About the Role
KoBold is hiring a Finance Manager to help grow our financial planning and analysis function. The right candidate will combine deep FP&A expertise with strong strategic instincts, analytical rigor, and management experience. You will be part of building durable systems that allow small, highly capable teams to support an ever-increasing scope and eventually an IPO.
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.
- Develop analytical models that help inform decision-making and identify cost improvement opportunities.
- Produce clear, actionable reporting that translates financial data into usable information.
- 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 and ensure capital is allocated efficiently across programs and teams.
Operational Engagement and Cost Discipline
- Develop a deep understanding of KoBold’s technical operations—how exploration programs are run and what drives cost—to improve team effectiveness.
- Build strong working relationships with operational leaders as a finance partner.
- Help create performance metrics, 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
- Assess, select, and design FP&A systems and tools—both third-party and in-house, custom-built solutions.
- Drive automation and implement AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual work and improve forecast accuracy.
- Build scalable processes and reporting infrastructure.
Leadership, Culture, and Business Partnership
- Continue to develop a small, high-performing FP&A team.
- Communicate financial insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support IPO readiness efforts by building FP&A capabilities appropriate for a public company.