KoBold Metals - Senior Manager, Finance
Requirements
• A great candidate: • 8+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience, ideally including time in a capital-intensive, operationally complex business (mining, manufacturing, aerospace, energy, or similar) • Has experience managing small efficient teams in dynamic, high-growth environments with a high degree of accountability and execution quality • Brings strong cross-functional communication and ability to align finance with commercial and operational needs • Has demonstrated experience evaluating and deploying finance technology platforms, and is excited about applying AI to FP&A workflows • Is curious to learn about all aspects of our business, including travel to exploration field operations and mine development operations • Deeply engages on technical matters with technical colleagues; is uninhibited about asking probing questions of experts outside their domain • Demonstrates integrity, strong judgment, and comfort operating with urgency and precision • Brings advanced Excel financial modeling skills and direct experience working with ERP systems; SQL or Python comfort a strong plus • Strong communication with ability to build well synthesized narratives that help leaders across all disciplines better understand their work • A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision • Is a creative problem solver who works hard, holds high standards, and treats people with respect and care • Feels energized by KoBold's mission, bringing optimism that lifts the team and builds belief • KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status. • Location: KoBold is a remote-first workplace. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in one of the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Finland, Sweden, or Botswana.
Responsibilities
• Financial Planning and Analysis • Own cash forecasting including quarterly and annual spend predictions, working with leaders across the company to build bottoms-up estimates and create a clear understanding of how actual cash spend is allocated across the business (e.g., exploration, R&D, resource development, G&A, etc.) • Develop analytical models that help inform decision making and/or identify explicit or implicit cost improvement opportunities. Work closely with operations and technical teams to share these insights and implement change • Produce clear, actionable reporting that translates financial data into usable information that helps leaders manage their spend • Build and maintain a single source of truth for financial data, partnering with accounting and data teams to ensure integrity across systems • Lead the business justification process across the business and ensure that KoBold is being as efficient and effective as possible in allocating capital across its programs and teams • Operational Engagement and Cost Discipline • Develop a deep understanding of KoBold’s technical operations — how exploration programs are run, what mine development looks like, and what drives cost — and use that understanding to improve team effectiveness and challenge or inform cost assumptions • Build strong working relationships with operational leaders across the company and serve as a finance partner who understands their work • Help create the right performance metrics and create the reporting and processes required to drive accountability • Conduct detailed variance analysis and help teams understand their spend and course correct as necessary • Systems and Automation • Help with the assessment selection, and design of FP&A systems and tools—both third-party and in-house, custom-built tools—to support a rapidly growing, global business with complex operations • Drive automation and implement AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual work, improve forecast accuracy, and keeps the team lean • Build scalable processes and reporting infrastructure, fostering a culture that treats process improvement as essential work key to future success • Leadership, Culture, and Business Partnership • Continue to develop a small, high-performing FP&A team, setting high standards and building capability • Communicate financial insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, from field operators to the executive leadership team • Support IPO readiness efforts by building FP&A capabilities appropriate for a public company
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