Analyst, Business Development & M&A - East

Clearway Energy Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Clearway Energy Group is seeking an Analyst in San Francisco to support commercial strategy for utility-scale renewable energy assets. The role focuses on financial modeling, analysis, and coordination of acquisitions.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance or related fields, with strong analytical and modeling skills. Clearway promotes a diverse culture and values equal opportunity in hiring.

Salary range is $88,000 to $107,000 USD, and the position is hybrid.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with a strong academic record.
• Relevant work experience in finance or development roles.
• Fundamental knowledge of renewable energy or infrastructure finance.
• Experience with discounted cash flow models required.
• Strong aptitude for analytical and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Own the project financial model for development assets.
• Support asset origination, structuring, and closing of acquisitions.
• Coordinate due diligence and financial model inputs.
• Prepare memos and presentations for management.
• Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy for contracts.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or Economics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

VBA

Job description

What The Role Is

As a key member of an established team of investment and project development professionals, the Analyst will have the responsibility to support commercial strategy for utility‑scale wind, solar, and battery assets under development, as well as the valuation, due diligence, and execution of project acquisition opportunities.

This role is primarily focused on markets in the Eastern United States, but will collaborate regularly with colleagues covering the broader organization. This role will be based in our San Francisco office.

If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the project financial model for development assets. Work with Capital Markets, Engineering, and Development teams to ensure conformance with underwriting guidelines, investment metrics, and forecasted cash flows. Run sensitivity analyses and generate ideas to optimize valuation.
• Asset origination and acquisition: Support origination, structuring, and closing of high‑quality, profitable solar, wind, and storage acquisitions as a key member of a transaction team.
• Coordinate with functional teams on due diligence and financial model inputs to qualify project investments prior to executing acquisition documents.
• Prepare detailed memos and presentations for senior management and the investment committee.
• Support ongoing origination, development, and financing activities for projects:
  • Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy to originate offtake contracts for Clearway Energy Group’s 25GW+ development portfolio of utility wind, solar, and storage projects.
  • Develop statistical analyses to quantify risk in highly structured transactions.
  • Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to work out impediments to negotiations and closings.
  • Work with functional groups, third‑party consultants, and various other stakeholders to drive projects forward and perform quantitative analyses to support development and financing judgments.
• Develop additional functionality for new and innovative financial structures (in Excel and VBA) and improve existing quantitative analyses and tools.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree with a strong academic record from a leading undergraduate program, ideally with a focus in finance, business administration, or economics.
• Relevant work experience in a finance or development role with a specific focus on financial modeling.
• Fundamental knowledge of renewable energy, cleantech, power markets, or infrastructure finance with prior internship (or similar) experience in these fields.
• Experience navigating discounted cash flow models is required.
• A motivated self‑starter with strong problem‑solving and communication skills.
• Strong aptitude for analytical and financial modeling with demonstrated attention to detail. Advanced capabilities in Excel and PowerPoint are essential.
• Excellent oral, written, and visual communication skills. The ability to summarize complex issues and identify opportunities or next steps is critical.
• Robust organizational skills with a mindset towards pursuing simple and efficient solutions.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects/work streams, set priorities, and exercise judgment unsupervised.
• Interest in developing management skills and desire to grow personally and professionally within our organization.

What Would Be Nice

• Experience with VBA or other programming languages is a bonus.

Clearway will not sponsor non‑immigrant visas for this position (H‑1B, TN, E‑3, etc.).

#LI-Hybrid

Salary Range: $88,000 — $107,000 USD

Notice to Applicants

Clearway Energy is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience & expertise. We intentionally foster a culture of inclusion that empowers our employees to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities & protected veterans to join the team. Clearway is a proud promoter of employment opportunities for our Military & Veterans. Clearway Energy is strongly committed to a philosophy of equal opportunity and fully complies with equal employment laws, ordinances, and regulations for all applicants and employees. We will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to apply and compete for employment opportunities for which they are qualified. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Notice to California Applicants

Clearway Energy is strongly committed to a philosophy of equal opportunity and fully complies with equal employment laws, ordinances and regulations for all applicants and employees.