Financial Planning & Analysis Director

About Blue Ocean Barns

Blue Ocean Barns, Inc. (BOB) is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation on a mission to solve the climate impact of cattle by working with farmers and food companies to commercialize and rapidly scale the production and use of our proprietary, algae-based livestock feed ingredient.
Originally launched in the heart of Silicon Valley, the company has since established operations on the Big Island of Hawai'i and San Diego.
We are a well-resourced, professionally managed, and rapidly growing company looking for diverse and exceptionally talented people who are motivated to make a meaningful impact on climate change.
The team at BOB has successfully marshaled the company through early stages of

development and have positioned operations for rapid growth.
We are now seeking an

experienced finance professional who will manage our financial model to ensure effective

planning and forecasting.
We seek team members who share the values of the company and

who are energized by the challenge of creating a carbon-neutral livestock industry for the next

generation.
Critical to our success is a team member who is, firstly, skilled in the art and practice of

managing strategic financial analyses within rapidly growing enterprises, but who is also able to

take on expansive and evolving responsibilities.
In our present circumstances, we are looking

for someone to take the lead as follows:
**Essential Responsibilities and Duties**:

- ** Long Range Strategic Plan (LRP)**: Lead the annual process to update the LRP with a 3 - 5 year strategic outlook.
Starting point will be an updated view of the current year.
Process will involve coordinating and compiling a strategic perspective from the BOB Management Team, including the key metrics to drive investment and growth.
- ** Budgeting**:Lead annual budgeting process with senior management and execute financial reporting of budget versus actual results, analyzing variances
- ** Forecasting**: Implement quarterly forecasting process to track operating results vs. plan, understand drivers of variances, and provide insight & analysis for both current quarter, future quarters and full year outlook
- ** Financial Reporting**: Compile and analyze monthly financial reporting packages for senior management and quarterly reporting packages for the company's board of directors
- ** Financial Analysis**:Conduct ad-hoc reporting and analysis for senior management for key decisions, e.g., manufacturing capacity expansion, capital equipment purchases
- ** Business Partner**:Develop working relationships with the BOB Management Team.
Own and manage BOB company financial model and operating plan, challenging business partner plans and assumptions when needed.
Navigate across the organization and identify the right teams to participate in discussions.
- ** Process & Tools**: Identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organization
- ** Financing Projects**:drive the financial modeling required for all types of financing: Project Finance, Convertible Debt, Series B Equity, and other scenarios

**Experience and Abilities**:

- Bachelors in Finance or related field
- 10 - 15 years of experience in an FP&A or financial management role
- Superior financial analysis and financial modeling skills
- Experience working on analytics and investments necessary to scale global growth companies
- Experience in developing Cost of Goods Sold Metrics in a manufacturing environment
- Detail-oriented, well-organized
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with business partners
- Proven expertise managing, evaluating, analyzing data quickly and creating meaningful business reporting
- Ability to clearly communicate and explain financial results in a business context
- Experience in high growth global companies / start-ups desired but not required

**Compensation and Benefits**:

- Competitive compensation dependent on level of experience
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage, covering 100% of insurance premium for employee and 50% for dependents
- Opportunity to participate in employee stock option plan, sharing in ownership of the company

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