About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2019, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

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Position Summary

Redwood Materials is seeking a Business Operations Finance Associate to join our team supporting Operating Assets across both our Reno, NV and Ridgeville, SC campuses. In this role, you will be responsible for owning the P&L and developing robust business cases for our operational facilities, driving financial visibility, accountability, and strategic decision-making. You will partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Finance leadership to ensure our assets are managed with both operational excellence and financial discipline.

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Responsibilities Will Include:

• Own the P&L for Operating Assets across Reno, NV and Ridgeville, SC, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and actionable insights.

• Develop and maintain business cases for new and existing operating initiatives, capital deployment, and expansion opportunities.

• Partner with site leaders and cross-functional teams to align operational performance with financial targets.

• Drive monthly and quarterly reporting processes, analyzing performance vs. plan, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions.

• Build models and dashboards to forecast financial performance and evaluate investment decisions.

• Support leadership in strategic planning and long-term growth initiatives, ensuring alignment of operational execution with company objectives.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of business operations processes, systems, and financial controls.

• Provide a deep level of understanding & engagement with the Production teams.

• Drive Financial Reporting improvements with Analysts on the team.  

• Proactively provide recommendations to Manufacturing & Business Development teams to improve P&L.  

• Translate questions to data, and data to answers

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Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Business Operations experience with experience working with a Manufacturing operation.  

• Preferably some experience in metals & mining or battery manufacturing.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Engineering.

• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to translate data into insights and actionable recommendations.

• Demonstrated experience managing P&L ownership, financial reporting, or operational cost control.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels of the organization.

• A proactive, resourceful mindset with a passion for operational excellence and sustainability.

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