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 formulate and implement the capital markets strategy.

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

• Analyze and execute on 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.

• Manage financing negotiations and oversee processes from market engagement through to closing and post-closing compliance.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with capital providers and monitor trends in capital markets, interest rates, tax equity, and renewable energy financing.

• Advise on optimal timing for financing, refinancing, holding, selling, aggregating, or monetizing assets and portfolios.

• Develop project and portfolio capitalization strategies along with prioritized capitalization roadmaps.

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

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

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

• Supervise project, portfolio, financing, and enterprise financial models, including sensitivity, scenario, and downside analysis.

• Oversee the creation of an integrated enterprise model that connects pipeline, operating assets, financing obligations, liquidity, and the long-range plan.

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

• Manage budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, liquidity forecasting, management reporting, and performance analysis.

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

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

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Development, Project Finance, Legal, Tax, Accounting, Operations, Asset Management, and Corporate Development.

• Lead, mentor, and nurture the FP&A and investments team.

• Establish scalable processes, documentation standards, quality controls, and financial capabilities to support company growth.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• 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 highly preferred.

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

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

• Competence in assessing project and portfolio readiness for financing.

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

• Expert knowledge of project, portfolio, and enterprise financial models, including modifications and sensitivity, scenario, and downside analysis.

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

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

• Capability to lead and develop FP&A, investment, financial analysis, or transaction teams.

• 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.

• Remote work arrangement.