VP of Finance

VP Of Finance

Collective Energy is seeking a strategic, execution-oriented VP of Finance to lead and oversee the firm's financial platform across all corporate entities, funds, and investments. The VP of Finance will be responsible for ensuring the firm's financial health, liquidity, scalability, and long-term value creation.

This role requires a hands-on leader who can operate at both the strategic and granular levels—owning capital strategy, financial architecture, tax oversight, deal economics, investor reporting, and systems development—while serving as a key thought partner to executive leadership.

Leadership Profile, the ideal candidate is:

• Strategic but execution-focused

• Detail-oriented with strong financial rigor

• Comfortable operating in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment

• A trusted advisor to the senior leadership team

• Capable of building institutional-quality infrastructure without slowing growth

Key Responsibilities:

Capital Strategy & Liquidity Management

• Own and execute the Parent company-wide capital strategy (short-, medium-, and long-term).
• Maintain a real-time, consolidated view of the total capital stack across all entities, funds, and investments.
• Secure and manage Program-Related Investments, long-term debt obligations, SAFE Investments and any other corporate-level debt.
• Forecast liquidity needs across development, pre-development, operating carry, and guarantee exposure.
• Stress-test capital structures under downside and market volatility scenarios.

Financial Architecture & Reporting

• Design and maintain the firm's financial architecture and entity structure.
• Ensure accurate, timely consolidated reporting across entities.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
• Deliver investor-, lender-, foundation- and audit-ready financial reporting packages.
• Establish best-in-class financial controls and reporting standards.
• Prepare and present reports for leadership.

Tax Strategy & Audit Oversight

• Own and oversee tax strategy across all entities, investments, including personal tax impacts and expectations of Ownership and any outside investors.
• Supervise corporate, fund, and deal-level tax filings in coordination with external advisors.
• Coordinate and manage audits across required entities.
• Handle and execute all deals regarding Investment Tax Credit Sales, IRS Filings, and process involving Transferability of Clean Energy Tax Credits

Deal Economics, Capital Accounts & Exit Planning

• Oversee capital account tracking and ensure integrity across all deals.
• Model refinance, exit, and partial liquidity scenarios.
• Advise leadership on hold vs. sell decisions and timing considerations.
• Ensure transparent, defensible, and investor-aligned economic structures.
• Be responsible for all proformas related to Storage+Storage clean energy projects including tax credits, long-term debt analysis and portfolio-level analysis
• Financial deal modeling with current and prospective clients. Determining project feasibility and on-going financial oversight of in-process projects. Preparing and reviewing term sheets/contracts/documentation with prospective clients, bank lenders, and other financing partners.
• Reviewing and recommending all deal points related to the projects with Executive Management
• Be heavily involved in the life cycle of a project, working with the Project Management team as needed through pre-development to completion
• Ensure transparent, defensible, and investor-aligned economic structures.

Foundations, Investor & Lender Interface

• Support financial diligence processes for all foundations, investors and lenders.
• Ensure consistency between financial models, narratives, and actual performance.
• Partner with leadership on capital raise readiness and data room preparation.
• Serve as a senior financial voice in foundations, investor and lender discussions.

Systems, Process & Scalability

• Develop and execute the firm's financial systems roadmap and integrations.
• Build scalable finance processes to support growth across multiple funds and entities.
• Implement documentation and controls to reduce reliance on institutional knowledge.
• Create a finance infrastructure that supports long-term platform expansion.
• Oversight of PEO relationship, processing payroll, assistance in new hire / termination of staff processing
• Overseeing and managing relationships with accounting support and consultants. Responsible for all transactional oversight, annual audit work with 3rd party CPAs and any government contract auditing.

What You Bring

• 6+ years of progressive experience in public accounting, real estate private equity, clean energy finance management, investment management, development, or related finance leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing complex entity structures and multi-tiered capital stacks.
• Deep understanding of fund structures, capital accounts, waterfalls, and investor reporting.
• Experience managing lender relationships and foundational relationships.
• Background in tax planning and audit oversight in partnership-based structures.
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable systems and processes within a growing organization.
• Familiarity with ITC/Transferability structures and solar+storage financing
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Experience with government contracting, budgeting, reporting
• Clean Energy project financing

What We Offer

Salary range: $150k-$200k

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• Competitive paid time off
• Flexible work schedule/ remote work
• Yearly Bonus
• Profit sharing

Collective Energy is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Individuals who require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in the search process should notify us.