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 efforts across various financing structures, including project, portfolio, asset, and corporate financing.

• Assess and execute 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.

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

• Manage the financing processes from start to finish, encompassing market engagement, term sheets, due diligence, documentation, closing, and post-closing compliance.

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

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

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

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

• Review the economics, risks, returns, and financing assumptions for projects and portfolios.

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

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

• Guide the development of an integrated enterprise model that connects the pipeline, operating assets, financing obligations, liquidity, and long-term plans.

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

• Draft and supervise IC memos, underwriting summaries, financing comparisons, risk assessments, and approval materials.

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction to Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

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

• Design and assess financing structures for community solar, distributed generation, and energy storage assets.

• Coordinate internal and external diligence on financing transactions.

• Collaborate with Legal, Tax, and Accounting on transaction documentation, reporting implications, and financing obligations.

• Serve as a strategic finance advisor to the CFO, CEO, leadership team, and Investment Committee.

• Partner with Development, Project Finance, Corporate Development, Asset Management, Operations, Legal, Tax, and Accounting.

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

• Establish scalable processes, documentation standards, quality controls, and finance capabilities as the company expands.

⛳️ 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 similar domain.

• Significant experience in renewable energy, power, infrastructure, or distributed generation is highly preferred.

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

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

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

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

• Expert understanding of project, portfolio, and enterprise financial models, including the ability to modify models and conduct sensitivity, scenario, and downside analyses.

• 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 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