Financial Analyst
Columbia, SCJob$88–109K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 3 days ago
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The Nuclear Company is hiring a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, project economics, and reporting as the company raises capital and develops a nuclear project pipeline. The analyst will build models, analyze project costs and financial results, and prepare materials for executives, project leaders, and investors. The role works across development, construction, and corporate finance with the company’s and Brookfield’s finance teams.
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The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy. We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence. We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values—Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappy, and Tenacity—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission. About the role We’re hiring a Financial Analyst to bring clarity and rigor to the numbers behind some of the largest and longest-horizon projects in the energy sector. You will be an early member of the Finance team, supporting financial planning, project economics, and reporting for a new company that is raising capital, developing a project pipeline, and answering to a sophisticated institutional investor. This is a hands-on analytical role for someone who is curious about how large capital projects work and who can turn complex data into clear insights for executives, project leaders, and investors. You will work closely with The Nuclear Company and Brookfield finance teams and gain broad exposure across development, construction, and corporate finance. Responsibilities
- Build and maintain financial models for nuclear project development, including capital costs, schedules, financing structures, and long-term returns
- Support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning, and track actual results against plan
- Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis, and clear commentary on key drivers for senior leadership
- Analyze project cost data, including engineering, procurement, and construction budgets, change orders, and contingency, in partnership with project teams
- Prepare financial materials for owners and investors, including investment committee analyses, board updates, and capital call support
- Run scenario and sensitivity analyses on key assumptions such as cost, schedule, power pricing, financing terms, and policy incentives
- Support evaluation of government funding opportunities, including loan programs, grants, and tax credits
- Assist with cash management, capital deployment tracking, and funding forecasts
- Support month-end close and coordinate with accounting on accruals, intercompany activity, and shared-service arrangements between the JV and its parent companies
- Help establish financial controls, policies, and reporting practices appropriate for a new company with institutional ownership
- Respond to ad hoc requests from leadership with timely, accurate, and well-organized analysis
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field
- 2 to 5 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, project finance, or a related field
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build clear, well-structured models from scratch
- Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Ability to communicate complex numbers simply, in writing and in presentations
- Strong attention to detail and a high standard for accuracy
- Comfort with ambiguity, speed, and shifting priorities in a startup environment
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- 401k with company match
- Medical, dental, vision plans
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
Estimated Starting Salary Range The estimated starting salary range for this role is $88,000 - $109,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role. EEO Statement The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination. Export Control Certain positions at The Nuclear Company may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in The Nuclear Company limiting its consideration of certain applicants.
Recruiting Fraud Alert Your safety is our priority. We want to ensure your job search stays secure. Please note that the team at The Nuclear Company only communicates through official @thenuclearcompany.com email addresses. We will never ask for payments or sensitive financial information at any stage of our recruitment process. For your peace of mind, please verify all openings and submit your applications directly through our official careers page. The Nuclear Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Please do not contact The Nuclear Company employees directly about candidate placements.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,010 open Financial Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$88–109K/yr
- South Carolina median$84–131K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$85–135K/yr3,949 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $99K, is 8% below the South Carolina median midpoint ($107K) — in the middle half of Financial Analyst salary ranges in South Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 59 open Financial Analyst jobs in South Carolina and 6,010 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
- Oracle12 open
- Highmark Health5 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Financial Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (4,827 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,118 of the 6,010 open Financial Analyst jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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