--- title: 'Strategic Finance Manager at Antora Energy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/strategic-finance-manager-antora-energy-san-jose-1cceyrmsp2zr' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-16' --- # Strategic Finance Manager at Antora Energy - **Company:** Antora Energy - **Location:** San Jose, CA - **Posted:** 2026-09-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/antora/jobs/6190622004 ## Job description Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid. Our thermal batteries turn low-cost electricity into always-on heat and power, without supply-constrained critical minerals or multi-year construction timelines. We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and work with humility and openness. We are committed to building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy. Position Summary Antora Energy is seeking a highly analytical and driven Strategic Finance to own and operate the company’s core financial model, deliver mission-critical insights that guide strategic decisions, and support capital markets engagement. This role sits at the center of Antora’s commercial, operational, and product teams—translating fast-moving inputs into clear, data-driven outputs for executives, investors, and partners. The ideal candidate thrives in complexity, is comfortable operating independently, loves solving new problems, and brings the rigor of an investment banking background to the challenge of scaling a climate-tech company. This is a high-visibility role with significant opportunities for growth, learning, and impact. Roles & Responsibilities Strategic Finance - Own Antora’s corporate financial model (working cross functionally to collect real-time inputs, creating model scenarios, and producing insights for Antora leadership) - Translate updated inputs into clear, actionable outputs that inform executive decision-making. - Guide strategic planning by collaborating with colleagues across Antora, including Operations (production forecasting), Engineering (product inputs), and Commercial (growth targets) - Deliver rapid scenario analysis and insights to guide strategic decision processes. Capital Markets - - Support capital raising processes from end to end. - Develop and refine investor materials, translating complex technical and financial concepts into crisp, clear narratives - Guide due diligence workflows, collecting inputs from internal colleagues and delivering answers to prospective investors - Manage investor engagement, data rooms, and transaction closing processes ## Key Qualifications - 4+ years of professional experience, ideally with some experience in an investment banking environment. - Demonstrated mastery of complex financial modeling, scenario analysis, and quantitative problem-solving. - Ability to synthesize cross-functional inputs and communicate insights quickly and clearly. - High attention to detail with the ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. - Excellent written communication and presentation skills. Additional Qualifications Desired - Prior experience in power & utilities, infrastructure, industrials, or energy sectors. - Familiarity with hardware-enabled or manufacturing-intensive business models. - Location: Strong preference for San Francisco Bay Area (San Jose or SF) for closer collaboration and coaching. Work Location:  Onsite - San Jose, CA Salary Range:  $148,000 USD - $173,000 USD Salary Basis:  Annual Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements. In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off. #LI-Onsite https://diversityjobs.com/employer/top-diversity-employers?utm_campaign=TopEmployer&utm_medium=badge  When it comes to stopping climate change, we need everyone. We believe that having a diversity of backgrounds and experiences strengthens all of us, and we strive to create an environment where every one of us is empowered to create meaningful change. ## About Antora Energy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Antora Energy manufactures and deploys modular thermal batteries that convert low-cost, intermittent clean electricity into reliable, always-on heat and power for global industrial facilities and data centers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Justin Briggs, Andrew Ponec, David Bierman ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Renewable Energy Power Generation, Thermal Energy Storage, Industrial Decarbonization - **Target customers**: Large-scale industrial energy users (biofuels, refining, pulp & paper, steel & iron, chemicals, mining, concrete & lime, food & beverage) and data center operators (B2B, Enterprise). - **Mission or purpose statement**: “We are here to power global industry with clean energy.” The company aims to make cheap, clean energy the standard that powers global industry. ## Products & Services - **Thermal Battery System**: A modular, factory-built energy storage system that uses solid carbon (one of the safest, most stable materials on earth) to store surplus clean electricity as heat. It delivers always-on heat and power for industrial operations, scales from megawatts to gigawatts, and is designed for low cost, rapid deployment, and massive scale. - **Project Big Stone**: One of the largest battery storage systems in the world, deployed in under 12 months for POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer. It delivers affordable, reliable energy and serves as a proof-of-concept for the company’s giga-scale deployment model. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available. - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$220.0M** across 10 rounds, including a $150M Series B led by Decarbonization Partners (Feb 2024). Annual revenue estimated at **$7.7M**. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Decarbonization Partners, National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission. Key partner: POET (biofuels). - **Growth Signals**: 197 employees (+36.6% YoY), 31,700 LinkedIn followers (+42.9% YoY), active job postings up 140% YoY. The company is building gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries annually at its U.S. factory and has a presence in Spain. ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary Technology**: Uses solid carbon thermal storage—a simple, safe, and low-cost material—to provide both heat and power, differentiating from chemical battery or molten salt solutions. - **Modular & Factory-Built**: Modules are manufactured in a U.S. factory, enabling rapid deployment, seamless integration, and operational redundancy at any scale. - **Speed to Market**: Project Big Stone advanced from an empty lot to energy delivery in under 12 months, demonstrating a fast deployment model that can be replicated globally. - **Multi-day Storage**: Provides reliable energy for industrial operations where downtime is not an option, solving the intermittency problem of renewables. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale and Replicate**: Replicating the Project Big Stone model at factories and data centers across the U.S. and globally. - **Giga-scale Manufacturing**: Expanding factory capacity to produce gigawatt-hours of thermal batteries each year, with a focus on American manufacturing. - **Market Expansion**: Targeting hard-to-abate industrial sectors (steel, cement, chemicals) and data centers, while expanding internationally (e.g., Spain). - **Cost Leadership**: Driving down costs to make cheap, clean energy the standard for global industry. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Work**: The company’s north star is to power global industry with clean energy, offering employees a chance to work on one of the most urgent climate challenges. - **Culture**: Values include “Build with Humility & Openness,” “Team & Mission First,” and “Joy & Laughter Connect Us.” The company emphasizes kindness, collaboration, and learning from setbacks. - **Work Environment**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with “Home Week” each quarter to bring in-person and remote team members together. Offices in San Jose, CA; Big Stone City, SD; and remote roles in the U.S. - **Benefits**: Competitive salary, stock options, 401k match, 16 weeks paid parental leave, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, HSA with employer contribution, subsidized backup childcare/senior care/petcare, mental health support, on-site gym, healthy snacks, and volunteer time off. - **Engineering & Impact**: Teams work on cutting-edge thermal storage, manufacturing, and field engineering. The company is growing fast (36% headcount growth) and offers the chance to shape a new industry. ## Sources 1. [antora.com](https://www.antora.com/) 2. [antora.com/company](https://www.antora.com/company) 3. [antora.com/careers](https://www.antora.com/careers) 4. [linkedin.com/company/antora-energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/antora-energy) 5. 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