Sr. Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

About the Role

Stem Inc., a publicly traded company on the NYSE, is looking for a Sr. Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead the FP&A function's strategic planning, forecasting, and business analysis activities across the company. This role leads the activities of the FP&A function through subordinate managers, participates with the CFO and senior finance leadership to establish strategic plans and objectives, and ensures operational effectiveness across budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering company-wide.

What You'll Do

• Lead the end-to-end FP&A function: annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, long-range financial planning, and monthly management reporting.
• Participate with the CFO and senior finance leadership in establishing strategic financial plans and objectives; translate strategy into functional plans and guide execution.
• Own creation and management of leadership, board, and investor-ready materials.
• Direct the build and maintenance of financial models covering revenue, opex, headcount, cash flow, and unit economics to support scenario planning and strategic decisions.
• Oversee the monthly and quarterly close-to-forecast cycle, ensuring the quality of variance analysis and executive commentary.
• Serve as a senior strategic finance business partner to department and functional leaders, providing analysis that informs pricing, hiring, and investment decisions.
• Direct development of KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools that give leadership real-time visibility into business performance.
• Lead, mentor, and develop an international team of FP&A managers and analysts through subordinate leaders, building scalable processes as the company grows.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning systems, tools, and processes company-wide to increase forecasting accuracy and reduce cycle time.
• Support capital raises, M&A analysis, and other strategic initiatives as needed.
• Ensure financial planning processes and reporting align with GAAP and internal controls, working closely with Accounting and Investor Relations.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or management consulting, including 3+ years leading a team of managers or analysts.
• Experience in high-growth technology or energy with a software company strongly preferred.
• A collaborative leadership style with a bias toward action and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CFA a plus.
• Proven track record building financial models and driving planning processes in a fast-growing or complex business environment.
• Deep proficiency in Excel and modern FP&A or BI tooling (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment, Tableau, Power BI); experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP is a plus.
• Strong command of GAAP, financial statement analysis, and corporate finance principles.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate work under tight deadlines.

To learn more about Stem, visit our stem.com where you’ll find information about our solutions, technology, partners, case studies, resources, latest news and more. Here are some relevant links:

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• Insights
• LinkedIn

What We Offer: 

At Stem, you will work in a growing, innovative, mission-driven company with talented colleagues that have a passion for building renewable energy systems. Stem offers competitive compensation as well as a comprehensive set of benefits to support the health and wellness of our employee including:  

• A competitive compensation package, including eligibility for a bonus or commission based on the role.
• Full health benefits on the first day of employment (several medical plan options-HDHP and PPO, dental plans, FSA/HSA-with employer contribution, employer paid vision/LTD/STD/Life, variety of voluntary coverage)
• 401k (pre- or post-tax) on first day of employment
• 12 paid calendar holidays per year
• Flexible time-off

Stem, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.