Director, Project Finance and Capital Markets

Key Responsibilities

• Own and oversee project-level and portfolio-level financial models for utility-scale battery storage assets across development, construction, and operations
• Review, validate, and approve financial models prepared by Associates; ensure consistency with transaction terms and internal investment theses
• Lead scenario, sensitivity, and downside analyses and synthesize results into clear recommendations for senior management
• Serve as the primary finance interface with Development, Engineering, Commercial, Accounting, Tax, and Legal teams during transactions
• Manage transaction workstreams end-to-end, including:
• Data room organization and diligence response coordination
• Q&A management with lenders, tax equity investors, rating agencies, and advisors
• Cordination of third-party reports (IE, market, insurance, legal, tax)
• Proactively identify diligence risks, structural issues, and timeline constraints; escalate and propose solutions
• Cooordinately closely with legal counsel on financing documentation and actively review credit agreements, tax equity documents, hedging agreements, and intercreditor arrangements
• Manage and mentor Associates, including:
• Delegation of workstreams
• Review and feedback on models and analyses
• Development of technical and professional skills
• Contribute to the development of internal templates, modeling standards, and transaction execution playbooks
• Support evaluation and execution of portfolio-level and corporate financing strategies, including warehouse facilities, holdco debt, revolvers, and other capital markets transactions
• Coordinate and review commercial and financial analysis of offtake structures, tolling arrangements, merchant exposure, and other revenue strategies
• Prepare and review materials for internal investment committee, lender presentations, and senior management reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 5-7 years of experience in project finance, infrastructure investing, renewable energy, investment banking, private equity, or advisory
• Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel, including complex debt and tax equity structures
• High attention to detail and demonstrated ability to manage across multiple concurrent transactions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience interfacing directly with eternal counterparties
• Proven ability to supervise and review work produced by junior team members