Associate, Asset Management (Energy)

Monarch Private Capital; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Monarch Private Capital is seeking an associate-level Asset Manager to maximize the financial and operational performance of its renewable energy portfolio. The role focuses on supporting investor streams and renewable energy transactions, with exposure to closing workstreams and sponsor relationships.

The successful candidate will work within the energy asset management team to ensure accurate reporting, manage K1/tax processes, and contribute to ROI/IRR analysis to meet target returns.

Qualifications

• Associate-level asset manager with knowledge of renewable energy, underwriting, and finance.
• Experience maximizing financial and operational performance of energy portfolios.
• Ability to support renewable energy financial transactions and closing workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Support approval of documentation for investments in renewable energy projects.
• Ensure project-level reporting is collected and entered into asset management software.
• Review quarterly project reports to monitor performance and resolve issues.
• Assist with investor reporting and asset management fees, returns, and cash distributions.
• Collect and review annual K1s and tax documents.
• Update benefit schedules and ROI/IRR calculations to meet targets.
• Gather data for sponsor consent requests.
• Assist with asset valuations and negotiations of exits.
• Review financial statements to identify under-performing assets.
• Build relationships with energy sponsors and developers.

Skills

Renewable energy

Underwriting

Asset management

Financial analysis

Job description

Monarch Private Capital is a leading tax credit syndication firm with over $15.5 billion of assets under management. Monarch invests in affordable housing, energy and historic rehabilitation, and provides various state credit opportunities to its clients. In its 20+ year history, Monarch has invested in over 1,100 discrete projects, deploying more than $26 billion in project capital.

Monarch has over 100 energy credit transactions (over 300 energy projects) under management or in our closing pipeline, and we’ve facilitated over $1.5 billion of energy credit transactions each of the last two years, with 2026 volume trending over $2 billion. Investment and credit purchases run the gamut of available credits, ranging from “traditional” solar and storage to “newer” credits such as renewable natural gas, advanced manufacturing, fuel cells, and renewable fuels.Within these technologies, Monarch has appetite for various portfolio compositions of utility scale, distributed generation, community energy, and commercial and industrial.

Monarch is an industry leading platform, with significant expansion opportunities.At 80 employees and growing, we remain nimble and entrepreneurial.Monarch will continue to increase its presence in existing markets while seeking and creating new niches to provide curated service to our clients while forming lasting partnerships with developers and investors/credit purchasers.Energy asset management team managers are key stakeholders in this process, which combines industry-leading portfolio asset management responsibilities, project finance tasks, and transactional closing management under a best-in-class approach.Monarch thrives as an entrepreneurial environment, setting itself apart from large accounting and tax credit syndication firms by offering greater flexibility. You can expect ample opportunities for personal and professional development, alongside a vibrant community of talented individuals and an exceptional company culture. Firm ownership cares deeply about personnel development and satisfaction and aims to provide meaningful opportunities for compensation, internal growth, and marketable skills as team members advance their careers.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Looking for an associate-level asset manager with an understanding of renewable energy, underwriting, operational performance, and finance. The successful candidate will be responsible for maximizing the financial and operational performance of the renewable energy portfolio in an attempt to ensure investor streams of benefits are delivered to the Funds as well as support renewable energy financial transactions or closing workstreams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support approval of all documentation (CPs) with respect to Investor Member Capital Contributions for investments in renewable energy projects including Independent Engineer bringdowns, appraisals, cost segregations, title work, debt documents, third-party reports, and final funding models


• Ensure all project-level reporting requirements are received, reviewed and accurately entered into the asset management software


• Review and summarize quarterly project-level operating reports to monitor project and portfolio performance and assess and attempt to resolve operational issues that are impacting performance


• Support the generation of quarterly and ad-hoc investor reporting to summarize asset performance


• Generate invoices and manage receipt of asset management fees, preferred returns and cash flow distributions


• Collect and perform high-level review of annual K1s and tax documents


• Update project-level benefit schedules; calculate project-level ROI/IRR as necessary to meet required target returns


• Gather data, analyze, summarize, and process for internal approval various Sponsor consent requests


• Assist with asset valuations and support negotiations of project-level exits after completion of compliance period


• Review and analyze annual audited and quarterly interim financial statements to Identify, address, and resolve issues of under-performing assets


• Build and strengthen relationships with energy sponsors and developers