Principal, Business & Financial Analyst - Energy and Utility

About the role

Join our investments team as a Principal, Business & Financial Analyst - Energy and Utility to help manage and guide our industry-leading energy and utility initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Conduct due diligence on projects to assess their value and risk profile in the context of the broader portfolio.
• Create, where necessary, complex, detailed cost models to assess the opportunity (as it relates to power requirements).
• Create a detailed cash flow model that can be used as a template for projects.
• Collaborate with legal teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.
• Collaborate with other teams, such as engineering, development, finance, real estate and origination functions to provide comprehensive solutions to internal and external clients.
• Support senior management with necessary report/presentations and detailed analysis for meetings, internal approval processes, and strategy sessions.
• Write detailed reports on power procurement opportunities, risks and trends that support origination efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Computer Science, Business Administration, or Financial Analytics is preferred.
• 10+ years of business analyst experience or other relevant experience.
• 10+ years of working experience in a collaborative financial environment (banking, real estate, etc.) focused on driving bottom line value-creation through strategic thinking in a time-sensitive manner.
• Deep understanding of energy markets, grid operations, interconnection processes, and regulatory drivers.
• Familiarity with emerging energy and data center technologies, including onsite power generation and data center energy solutions.
• Advanced experience with complex modeling and analytics tools such as Excel, Tableau and Power BI.
• Solid experience creating financial models using WACC, NPV, IRR and ROI.
• Experience collaborating with legal teams and reviewing contracts.
• Experience providing financial and analytical support to a development organization.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and negotiation skills; ability to build relationships across utilities, developers, policymakers, and internal stakeholders.
• Optimistic and resourceful problem solver.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10 or more years’ professional experience that includes leading cross‑functional teams, strategic planning, and driving business growth.
• Experience operating in or alongside energy, infrastructure, utilities, large capital programs, strategy, or similarly complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive outcomes through matrixed stakeholder groups.

Skills

• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams to deliver outcomes in a high‑growth, fast‑changing environment.
• Strong strategic planning capability, including the ability to define a roadmap, translate strategy into execution, and establish operating rhythms that sustain momentum.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex topics, align stakeholders, and drive decisions.
• High ownership mindset, strong work ethic, and ability to maintain performance over sustained periods of change and workload.
• Ability to build scalable frameworks (standards, gates, metrics) that improve clarity, predictability, and performance.
• Demonstrated business acumen and financial rigor to evaluate tradeoffs, risks, and investment implications; able to communicate recommendations clearly to senior leaders.