Analyst – Capital Markets

Analyst – Capital Markets

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, or Science with business or finance experience, OR Finance, Business, or Economics degree with coding or data analytics experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of work experience in energy project finance, with preference for U.S. renewable energy project finance
• Energy or infrastructure industry experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a clear, concise manner
• Diligent, detail-oriented, rigorous, and creative
• Advanced Excel skills
• Project Finance modeling (i.e. discounted cash flow with multiple parties) experience
• Experience creating reusable Excel templates, instead of single-use/purpose spreadsheets
• Understanding of data tables and databases
• Ability to work well in a collaborative environment that emphasizes attention to detail, meeting deadlines, and working together to achieve company-wide objectives
• Ability to handle numerous activities and set priorities
• Ability to coordinate and work as a team as well as contribute individually
• Experience collaborating with internal deal teams as well as external consultants and lawyers to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including the ability to convey ideas and positions clearly
• Background with VBA, Python, etc., and an interest in becoming an expert through working on real-world projects.

Responsibilities

• Refine a set of reusable Excel-based project financing model templates that serves our project origination, development, construction, financing, and asset management business.
• Maintain rigorous standardization and consistency in the project financing models (derived from the above template) applied to the many projects in our pipeline.
• Develop and improve the data automation connecting the project financing models and financial data systems that enable efficient use of the model at scale (e.g. for many projects).
• Implement the terms of the tax equity, construction debt, term debt, cash equity, etc., financing in the project financing model templates.
• Communicate to internal stakeholders our underwriting standards and implement those standards in the project financing model templates.
• Support the structuring, negotiation and closing of tax equity, construction debt, term debt, and cash equity financings.
• Help architect and implement the analytical and data infrastructure that enables structured project financing analysis to be leveraged across the organization in project financings, internal tracking/reporting, external tracking/reporting, budgeting, etc.
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing and potential capital providers to continually improve the velocity and cost of capital.
• Support running financing processes to find and secure sources of capital that are the best fit for the company’s goals.
• Actively participate as a junior member of a deal team responsible for due diligence, modeling, documentation, negotiation, closing, and funding transactions to established timelines.
• Serve as a reliable representative of the project finance team on internal project teams and in internal discussions.
• Support presentations and reports on transaction status, risks, and benefits to the Vice President of Project Finance and Management.
• Support providing the development team with advice on anticipated terms of financings and assist in the development, pricing, and origination of new renewable energy acquisitions and development projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference for U.S. renewable energy project finance experience
• Background with VBA, Python, etc., and an interest in becoming an expert through working on real-world projects.