Senior Vice President, Finance and Capital

Position Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, and Board to shape and execute NLE’s strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to evaluate business opportunities and market strategies.
• Provide financial insight and decision support for investments.
• Help the organization remain agile and financially disciplined amid evolving market conditions, policy changes, and industry disruption.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and business partnership.
• Oversee accounting, FP&A, treasury, tax, payroll, audit, and financial reporting functions.
• Drive process improvements and systems enhancements that increase efficiency, transparency, and analytical capability across Finance and Accounting operations.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Drive boundaryless improvements in financial literacy and the ways it can be used to aid operational decision-making across the business.
• Establish and maintain strong internal controls, financial policies, and governance practices that support a growing and increasingly complex organization.
• Lead the company’s overall capital strategy, ensuring the company has the money it needs to fuel operations and growth.
• Oversee capital markets activities, including acting as primary commercial lead on key transactions.
• Lead relationships with investors and lenders, helping position the company for continued growth and operational flexibility.
• Oversee enterprise risk management.
• Lead tax strategy.
• Ensure compliance with lender, investor, audit, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain strong relationships with external auditors, lenders, investors, and strategic partners.

Desired Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, ideally including experience as a senior finance leader in a growth-oriented renewables company.
• A track record of building and leading collaborative, engaged, and high-performing teams in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving organizations, and the ability to build scalable systems and processes that support sustainable growth.
• Ability to align financial strategy with long-term business objectives and evolving market conditions.
• Demonstrated success leading capital raises and capital markets activities, including experience with tax equity.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication; the ability to communicate credibly with institutional investors, lenders, board members, and strategic partners.
• Strong project management skills and discipline.
• Sound and patient judgment.
• Passion for renewables and decarbonization.
• Maximum integrity and accountability, with affinity for NLE’s cultural pillars of transparency, respect, and humility.

Compensation

• Market-competitive base salary, plus above-market variable compensation, plus an equity-like program such that all employees experience the benefits of ownership.
• The on-target annual cash bonus associated with this position is an additional 40% of base salary.
• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision;
• A 401k plan with immediate vesting and a company match (100% of the first three percent of your pay; 50% for the next two percent you contribute);
• An open and self-managed paid time-off policy;
• A hybrid work location policy that supports working from home for part of the week;
• A parental leave policy for both birthing and non-birthing parents, available immediately upon hire;
• Professional development and education assistance.

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible work environment that places significant responsibility in independent teams and creates opportunities for innovation and personal growth.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

• New Leaf Energy values the diverse perspectives, skills, experiences, and contributions of all employees.
• We want all our employees to feel like they belong and are empowered to be their most authentic selves at work.
• We’re actively committed to fostering diversity and creating an inclusive environment not only within our own organization but also within the clean energy industry.

A Note to Third-Party Recruiters

• New Leaf Energy’s People + Culture team coordinates all recruiting and hiring at our company.
• New Leaf Energy does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies.
• Resumes are only accepted from third-party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies if a signed agreement is in place AND if external recruiting assistance is authorized by the People + Culture team for a specific position.
• All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of New Leaf Energy. New Leaf Energy is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.