FP&A Manager

Nautilus Solar Energy is seeking an FP&A Manager in Chicago, IL, responsible for overseeing capital investment planning, analysis, and reporting. Key duties include managing budgets, conducting financial analysis, forecasting, and stakeholder communication. The role involves collaboration across various teams and supervising an FP&A analyst. Applicants must reside in the U.S. and have authorization to work there. The position offers a competitive salary of $125K-$140K and full benefits.
The FP&A Manager for investments is responsible for planning, analyzing, and reporting on the company's capital investment activities. This role ensures that capital projects align with strategic objectives, are financially viable, and are planned as desired both on time and on budget. The position involves close collaboration with Structuring, Construction, Engineering, Finance, Legal and Community Solar teams to manage the full lifecycle of capital investments. This position will also initially supervise an FP&A analyst.

Key Responsibilities

1. Capital Planning & Budgeting
Develop and manage the annual and long-range capital expenditure budgets.Partner with business units to identify, prioritize, and validate CapEx projects.Ensure alignment of CapEx plans with corporate strategy and financial targets.Work directly with the $1B Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Partnership and Nautilus's senior management in managing the forecasting process for long term capital needs and medium-term cash flow planning, as well as managing equity lines across the portfolio.

2. Financial Analysis & Modeling
Prepare consolidated CapEx analysis for entire portfolio for NAV/IRR updates.Conduct scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to assess risks and opportunities.Manage CapEx variance reporting for Nautilus's management and Board, including comparative and scenario analysis as well as review of trends/prior year results.

3. Forecasting & Reporting
Maintain rolling forecasts for CapEx spending and related items.Track actual vs. budgeted CapEx and provide variance analysis with actionable insights.Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual CapEx reports for senior management.

4. Strategic Support
Provide financial input for strategic initiatives such as capacity expansion of financing facilities.Collaborate with company employees as well as parent entity stakeholders to make sure that the financial structures/equity position/payback are accurately reflected and presented.Identify opportunities to improve capital allocation and utilization.Lead process improvement activities across the FP&A Department and Nautilus.

5. Stakeholder Communication
Present CapEx analysis and recommendations to leadership, executives and parent company.Act as a liaison between finance and operational teams for accurate/complete capital planning.Support investor relations with CapEx-related disclosures when required.
Requirements
Must reside in the U.SUnrestricted authorization to work in the U.S.
Benefits
Competitive Salary $125,000-$140,000Annual Performance Bonus Benefits (Health, Vision, Dental, Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability) are 100% covered by Nautilus 401k offered with employer match