Senior Manager, FP&A

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Manager, FP&A

Build Zanskar’s AI-native finance function.

Hours: Full-time; salaried

Location: Salt Lake City, UT; hybrid

Reports to: VP of Finance

Compensation: To be finalized

Benefits eligible: Yes

Zanskar is using technology to discover and develop geothermal resources and deliver reliable, carbon-free power. Scaling that ambition requires a finance function that connects scientific progress, project execution and capital allocation.

We believe the finance stack is being rebuilt for a new era. AI makes it possible to rethink how financial data becomes insight, how forecasts evolve and how leaders make decisions. We’re looking for a builder to help us design that future at Zanskar.

As Senior Manager, FP&A, you will architect the models, systems, definitions and operating rhythms behind our financial planning and decision-making. You will turn complex operating plans into a clear view of what we can fund, what drives returns and where we should act. This is a hands-on role with significant ownership, close partnership with the VP of Finance and Executive Leadership Team, and room to grow into leadership of the FP&A function as the company scales.

Within your first six months, you will:

• Build an integrated planning foundation. Connect departmental budgets, headcount, project spending and financing assumptions into a driver-based operating and cash-flow forecast. Establish clear ownership, a rolling forecast cadence and scenarios that reveal trade-offs before they become constraints.

• Create a common financial language. Partner with Accounting and operating teams to redefine departments, projects, cost categories and reporting dimensions. Establish consistent definitions for actuals, commitments, forecasts, capex, opex, cash burn and available liquidity, with documented mappings to source systems.

• Make executive reporting decision-ready. Deliver concise dashboards, executive summaries and board materials that explain performance against plan, what changed, why it matters and what management recommends. Reconcile the approved budget, latest forecast and long-range plan rather than letting competing versions coexist.

• Deploy AI-native workflows. Design, build or configure, test and launch repeatable workflows for data preparation, forecast refreshes, variance analysis and management reporting. Connect source systems to usable analysis, evaluate build-versus-buy choices and measure time saved, accuracy and adoption.

• Connect capital to milestones. Work with exploration, development, construction and corporate teams to translate operating plans into spending priorities, cost-to-complete views and funding needs. Make committed versus discretionary spending and the consequences of accelerating, delaying or stopping work explicit.

• Build trust into the system. Establish source traceability, version control, reconciliations and human review for material outputs. Set appropriate access and approval controls so faster analysis remains dependable, explainable and secure.

Success means leaders spend less time reconciling numbers and more time making informed decisions. You will establish baselines and track improvements in forecast turnaround, reporting effort, data quality and use of the tools you build.

• An accomplished FP&A operator. You have owned budgets, forecasts, cash planning and variance analysis in a complex or fast-growing business. You understand how the income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow statement connect, and can distinguish accounting results from cash requirements.

• A hands-on systems architect. You have built or materially improved planning models, reporting infrastructure or finance workflows. You can turn fragmented data into a coherent system with clear definitions, owners and checks. You are excellent in Excel or Google Sheets and comfortable working across ERP, planning and BI tools.

• Demonstrated AI fluency. You have moved beyond prompting to building and deploying useful workflows. You can show what you built, how it connects to source data, how you tested it and what improved. You can use SQL, APIs, scripting or capable low-code tools to get systems working, and know when to involve engineering or security partners.

• Executive communication and judgment. You have prepared board presentations, management dashboards and concise financial narratives. You can explain the drivers behind a result, make assumptions and uncertainty visible, and recommend a course of action without burying the audience in detail.

• Influence across the business. You can establish shared definitions, challenge assumptions constructively and earn adoption from technical and non-financial teams. You bring curiosity, rigor and accountability to conversations about resources and priorities.

• A builder’s ownership. You are comfortable starting with an incomplete brief, setting priorities and delivering working systems. You pair ambition with attention to detail and can create processes that others will be able to maintain and scale.

Experience in energy, infrastructure, project finance or other capital-intensive businesses is valuable. So is experience building finance capabilities at a technology company. We care most about demonstrated impact, sound financial judgment and the ability to learn.

You will help shape the FP&A function while its architecture is still being defined. Your work will influence how Zanskar deploys capital, funds growth and communicates with its leadership and board. The opportunity combines strategic exposure with the autonomy to build, and a path toward broader functional leadership as your impact and the business grow.

This is a hybrid role based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Benefits include paid holidays, 18 days of PTO, medical, dental and vision coverage, and a 401(k). Compensation will be finalized before publication.

Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practice laws.