Head of Finance Operations – FP&A, Accounting

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🕒 March 24

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Planetary Scale

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2023

💸 Finance

⚡ Energy

🤝 B2B

Finance • Energy • B2B

Planetary Scale is a strategic and financial advisory firm that partners with climate and energy-transition startups and infrastructure companies to accelerate their path to scale. It provides fractional CFO leadership, VC and debt fundraising support, investor-grade modeling and dashboards, FOAK and project finance readiness, capital-stack optimization, accounting and finance operations, and guidance on tax-credit monetization, unit economics, and M&A integration. Planetary Scale focuses on capital-intensive climate and energy technologies, helping founders raise the right capital, optimize spending, and make investor-ready decisions to scale impact.

📋 Description

• Support onboarding of new clients, lead planning & budgeting cycles, contribute to major deliverables, and parachute in on high-stakes problem-solving • Define and maintain standards, templates, and processes across engagements to ensure consistency, accuracy, and efficiency • Manage and mentor 3+ finance team members, raising the bar on quality and output while taking on parts of the work yourself • Manage bookkeeping, AP, AR and payroll processes across our client portfolio, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and compliance • Review financial models, reports, and accounting work before they go to clients, board members and investors • Improve workflows, templates, and tooling to increase efficiency and excellence across the firm • Document and share learnings from across our client base, making PSA the repository of early-stage finance best practices • Anticipate the needs of a growing client base, identify when and where new roles are required, and help recruit and onboard new hires to expand the team • Take direct ownership of key deliverables — from monthly close to updating financial models to drafting client-ready reporting packages

🎯 Requirements

• 6–10 years of progressive experience in finance/accounting, ideally Big Four + startup finance. • Solid foundation in both accounting (GAAP, accounting schedules, close & reporting) and FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, modeling & analysis). Hands-on experience is most important; professional certifications such as CPA or CMA are a strong plus. • Fluency in the modern finance stack (QBO, Bill, Brex, Carta, Rippling, etc.). • Strong analytical chops and comfort building & maintaining financial models. • Elite-level attention to detail and ability to error-check own and others’ work. • Experience managing junior team members with a “player-coach” mentality. • Excited about working with multiple early-stage, venture-backed startups. • Passionate about climate tech and the startup ecosystem.

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus: 20% performance-based target • Equity: Participation in PSA’s client equity program