Senior Project Finance Associate

Duties And Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, enhancement, and auditing of complex project-level and portfolio-level financial models.
• Design and evaluate optimal capital structures across senior debt, tax equity, mezzanine, HoldCo facilities, and equipment financing.
• Run advanced scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess impacts of pricing, leverage, execution timing, and structural terms.
• Lead debt sizing, sculpting, draw mechanisms, DSCR and covenant analysis, and refinancing/term-out strategies.
• Independently identify key value drivers, risks, and sensitivities, and present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Take ownership of key transaction workstreams across multiple concurrent financings from structuring through closing.
• Lead preparation of marketing materials, CIMs, lender presentations, and investor communications.
• Actively manage capital markets processes, including coordinating diligence, leading Q&A workstreams, and interfacing directly with lenders, tax equity investors, and counterparties.
• Drive transaction timelines, manage deliverables, and ensure execution milestones are met.
• Leverage prior transaction experience to anticipate execution risks and proactively solve issues during the deal process.
• Collaborate with development, EPC, and asset management teams to validate assumptions, schedules, and budgets impacting financings.
• Translate complex financial analyses into clear, decision-oriented materials for internal stakeholders and investment committees.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts on modeling, diligence, and execution processes.
• Support oversight of active financing facilities, including compliance tracking, draw approvals, and reporting requirements.
• Maintain well-organized data rooms and ensure completeness and accuracy of transaction documentation.
• Monitor post-closing obligations, amendments, refinancings, and ongoing capital structure optimization opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline required.
• Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, Master’s in Finance, Energy Systems, or related field) a plus.
• 4-6 years of experience in renewable energy project finance, investment banking, private equity, or infrastructure finance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting and executing closed transactions (debt, tax equity, or structured finance), with clear involvement in deal processes.
• Advanced financial modeling capabilities, with the ability to independently build, audit, and adapt complex project finance models.
• Strong understanding of renewable energy financing structures, including debt, tax equity, and hybrid capital solutions.
• Proven ability to own workstreams and manage multiple active transactions simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong commercial judgment and problem-solving skills, particularly in live deal environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including direct interaction with senior stakeholders and external counterparties.
• Highly detail-oriented, organized, and execution-focused.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to operate with increased autonomy.
• Collaborative, humble, and accountable team player with demonstrated leadership potential.