Strategic Finance Lead

• Partner with Commercial on customer pricing strategy, contract structuring, and margin analysis across the project pipeline, including new international markets.
• Build and maintain financial models for strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and other potential transactions, with full scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Support the VP of Finance and CEO in preparing materials for equity and debt raises — financial models, data rooms, and investor presentations.
• Model capital structure scenarios to inform fundraising strategy, timing, and cash runway, and support cap table and ownership-scenario analysis.

This role directly supports the scaling of sodium-ion battery technology, enabling cheaper, safer, and more abundant energy storage for renewable energy grids, thereby accelerating the transition to a resilient, low-carbon energy system.

• 8+ years in strategic finance, corporate development, investment banking, private equity/venture capital, or FP&A at a high-growth startup — hardware, manufacturing, or energy experience is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience building complex financial models for M&A, partnerships, joint ventures, or capital-raise transactions.
• Direct experience supporting or leading an equity or debt capital raise.
• Excellent financial modeling skills and genuine comfort building structure from ambiguity.

The salary range for this role is $150,000 – $200,000. Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Flexible time off
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Strong 401(k) plan
• Equity opportunities
• Many great work perks

Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid. The leadership team has decades of experience scaling gigawatt-level innovation at companies like Tesla, Northvolt, and Apple.