Business Operations Associate

Responsibilities

• Own the P&L for Operating Assets across Reno, NV and Ridgeville, SC, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and actionable insights.
• Develop and maintain business cases for new and existing operating initiatives, capital deployment, and expansion opportunities.
• Partner with site leaders and cross-functional teams to align operational performance with financial targets.
• Drive monthly and quarterly reporting processes, analyzing performance vs. plan, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions.
• Build models and dashboards to forecast financial performance and evaluate investment decisions.
• Support leadership in strategic planning and long-term growth initiatives, ensuring alignment of operational execution with company objectives.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of business operations processes, systems, and financial controls.
• Provide a deep level of understanding & engagement with the Production teams.
• Drive Financial Reporting improvements with Analysts on the team.
• Proactively provide recommendations to Manufacturing & Business Development teams to improve P&L.
• Translate questions to data, and data to answers

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Business Operations experience with experience working with a Manufacturing operation.
• Preferably some experience in metals & mining or battery manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, Business, or Engineering.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to translate data into insights and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience managing P&L ownership, financial reporting, or operational cost control.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels of the organization.
• A proactive, resourceful mindset with a passion for operational excellence and sustainability.

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.