Director, Finance

Job Description

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

The Finance Director will lead the development and execution of key financial strategies to support the company’s growth and operational goals. As the leader of the finance team under the Senior Director of Finance, this role focuses on detailed financial planning, capital management, and providing business-wide financial leadership. The Finance Director is a trusted advisor to senior management and business leaders, collaborating across multiple departments to drive operational efficiency and financial performance. This role also focuses on managing the company’s cash position, financial processes, overseeing budgeting and forecasting, and leading innovation within the finance department to ensure scalability.

This is onsite position, working out of Albuquerque, NM, Oak Ridge, TN or Charlotte, NC office.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership, Incentives, & Execution
  • As a trusted advisor for the business, collaborate with functional leaders and the Senior Director of Finance to define and execute the finance roadmap, aligning financial objectives with the company's long-term strategy and growth.
  • Lead financial planning and analysis, including targets, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling, to support key strategic and operational decisions.
  • In collaboration with internal teams, research and secure financial incentives at the federal, state, and local levels, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals. Manage the company’s applications, ensuring forecasts and financial data are accurate and submitted on time.
• Financial Operations & Reporting
  • Operations & Reporting
    • Direct responsibility for the management of the company’s cash position
    • Provide comprehensive financial updates and reports to the Senior Director of Finance and senior management by evaluating key data points, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities.
    • Prepare or coordinate preparation of quarterly and annual financial reports to investors, board members, and external stakeholders.
    • Support fundraising initiatives, including capital markets activities, debt financing, and equity raises, by providing financial analyses and strategic insights to ensure alignment with company goals.
    • Oversee financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to optimize operations and ensure compliance with accounting standards.
  • Capital Project Oversight
    • Oversee financial management of large capital projects, ensuring accurate cost tracking, budgeting, and financial reporting.
    • Ensure delivery of financial analyses and forecasts that support project management, aligning project costs with budgetary constraints and strategic objectives.
  • Contract Management
    • Oversee development and administration of unique cost share contracts, ensuring compliance with terms and conditions while supporting the Engineering Team in the execution and administration of these contracts.
• Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management
  • Oversee compliance with financial regulations at state, federal, and industry levels, including NRC, DOE, and FERC requirements. Prepare and submit financial reports for regulatory bodies.
  • Oversee the company’s compliance with financial regulations, ensuring adherence to state, federal, and industry standards, including those related to large capital projects.
  • Manage financial aspects of decommissioning funding and radioactive waste management, including trust fund accounting, forecasting, and compliance submissions.
  • Manage financial reporting and compliance for loans or other debt obligations, ensuring adherence to terms and timely reporting of financial performance. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to meet loan agreement obligations.
• Process Optimization & Innovation
  • Spearhead the enhancement of financial systems, with a focus on automating financial reporting, improving approval workflows, and ensuring scalability for financial operations. This includes aligning technology solutions with financial performance metrics and integrating them with enterprise-wide systems.
  • Oversee the management of the company’s procure-to-pay system, ensuring effective financial controls are in place while workflows and departments adapt to meet evolving business needs of the organization as it grows.

Qualifications

• Must excel in presentation preparation and delivery
• Analytical thinker with problem-solving abilities
• Thorough knowledge of corporate financial operations
• Demonstrated ownership of role and responsibilities
• B.S. degree in Finance, or equivalent
• 10 years or greater of experience
• Proven team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues

Physical Conditions

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
• Communicating with others to exchange information

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment
• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned

Safety and PPE

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
• Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions

Travel

• Some travel may be required, up to 5%

Additional Requirements

• Requires occasional working weekends
• Requires occasional schedule flexibility
• Requires occasional extended hours to support critical project timelines

About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. link