Lead Analyst, Business Development

Clearlight Energy; Oakville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the renewable energy sector seeks a Lead Analyst, Business Development to drive the acquisition and development of energy projects. Your primary focus will be on financial modeling, advising on deal structure, and ensuring project viability. This role offers an opportunity to influence key business decisions while expanding your expertise in a growing industry.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex financial models for energy generation projects.
• Advanced understanding of power market fundamentals in Canada and US.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain complex financial models for renewable energy projects.
• Provide advice on deal structure and assess risks based on project assumptions.
• Prepare investment summaries for Senior Management.

Skills

Financial modeling

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or related fields

Job description

About us:

Clearlight Energy, an LS Power company established in 2025, operates more than 3,000 MW across 44 assets consisting of utility scale solar, wind, battery storage and renewable natural gas in North America. Approximately 2,700 MW of its operations are located in the U.S., across NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT and CAISO markets, with the remaining 300 MW located in Canada. The Company is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario with employees in both Canada and the United States.

Clearlight Energy focuses on providing operational excellence to supply critical energy capacity and meet growing demand. Additionally, it has a 1,200 MW development pipeline of additional renewable resources to support grid reliability and decarbonization.

About the Role:

The Lead Analyst, Business Development plays a key role in the acquisition and development of renewable energy projects with a primary focus on owning and developing complex financial models, providing advice on business deal structures, and coordinating due diligence.

What you will do….

• Prepare and maintain complex financial models and analysis of proposed development and acquisition projects with a primary focus on Wind, Solar, or Storage opportunities in Canada and US.
• Utilize strong communication skills to ensure models reflect input from internal and external Subject Matter Experts (SME).
• Utilize financial models and analysis to provide key insights on potential acquisition and development opportunities to grow the renewable generation portfolio.
• Provide modelling support for origination/greenfield development opportunities ranging from early stage origination projects through construction to commercial operations.
• Ensure all assumptions contained in financial models are properly vetted and documented.
• Provide advice to the deal team on deal structure, opportunities, and risks, based on the sensitivity of project metrics to changes in project assumptions.
• Prepare investment summaries and presentations for Senior Management to support decision making using output from financial models and understanding of power market and deal fundamentals.
• Provide support to other analysts through sharing modelling and power market expertise.
• Support other ad-hoc projects to further drive the team’s development objectives.

We want you on our team because you…

• Have experience with the development of detailed financial models, preferably the modeling of energy generation projects including complex financial and equity structures.
• Understand power market fundamentals, preferably with advanced knowledge of markets in Canada and in the US.
• Have experience modelling greenfield energy projects and/or US tax equity structures an asset.
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or other related fields.
• Have a keen interest and a passion for renewable energy.
• Have the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with strict deadlines.
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Professional designation (CPA, CFA, CBV) or MBA an asset.
• Investment banking, private equity or renewable energy corporate development experience an asset.