Manager, Project Finance – Portfolio Transactions
Qcells North America · Teaneck, NJ · 2 days ago
On-siteFinanceFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead transaction execution and project management for the sale, transfer, or contribution of solar and storage assets and portfolios into AssetCo JV vehicles.
- Serve as a day-to-day transaction lead across internal and external stakeholders to drive deals from development complete, marketing / sale prep and diligence through definitive documentation and closing.
- Cook up cross-functional deal execution across Development, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Tax, EPC, and executive leadership to ensure alignment on transaction timing, value drivers, and key risks.
- Prepare and manage transaction materials, including investment memoranda, marketing materials, diligence trackers, process letters, and information packages for counterparties, financing parties, and advisors.
- Organize, manage, and track due diligence processes, including data rooms, diligence requests, open items lists, and closing deliverables.
- Lead the negotiation and execution of transaction documents, including purchase and sale agreements, diligence support materials, and closing-related deliverables.
- Oversee and enhance transaction, valuation, and financing models used to evaluate project and portfolio transfers, returns, capital structures, and value capture.
- Partner closely with acquisitions and pricing teams to ensure project valuation assumptions, transfer economics, and underwriting outputs appropriately reflect market conditions, risk allocation, and strategic value.
- Mentor and develop analysts and senior analysts within the Project Finance team, including review of work product, modeling guidance and best practices, and broader transaction coaching.
- Support continuous improvement of transaction processes, diligence protocols, templates, and portfolio monetization workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in project finance, renewable energy, infrastructure investing, private equity, investment banking, or strategic transactions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present analysis clearly and concisely.
- Demonstrated experience supporting or leading transactions involving U.S. solar, community solar, C&I solar, and/or energy storage projects.
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including experience with project valuation, transaction structuring, and financing analysis.
- Experience managing diligence and transaction processes across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to assess transaction value, risk allocation, and execution tradeoffs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple active transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and drive execution across legal, technical, financial, and commercial teams.