Energy Project Finance Analyst

Clearwayjobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Clearway Energy Group is seeking an Analyst to join its Capital Markets team in San Francisco, a role that blends project finance, transaction execution, valuation analysis, and process improvement in the US renewable energy space.

You will support non-recourse construction debt, term debt, tax equity, and cash equity transactions, coordinating with development, engineering, legal, risk & corporate finance to balance value with risks and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Science with business or finance experience.
• Minimum 1 year of work experience or internship in energy project finance.
• Advanced Excel skills and Project Finance modeling experience.
• Experience creating reusable Excel templates.

Responsibilities

• Support the structuring, negotiation, and closing of tax equity, construction debt, term debt, and cash equity financings.
• Actively participate as a junior member of a deal team responsible for due diligence, modeling, documentation, negotiation, closing, and funding transactions to established timelines.
• Work in Excel-based project financing model templates that serve our project origination, development, construction, financing, and asset management business.
• Maintain rigorous standardization and consistency in the project finance models applied to the many projects in our pipeline.
• Communicate our underwriting standards to internal stakeholders and implement them in the project finance models.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external capital providers to continually improve the velocity and cost of capital.
• Serve as a reliable representative of the project finance team on internal project teams and in internal discussions.
• Support presentations and reports on transaction status, risks, and benefits to the Vice President of Project Finance and Clearway’s executive leadership team.
• Support the development team by advising on anticipated financing terms and assisting with the development, pricing, and origination of new renewable energy acquisitions and development projects.

Skills

Project finance

Excel modeling

Financial analysis

VBA

Python

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Science with business/finance experience

Finance, Business, or Economics degree

Tools

Excel

VBA

Python

Job description

Clearway Energy Group is seeking an Analyst to join its Capital Markets team in San Francisco, a role that blends project finance, transaction execution, valuation analysis, and process improvement in the US renewable energy space.

You will support non-recourse construction debt, term debt, tax equity, and cash equity transactions, coordinating with development, engineering, legal, risk & corporate finance to balance value with risks and business objectives.