Job Description

Description

Project Canary is a climate technology company offering an enterprise data platform that helps energy companies improve and report on their emissions footprint. Project Canary builds high-fidelity sensors, ingests data from various other technologies and sources, and leverages proprietary analytics and models to deliver insights that operators can act on to reduce emissions. The data-driven technology enables energy operators to stop leaks faster, reduce risk, streamline reporting, and differentiate their operations for key stakeholders.

Project Canary is seeking a hands-on Finance / FP&A Manager who will report to the VP of Finance. This is an excellent opportunity for a rising finance leader to make significant impact in a mission-driven, transitioning business. The Director of Strategic Finance will own all financial modeling for the company across FP&A, budgeting, and corporate development. This role will develop analysis, use data, and deliver insights to drive execution across the company. The Finance / FP&A Manager will partner closely with all functions to tie financial information directly to company strategy, decisions and outcomes. The ideal candidate is attentive to detail, a creative problem solver, a financial modeling expert, and a builder-doer who is willing to jump into new situations and push priorities forward.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Modeling & Analysis

  • Build and own all financial modeling for the company, including long-range planning, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, scenarios and ad hoc analyses 

  • Establish and manage financial modeling best practices and standards across the organization 

  • Develop custom models and tools to support both strategic initiatives and day-to-day execution 

  • Connect financial models and data with company-wide and departmental decision-making 

  • Partner with commercial teams to drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, pricing strategy, unit economics, product development, and profitability 

  • Develop and track key metrics that deliver insights to leadership and specific teams 

  • Create frameworks, systems and processes that drive data- and fact-based decision making 

  • Prepare Board and investor-facing financial models and presentations 



Corp Dev & Strategic Finance

  • Support financial due diligence and execution of capital raises and potential M&A opportunities 

  • Partner with legal, commercial, and operational teams on complex commercial agreements 

  • Evaluate strategic partnerships and opportunities, culminating in recommendation and action

  • Create analyses, presentations, and data visualizations that support a business case 

  • Implement scalable practices across finance and operations, improving systems and processes 

  • Champion data quality and analytical rigor across the organization 



Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting 

  • Manage company-wide annual budget process, partnering with each department head and executive team  

  • Create and maintain monthly reporting and quarterly forecasts 

  • Own reporting and variance analysis against company-wide and departmental budgets and OKRs – aim to foster accountability and deliver actionable insights 

  • Prepare Board materials and investor reporting packages 

  • Partner with Controller and VP Finance to unify financial information across forecasting (i.e., forward-looking) and reporting (i.e., backward-looking) 


Qualifications

Experience

  • 7+ years overall 

  • Background in investment banking, private equity, or venture capital is strongly preferred 

  • Hands-on experience at a startup or venture-to-growth stage company is also preferred 

  • Recent roles in climate tech, SaaS, or advanced manufacturing environments is a plus – ideal candidate has a strong grasp of unit economics, cost structures and scalability, as well as experience around natural gas supply chains and SaaS/enterprise software 

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, accounting, or a technical field 

  • Master’s degree, MBA or CFA is a plus 



Core Competencies

  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities 

  • Strong communication skills to simplify complex concepts into key conclusions 

  • Detail-oriented while maintaining strategic perspective 

  • Proven ability to influence and partner across all organizational levels 

  • Strong project management skills with ability to execute multiple initiatives simultaneously 

  • Self-starter with entrepreneurial mindset and a bias toward action and continuous improvement 

  • Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments 

  • Advanced Excel modeling skills with ability to build complex, dynamic models from scratch 


Benefits


  • Salary range: $ annual base

  • Hybrid work environment (at least 3 days/week in Denver office

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance with low deductibles and premiums paid by company 99% for self and 50% for dependents and/or spouse

  • 401K with company match (no vesting period)

  • Opportunity for equity ownership

  • Student loan assistance

  • Generous culture around time off, including: 

    • 4 weeks of PTO per year 

    • 6 days of sick time per year 

    • 11 paid company holidays per year 

    • Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave 



  • Flex Choice Monthly Stipend – choice between parking, public transportation, or wellness assistance

  • Dog friendly office environment

Project Canary was founded in 2019 with a vision to measure what matters – the greenhouse gases emitted from critical parts of our energy infrastructure. Our team is constantly pushing the envelope to bring more visibility to the emissions problem than ever before – enabling the energy sector to reduce its carbon footprint.

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