within one business day and within two hours whenever possible
Notifying Manager in writing of any issues to be resolved or deadlines that cannot be met by the reporting person, prior to the due date
Quantifying, test, improve and document all Company innovations so that proven procedures can be orchestrated throughout the Company
Bringing any system problems to the attention of the manager in writing so the system can be improved, within the structure of the operations manual
Storing all policy memoranda indicating changes in policy and/or procedure in each employee's operations manual, until the time an updated procedure is provided
Providing staff assistance as requested; each employee may be asked from time to time to cover other areas of accountability and/or departments
Ensuring that all business communications, whether verbal, visual or written, whether for internal or external use, will be professional in tone and content and in accordance with applicable and existing Company policies and standards
Respecting fellow Employee time, space and need for concentration; socializing and interruptions must not impede workflow
Holding weekly, regularly-scheduled meetings with Employees and their manager
Encouraging employees to recommend ideas for the improvement of their department and position that are consistent with the Company's Strategic Objective
Personal Standards
Being a serious adult that takes the operation of the Company very seriously--and acts accordingly
Understanding that how you act is more important than any skill you have learned or will learn
Understanding that what the Company is trying to achieve has purpose based on values, standards, relationships, connections, discipline, integrity, commitment, vision, excellence, respect and community
Demonstrating values, standards, relationships, connections, discipline, integrity, commitment, vision, excellence, respect and community for yourself and those you interact with
Having the work you do be a reflection of who you are as a person
Understanding that the idea behind the work you will be doing is more important than the work itself
Understanding that even though our Customers may not be right, it is your job to make our customers feel like they are right
Understanding that everyone that works for the Company is expected to work toward being the best they can possibly be at the tasks they are accountable for, and that if you can't work toward being the best you can be, that you can act like you are trying to be the best that you can be--and that if you are unwilling to act in this manner, you will be asked to leave
Understanding that our Company is a place where everything we know how to do is tested by what we don't know how to do, and that the conflict between what we know how to do and what we do not know how to do is what creates growth, meaning and an opportunity to continuously improve the Company and ourselves as individuals