Overview

Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer currently developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. As the macro transition to an all-electric transportation ecosystem accelerates, Lightship is bringing the increased convenience and superior performance that electrification offers to a pastime enjoyed by over 11 million American families.

Honoring Diverse Perspectives

Lightship is committed to hiring and developing top talent from diverse backgrounds. We believe representing and supporting diverse groups is key to the success of our team members, customers, shareholders and the achievement of our mission and vision. We operate in a collaborative environment with a flat organizational structure and expect a high degree of integrity, autonomy and creativity from all members of the team.

About the Role

As our first dedicated finance hire, you’ll be tasked with helping to build the foundation for financial planning and analysis and sustainable long term growth at Lightship. The ideal candidate will be a strategic partner to the business with a strong analytical skill set, organized approach and scrappy mindset. We’re a small, low-ego team looking for a highly effective collaborator equally capable of guiding long term business strategy and pitching in to get a very tactical operational task across the finish line.

Responsibilities

- Lead financial planning and reporting of performance against plan
- Own product cost by managing the financial bill of material for the Lightship recreational vehicle; provide analysis and guidance on product cost tradeoffs through a full product lifecycle (engineering, sourcing, launch, manufacturing ramp)
- Oversee external partners that execute on the financial and administrative backbone of our company (accountants, payroll provider, legal and other service providers)
- Organize and support fundraising efforts (primarily venture and growth equity)
- Support board of director meetings and ongoing investor relations initiatives
- Provide exceptional business and analytical support to internal stakeholders to ensure sound decision making on the way to a high-impact, high-growth and highly profitable company

Prior Experience & Professional Qualities

- 4+ years in a finance, business operations, strategy or other business function in a related industry (automotive, climate tech, space launch, consumer hardware) or in investment banking/management consulting
- Experience providing analytical or operational support during a hardware product development process (e.g. managing a financial bill of material) preferred
- Proficiency with financial analysis, financial modeling, basic accounting terminology and business tools like Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to act with a high degree of autonomy while collaborating effectively with a team
- Proactive, comfortable with ambiguity and juggling multiple projects

Employee Benefits

Lightship offers all of its employees and their dependents full benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and covers 100% of the insurance premium. We are on a mission to create a more healthful all-electric experience for a pastime that millions of families enjoy and believe strongly that our team should not have to worry about quality healthcare for themselves or their loved ones along the way.