Senior Analyst, Origination

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Serve as the analytical and coordination center for the Origination and Contracting team.

• Generate regular reports on market fundamentals related to energy, capacity, REC/SREC, and ancillary service markets across major ISOs/RTOs.

• Monitor and analyze factors influencing power prices, load growth, supply additions and retirements, transmission limitations, and policy updates.

• Keep track of forward curves, broker quotes, and market transactions to evaluate PPA pricing and recognize shifts in the offtake market.

• Develop and maintain market intelligence dashboards and summaries for leadership, origination, and finance stakeholders.

• Manage third-party price curves by collecting, validating, versioning, archiving, reconciling, and documenting vendor curves.

• Create and sustain revenue models for solar, storage, and solar-plus-storage projects under various offtake agreements.

• Model revenue streams including energy, capacity, RECs/SRECs, ancillary services, energy arbitrage, and community solar/DG compensation.

• Investigate utility tariffs and state-specific regulatory frameworks to guide origination strategy.

• Assess utility and load-serving entity RFPs and summarize requirements for go/no-go evaluations.

• Prepare market updates, origination materials, pricing memos, and deal summaries.

• Collaborate with Finance, Product, and Origination teams to ensure pricing assumptions align with the Salesforce deal pipeline.

• Oversee the internal M&A review process and manage communication with sellers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree is preferred.

• 3 - 5+ years of experience in renewable energy origination, community solar program management, utility regulatory analysis, or a related analytical position.

• Proficient in Excel for developing pricing forecasts and monitoring program economics over time.

• Knowledgeable about community solar and distributed generation program frameworks and interconnection processes.

• Familiarity with utility tariff and program adder structures, PUC/PSC filings, and rate schedules.

• Advanced Excel modeling capabilities, including integrated revenue models, scenario planning tools, and sensitivity analyses.

• Strong grasp of wholesale power market fundamentals, including LMP pricing, capacity markets, REC markets, and basis/congestion dynamics.

• Experience with third-party price forecasts and forward curves.

• Proficient in Python, SQL, or similar tools for data pipelines, curve processing, and automating recurring analyses.

• Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce).

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams across various state markets.

• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to convert technical/regulatory details into decision-ready summaries.

• Comfortable acting as an external-facing liaison with sellers, advisors, counsel, and counterparties.

• Experience in supporting or managing M&A diligence or project acquisition processes in renewable energy or infrastructure.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Preferred: experience with storage dispatch or production cost modeling tools, data visualization tools, ISO market data sources and APIs, and tax credit structures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical benefits beginning on the first day of employment.

• 401(k) options available.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Competitive paid time off policy.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• Equal opportunity employer.