Manager, Finance - Manufacturing

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We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

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Join Crusoe's Finance team, reporting to the Director of Finance, Manufacturing. You will serve as an embedded "on-the-floor" operational and strategic finance partner to Manufacturing leadership, translate operational drivers into clear financial impacts and actionable business recommendations. We're seeking a commercially-minded and results-driven finance professional who is inspired to challenge the status quo and act as a co-pilot in steering the business towards its financial goals.

• Operational Finance Partnership: Act as a hands-on, "on-the-floor" partner to Manufacturing leadership; translate factory-floor operational drivers (e.g., production efficiency, utilization, uptime) into real-time P&L impacts and actionable recommendations.
• Project Collaboration & Visibility: Collaborate closely with Project Managers and engineering teams to gain deep visibility into production schedules, project lifecycles, and operational bottlenecks, ensuring financial models accurately reflect the project status.
• Production Unit Economics: Build and maintain detailed production cost models from the ground; track unit costs, Bill of Materials (BoM) assumptions, and total cost-to-produce to drive margin expansion.
• Inventory & Lifecycle Risk Management: Oversee inventory health, E&O reserves, partnering with operational and supply chain leads to implement proactive vendor strategies; drive the seamless transition of unit costs into COGS.
• Driver-Based Analysis: Translate operational drivers (e.g., production efficiency, utilization, operational uptime) into P&L impacts and actionable recommendations
• Performance Management Reporting: Lead monthly and quarterly financial reviews, budget & forecast variance analysis, and build clear, actionable performance narratives for Exec, Board, and Investor materials
• Profitability and Efficiency Initiatives: Proactively identify risks & opportunities to improve margins and operational efficiency, partnering with operational teams to develop improvement plans.
• Planning & Forecasting: Own annual budget, monthly forecast and long-range planning processes, collaborating closely with department heads to ensure financial plans are ambitious, actionable, and aligned with corporate targets
• Cost Accounting & Product Costing : Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation; deliver insights on cost drivers to support margin management and investment decisions
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Liaise across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, to meet reporting and control standards
• Process & Control Integrity: Ensure compliance with corporate policies, internal controls, and audit requirements

• Onsite across Manufacturing locations at least 2 days/week, primarily Arvada; some light travel necessary
• Strong manufacturing finance background with working knowledge of Cost Accounting
• 6+ years of progressive experience in finance, with at least 2+ years supporting a business unit P&L
• Capital budgeting & resource planning experience
• Advanced financial modeling skills and ability to build driver-based models, sensitivity analyses, and complex operational scenarios from the ground up.
• Strong business acumen; able to connect financial analysis to operational and strategic levers.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex operational data into clear financial insights and executive-ready narratives.
• Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable thriving in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. You don't wait to be asked; you readily identify problems, instinctively seek solutions, and take ownership of outcomes.
• Experience in a high-growth technology, infrastructure, energy, or data center environment strongly preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills with ERP systems (e.g., Acumatica, Oracle, SAP) and financial planning/BI tools experience
• Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related analytical field; MBA, CFA, or CPA a plus.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with project management and technical teams to translate project-specific updates into financial impact analysis.

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $135,000 - $165,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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