Senior Analyst, Project Finance (Business Analysis)
Position Title: Senior Analyst , Project Finance
Department: Development – Central region
Reports To: Director, Business Analysis
Location: Austin, TX * or Remote
*Priority is given to candidates who can work in a flexible hybrid model from our office in Austin, TX, but will also consider candidates remotely. Monthly travel may be required to either a project site or our headquarters in Austin, TX.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Director of Business Analysis, this position will provide project development financial analysis and support utility-scale solar and energy storage project development efforts. In addition, this position will perform economic analysis, risk management, presentation creation, and transaction analysis across a pipeline of projects targeting wholesale power markets in North America.
The successful candidate will have 2-4 years of experience in an analytical or transactional role, strong financial modeling skills, and an ability to summarize and communicate complex ideas succinctly. This is an opportunity to join a leading solar and energy storage developer in a role that supports the continued growth of renewable energy deployment across the US with extensive exposure to key decision makers.
Responsibilities
- Complete financial modeling and economic analysis for a portfolio of greenfield development projects and project M&A opportunities.
- Perform monthly project budget updates and model roll-up to support Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A’s) reporting to the Management team.
- Create discrete analysis and supporting documentation to aid land acquisition, permitting, interconnection, project engineering, power marketing efforts, financing activities, and EPC negotiations.
- Prepare presentations for internal and external purposes, including company’s Investment Committee.
- Maintain project databases and dashboards to ensure accuracy in internal reporting.
- Perform analysis to support strategic and creative initiatives of the company .
- Analyst’s financial modeling directly supports project-level decision-making, senior management decision-making, and Financial, Planning and Analysis (FP&A) projections .
- Completes special research and reporting tasks on an ad-hoc basis with audiences up to and including the company’s Investment Committee .
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong quantitative aptitude with an extremely high level of attention to detail.
- Deep sense of personal responsibility and ownership of work product.
- Excellent personal organizational skills.
- Ability to summarize complex issues and opportunities into succinct and actionable deliverables.
- Solid understanding of economic and business concepts.
- Highly driven and hard working with high standards for themselves and others.
- Highly proficient in MS PowerPoint .
- Demonstrated interest in a career in renewable energy, project development, and/or finance.
- Desire to work in a transaction-based environment where requirements and tight deadlines are often dictated by deal flow.
- Highly resourceful and comfortable working in an unstructured, entrepreneurial environment.
- Evidence of solid research and writing skills.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business , or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- Renewable energy development, finance, and/or consulting experience preferred.
- 2-4 years of work experience, preferably within a transactional industry
- Ability and willingness to travel as required.
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