Financial Analyst

<p><strong>About the Company</strong></p> <p></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="auto">General Matter is enriching uranium in America.</span></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our goal is to design, build, and&nbsp;operate&nbsp;the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Ultimately, our&nbsp;work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.</span></p> <p><strong>About This Role</strong></p> <p>The Financial Analyst will be instrumental in the development, tracking, forecasting, reporting, and accounting for all General Matter projects. This is a key financial planning and analysis (FP&amp;A) role with executive-level visibility driving spending and contract profitability for all of our product lines. The successful candidate will interface with all aspects of the company, including production, engineering, sales, program management, accounting, and executive management.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead forecast of key performance indicators (KPIs), including spending and resource requirements for assigned business groups, such as headcount, capital, and operating expenses.</li> <li>Forecast future unit costs with cross-functional teams and track progress in achieving cost reduction targets.</li> <li>Conduct ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational decision-making, from new idea generation through to the implementation phase.</li> <li>Perform a leading role on internal projects, working closely with peer organizations to understand key business issues and translate them into financial models and metrics.</li> <li>Prepare and update capital expenditure and inventory cash forecasts.</li> <li>Support product cost tracking and inventory analysis, including scrap, inventory obsolescence, and productivity efforts.</li> <li>Develop and enhance tools to track revenue performance and incurred project costs every month.</li> <li>Provide insight on revenue, spending variances, and department-level reporting to business partners.</li> <li>Analyze and interpret financial data for use in management reviews.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree.</li> <li>2+ years of experience in an accounting, finance, or business role (internship experience qualifies).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Skills and Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering.</li> <li>Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, applied business statistics, and general modeling experience of complex non-linear systems.</li> <li>Experience in a manufacturing or technology environment.</li> <li>Familiarity with reporting, visualization, intelligence, and analysis tools (SQL, Power BI, Tableau, etc.).</li> <li>Strong presentation skills with the ability to regularly interface with executive management.</li> <li>Experience with presenting analytical results in both verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization.</li> <li>Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems for a broad audience.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additional Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.</li> <li>This position is based in Los Angeles, CA and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Employer</strong></p> <p>General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p> <p><strong>Compensation and Benefits</strong></p> <p>The base salary range for this role is <strong>$70,000–$145,000 </strong>annually.&nbsp;</p> <p>Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. <span data-teams="true">Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors.</span> In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision &amp; dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>