Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Project Finance

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership team to develop and implement the capital markets strategy.

• Spearhead capital raising initiatives across various financing structures, including project, portfolio, asset, and corporate financing.

• Assess and execute financing solutions such as construction debt, term debt, back-leverage facilities, tax equity, tax credit transfers, preferred equity, growth equity, corporate debt, revolving credit facilities, joint ventures, portfolio financings, and structured capital solutions.

• Lead discussions and negotiations with banks, institutional investors, infrastructure funds, tax equity providers, private credit providers, investment banks, rating agencies, and other capital partners.

• Manage the financing process from initial market engagement to closing and ensure compliance post-closing.

• Create and uphold a prioritized capitalization roadmap for the development pipeline and operating portfolio.

• Evaluate project readiness, financing risks, capital limitations, concentration risks, funding gaps, and dependencies.

• Oversee financial underwriting for community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, and related investments.

• Establish underwriting standards, investment criteria, risk classifications, return thresholds, and investment review procedures.

• Provide executive oversight for project, portfolio, financing, and enterprise financial models.

• Conduct sensitivity, scenario, and downside analyses, evaluating IRR, NPV, ROIC, cash yield, debt-service coverage, leverage, and payback periods.

• Prepare and present capitalization and investment recommendations to the Investment Committee.

• Supervise budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, liquidity forecasting, management reporting, and performance analysis.

• Develop integrated enterprise models that connect the pipeline, operating assets, financing obligations, liquidity, and long-range planning.

• Design and assess financing structures, coordinating transaction diligence, documentation, and compliance efforts.

• Provide strategic finance advice to the CFO, CEO, leadership team, and Investment Committee.

• Collaborate across departments including Development, Project Finance, Corporate Development, Asset Management, Operations, Legal, Tax, and Accounting.

• Mentor and develop the FP&A and investments team, establishing scalable processes, documentation standards, and quality controls.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field.

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in capital markets, project finance, structured finance, infrastructure investing, investment banking, renewable energy finance, private equity, corporate finance, or a related field.

• Extensive experience in renewable energy, power, infrastructure, or distributed generation is strongly preferred.

• Proven track record of raising and structuring capital for solar, community solar, energy storage, independent power, or similar infrastructure assets.

• Direct experience in project debt, corporate debt, tax equity, preferred equity, private credit, joint ventures, growth equity, or structured capital.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate project and portfolio readiness for financing.

• Advanced experience in underwriting projects and assessing risk-adjusted returns.

• In-depth understanding of project, portfolio, and enterprise financial models, including sensitivity, scenario, and downside analysis.

• Experience presenting investment or financing recommendations to an Investment Committee, Board, executive team, lenders, or institutional investors.

• Strong knowledge of renewable energy tax incentives, project revenue structures, financing documentation, and capital-provider requirements.

• Proven leadership skills in developing FP&A, investment, financial analysis, or transaction teams.

• An MBA, CFA, CPA, or another relevant advanced degree or credential is preferred.

• Experience in a growth-stage, entrepreneurial, or private-capital-backed business is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus opportunity.