Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze customer projects, profitability, pricing, and operational performance
• Build and maintain financial models, forecasts, budgets, and operating plans
• Design and implement scalable financial workflows and processes
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and accounting activities

Develop KPI dashboards and recurring reporting for leadership

• Support fundraising, investor reporting, and strategic planning initiatives
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses to support business decisions
• Accounting & Tax Operations

Support month-end and year-end close processes

• Assist with accounting operations, reconciliations, and financial controls
• Research and apply relevant tax codes and compliance requirements
• Coordinate with external accountants, tax advisors, and auditors
• Ensure financial data accuracy and integrity across systems

Energy Valuation Work

• Directly contribute to valuation and analysis of customers energy assets
• Build insurance and project finance models for energy projects
• Calculating raw material and critical mineral contents
• Conducting sensitivity analysis for commodity pricing
• Build models and reports for valuation purposes

Founding Team Contributions

• Operate with an ownership mentality and willingness to tackle challenges outside your job description
• Contribute to company strategy, process design, and operational excellence
• Help establish the culture, standards, and best practices of a high-growth startup
• Work cross-functionally with leadership, customers, and external stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Preferred

• CPA certification (or active pursuit of CPA)
• ASA or MAI appraisal designations, or USPAP-compliant experience

Experience at an early-stage startup or venture-backed company

• Experience supporting fundraising, investor relations, or strategic finance initiatives
• Familiarity with automation tools, financial systems, and business intelligence platforms
• Experience creating scalable finance and accounting processes from the ground up
• Experience in the energy, minerals, recycling or commodities sector

The Opportunity

Buckstop is seeking a highly analytical and entrepreneurial

Financial Analyst to join our founding team. This is not a traditional finance role.

We're looking for someone who enjoys building systems, creating processes from scratch, and partnering directly with leadership to help shape the financial infrastructure of a rapidly growing company. Experience in the energy sector is preferred.

You will support financial planning, accounting operations, tax compliance, customer project analysis, automation initiatives, and strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate combines strong financial fundamentals with a startup mindset and thrives in environments where ambiguity is an opportunity rather than a challenge.

This role reports directly to the founders and will play a critical role in helping Buckstop scale responsibly.

Required Qualifications

3+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, corporate finance, or related functions

Strong financial modeling and analytical skills

• Understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and tax regulations
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills

Experience building reports, dashboards, and financial processes

Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

Who You Are

• You have a founder mentality and naturally take ownership
• You prepare thoroughly before execution and sweat the details
• You enjoy solving messy, ambiguous problems
• You care about building systems that scale
• You are intellectually curious and continuously learning

You are resourceful, adaptable, and accountable

• You want to help build a category-defining company from the ground up
• Why Buckstop
• Founding-team level impact and ownership
• Direct access to founders and executive leadership
• Meaningful equity participation (0.25%)

Opportunity to build finance infrastructure from day one

• Work on one of the most important sustainability and circular economy challenges of our generation
• Join a mission-driven team solving a massive global problem
• If you're excited about building the financial foundation for a company transforming the circular economy, we'd love to hear from you.

Compensation

$100,000 - $120,000 / year