Associate, Structured Finance (NCG)

Bloom Energy; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloom Energy is seeking a professional to support consultative selling engagements and close power purchase agreements in San Jose, California. The ideal candidate should possess an MBA or Master's degree, with 2-5 years of project finance experience.

This role involves significant stakeholder engagement and advising on financial structuring. Compensation ranges from $96,000 to $144,000 based on experience and skills.

Qualifications

• Graduation between December 2024 and August 2026.
• Minimum of 2-5 years experience in relevant fields.
• Exceptional academic performance.

Responsibilities

• Support consultative-based selling engagements.
• Engage with key stakeholders to move deals forward.
• Provide customer-facing consulting to sales team.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Financial analysis

Project finance

Strategic thinking

Education

MBA or Master's degree in Finance or Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Add "intellectual athlete" capacity to a team that work on deals impacting many parts of Bloom's business.
• Support Bloom's consultative-based selling engagements with customers and financiers, particularly with respect to financial analysis, research and analytics.
• Engage with key stakeholders to move deals forward, including financiers, internal team members, and customers.
• Provide customer-facing consulting to the sales team to understand customer needs as they relate to power purchase agreements (PPAs) and the associated project financing.
• Assist in closing PPAs.
• Advise on the financial structuring of power purchase agreements.
• Develop collateral for internal and external audiences that effectively tells the Bloom story, as well as how the industry is changing based on Bloom's technology.
• Develop creative ways to meet customer financial and contracting constraints within the parameters of a financeable deal structure.
• Partner with sales and marketing to develop new ways of accessing high spark spread, high credit customers.
• Work with technology partners to increase the addressable for Energy Servers and related services.
• Adapt to the changing needs of the organization to maximize the economic and perceived value of Energy Servers.

Minimum Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree in Finance, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Must be graduating between December 2024 and August 2026.

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-5 years' experience either in project finance, project development, energy & infrastructure-focused investment banking or strategy.
• Demonstration of successfully closing complex deals.
• Experience at top tier investment banks, private equity shops or consulting firms strongly preferred.
• A background of exceptional academic performance.
• Strong communication skills required.
• Must be able to clearly articulate and communicate complex deal terms and financial information and issues to management and investors.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of audiences, ranging from customers and investors, to Bloom engineers and operations staff.
• The ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, prepare high quality reports and presentations, and to maintain high levels of quality with a heavy work load.
• Must demonstrate strong personal ethics, the ability to influence and negotiate, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
• High attention to detail.
• Fun to work with, quick to laugh, willingness to take calculated risks, and a creative problem solver with a "can-do / failure is not an option" approach to work.

Visa Sponsorship

Bloom Energy typically does not sponsor visas or hire individuals on CPT or OPT status. This includes interns and new graduates on F-1, J-1, or any other visa type for this position.

Compensation

Salary Ranges: $96,000.00 - $144,000.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodation, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.