Associate, Project Finance

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The Project Finance Group is looking for an Associate to join the team. Key responsibilities of this role include financial modeling of debt and tax equity, assisting deal teams in successfully satisfying conditions precedent to financial closings, and supporting the manager through all stages of the capital raising process.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities :

Extensive financial modeling in Microsoft Excel providing quantitative assessment of optimal debt and tax equity structures.

Work within organization to ensure data room is complete and accessible for third-party capital providers.

Prepare marketing materials for debt and tax equity request for proposals for indicative economic terms.

Assist manager in negotiation of market leading financing structures by providing financial analysis.

Provide data and coordinate with appraiser, independent engineer, insurance, transmission consultants, and other third parties on project financings.

Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to assist in managing construction financing draws.

Assist manager in pre and / or post-closing interest rate hedging responsibilities.

Desired Experience and Skills :

3+ years of experience in project finance, investment banking, M&A, or similar position, with preference given to renewable-specific and / or transaction-focused experience.

Must have experience working in complex financial models.

Diligent and detailed oriented; able to deliver consistently accurate results from complex modeling exercises.

Excellent verbal and communication skills; able to concisely communicate results to internal and external counterparts.

Extensive knowledge and capabilities to work in Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point

Enthusiastic and fun to work with

Education :

Undergraduate degree required