Senior Manager, Solar Finance & Sales, South Bend, IN

POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for 1) managing the solar financing group's financial modeling processes including building, maintaining, and presenting financial models (including both debt and tax equity) required to support the Bank's prospective solar energy projects, 2) managing group's finance function including internal income statement and balance sheet tracking, invoice tracking, and budget planning and 3) contributing significantly and working closely with the Solar Division Head in the sales function including initial diligence, project analysis, client interaction, negotiation, term sheet preparation, and credit approval process.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS Serves as the trusted finance team member and plays a major role in the overall business decision process in the sales, finance, and operations functions.

Sales / Finance :

• Collaborates with the Solar team on all structural and technical aspects of solar projects and is a key contributor to the sales process, including developing leads, initial project due diligence, client discussions, term sheet preparation, negotiation, and credit approval preparation and presentation.
• Collaborates with clients to drive the financial modeling process, incorporating detailed questions / answers to cover the financial impacts of each solar project.
• Proactively coordinates directly with clients and outside consultants to obtain and verify modeling inputs, assumptions, and rationale.
• Develops, builds, maintains, and presents financial models for internal analysis, loan approval and client presentations.

Maintains required knowledge of tax and accounting legislation and impacts to project structuring.

• Collaborates directly with internal teams for project approval and completion including credit approval, equity approval, accounting, and tax.
• Responsible for the forecasting, budgeting, tracking, and presenting of the solar business' financials, including reoccurring loan forecasting, monthly performance reporting, annual planning process, reforecast process, and long-range planning.

Operations

• Contributes significantly as a part of finance closing process including client-facing closing checklist calls, creating and updating transaction documentation for funding, updating financial models, resolving issues, and tracking milestones.
• Prepares or assists the Solar Team Leader in the preparation of internal and external presentation materials and presents to stakeholders such as Board members, executive leadership, internal teams, etc.
• Serves as liaison to internal stakeholders, such as accounting and loan operations teams, to communicate finance-related actions.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested, including special nonrecurring projects for management.
• Responsible for the completion of all compliance training related to this position as well as other recommended banking-related education opportunities.
• Understands all applicable laws and regulations that apply to the position and complies with the requirements.

NON-ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS Performs all other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

• Five or more years of related experience preferred.
• Three (3) or more years of financial analysis and modeling experience required.
• Prior financial banking experience preferred.
• Understanding of energy project finance deal structures and terminology required.
• Understanding of federal tax and accounting legislation for energy project finance deals preferred.
• Understanding of corporate finance, valuation and financial accounting preferred.
• Curiosity and desire to learn about renewable energy financing.
• Excellent PC skills proficiency in Word and Excel essential, understanding of PowerPoint and database software preferred.
• Excellent math and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and drive completion of projects to meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to drive multiple tasks to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

EDUCATION Bachelor's Degree required, Business or Finance major preferred.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS :

Ability to travel as well as ability to travel overnight, as needed for meetings, projects, seminars, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand and walk; use hands and fingers to operate keyboard and other office equipment;

reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel. The employee may occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds.

EQUIPMENT MS Office PC, fax, phone and standard office equipment.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)