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Location
United States of America
Salary
Market related
Job Type
Permanent
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233996
Posted
about 2 months ago

Director/Senior Director, Structured Finance

The Structured Finance team is committed to helping my client finance and commercialize 25GW by 2025 having helped financing 2.2 GW and raise $3.3bn of debt and tax equity financing in the USA since 2019. To support our mandate, our team is looking for a highly motivated and analytical Director or Senior Director of Structured Finacne who has a strong interest in joining a dynamic and high performing team to capitalize on substantial deal flow for a top tier platform in the U.S. The individual will be responsible for supporting project finance debt/tax equity transactions from the initial capital raising stage to final funding events. In addition, the individual will be responsible for conducting financial analyses for offtake contract origination, M&A opportunities, and undertake miscellaneous analytic tasks.

 

Duties

  • Lead negotiations and structuring with financing counterparties for large-scale solar assets, including tax equity, construction debt, term debt, and other financial products 

  • Manage teams performing all aspects of transaction execution including project marketing, negotiation of financing terms, investor due diligence, structuring and financial modeling, and transaction closing 

  • Lead valuation, due diligence, negotiation, and financing of late-stage project acquisitions 

  • Provide guidance to Power Marketing and Project Development teams regarding financial structuring and investor appetite for new offtake structures 

  • Prepare and present project acquisition opportunities and other business initiatives to the Investment Committee and other senior executives

Qualifications & Experience 

  • 6+ years of professional experience working in renewable energy project financeincluding firsthand experience closing multiple project debt and tax equity financings 

  • Successful track record of managing project finance and M&A transactions from beginning to end  

  • Experience leading internal teams and managing external counterparties 

  • All remote candidates qualified to work in the USA shall be considered, however a strong bias/advantage will be given to candidateswilling to relocate to and work from our offices in San Francisco or Denver.

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