Finance Manager - LanzaTech

Welcome to the Post Pollution Future with LanzaTech

About us: LanzaTech was founded on the belief that we have enough carbon above ground to make everything we need. Through our biorecycling technology, we transform carbon into sustainable raw materials, replacing the need for virgin fossil carbon in consumer goods and transport fuels. We are building the circular carbon economy.

Our impact: To date, we have abated over 275,000 tons of carbon dioxide (the equivalent amount of CO2 needed to charge 30,346,895,586 smartphones) across three commercial plants, and will soon have the capacity to abate 500,000 tons annually when three more plants launch in 2023.

With dozens more projects in the pipeline, we are helping global companies like Zara, H&M Move, Coty, and on use recycled carbon to make sustainable consumer products from carbon that would otherwise be emitted from heavy industries such as steel making.

Our team:

• We’re a diverse, woman-led company, with over 400 team members and counting
• We’re distributed around the globe—from Chicago and Europe to India, China, & New Zealand

Named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023, our team is taking on climate change one ton of carbon at a time.

We are a woman-led company on a mission to recycle the world’s carbon supply, and we want you to join us!

About the role

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team leads LanzaTech’s revenue and expense modeling and analysis, ensuring accurate reporting, budgeting, and strategic planning. The Finance Manager on the FP&A team will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis, and providing financial oversight with an operational and strategic growth mindset. He/she will work cross-functionally and serve as a Finance business partner for members of executive and leadership teams. This person will assist with financial models, business cases, financial presentations, scenario planning and other projects as needed.

The Finance Manager will be highly collaborative and hands-on, working with teams across the organization to identify opportunities for improvement, efficiency, and scale and lead the implementation of solutions in partnership with other members of the FP&A team. The Finance Manager will report directly to the Director of FP&A.

Key duties

• Analyze, interpret, and summarize company results from a financial and operational perspective to produce monthly reporting and analytics, identify potential issues, and propose solutions to mitigate risks.
• Work with department heads and project managers to build annual budgets, and monthly forecasts.
• Prepare the monthly financial reporting package and present results to the executive team.
• Develop and manage financial models for near and long-range planning.
• Identify and implement process improvements and standardization of reporting metrics.
• Provide business owners and senior leaders with financial analysis to drive decision making including costing, profitability, and productivity analysis.
• Collaborate with Investor Relations team on monthly and quarterly reporting needs.
• Collaborate with Accounting & Project Management teams to deliver on a roadmap of automation and improvement initiatives on reporting and forecasting as well as change management.
• Assist in preparation of presentations for Board of Directors and other corporate meetings.
• Become proficient in the use of the budgeting, forecasting, and planning software, Vena.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, MBA preferred
• Minimum 8+ years of progressive financial planning & analysis experience, preferably in a fast-paced, high-growth global environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Looker)
• Experienced in financial systems (NetSuite, SAP, Anaplan)
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills and an ability to use data and metrics to back-up assumptions and develop business cases
• Proven problem-solving skills, project management skills and the ability to deal with ambiguity
• Proven track record working with cross-functional teams and independently executing on deliverables
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized, ability to complete a high volume of tasks and projects with limited guidance and tight deadlines.,
• Must be a strong team player with service-oriented attitude and customer focus.
• Must be able to work independently as well as collaborate with others, as needed.
• Must be comfortable with changing requirements and priorities.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Work Environment

• Hybrid - On-Site 3 days per week - Mon, Wed and 3rd of employee choice

Learn more about us by visiting www.lanzatech.com/news/ and take a look at some recent coverage:

• TIME100’s Most Influential Companies
• Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies
• Forbes: Synthetic biology gets the Gucci treatment
• Bloomberg: LanzaTech CEO on green financing, Brookfield, clean transition

Find us on social media: LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram

This position is open to candidates authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer. LanzaTech is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.