Finance Associate

Korn Ferry; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pattern Energy seeks a highly analytical finance professional to join its Strategic Finance team as an Associate. The role offers broad exposure across treasury, FP&A, and capital markets, working directly with senior leadership on valuation, liquidity planning, and long-term strategy.

You will gain visibility with the CFO and Board, supporting analyses that shape financing initiatives, investment opportunities, and enterprise‑wide planning.

Qualifications

• Approximately 2–4 years of experience within investment banking, corporate finance, valuation or related analytical finance environments.
• Strong financial modeling and valuation capabilities with integrated models and scenario analyses.
• Experience preparing pitchbooks, investment memorandums, and board materials.
• Demonstrated communication skills and ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain complex corporate financial models and valuation analyses.
• Support long-term capital planning, liquidity forecasting, and business planning initiatives.
• Prepare Board materials, management presentations, and executive reporting analyses.
• Support financing initiatives, strategic planning, and capital allocation decisions.
• Partner with treasury, FP&A, structuring, accounting, and operations.

Skills

Investment banking experience

Corporate finance

Financial modeling

Valuation

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering

MBA, CFA or related credentials

Tools

Excel

Job description

Korn Ferry has partnered with our client on their search for a role, Finance Associate.

The Company

Pattern Energy is one of North America’s premier renewable energy and infrastructure platforms, focused on the development, acquisition, ownership, and operation of utility‑scale renewable energy and transmission assets across North America.

Since its founding, the company has built a differentiated reputation through disciplined capital allocation, operational excellence, and a long‑term approach to value creation. Today, Pattern manages a diversified portfolio of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage assets, supported by a deep pipeline of future development opportunities.

The company has experienced substantial growth over the past several years, driven by both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, including the recent acquisition of Cordelio Power. Backed by sophisticated long‑term investors, including CPP Investments and Riverstone Holdings, Pattern continues to scale its platform while maintaining a highly analytical and commercially disciplined operating model.

Pattern’s culture combines the sophistication and pace of an institutional investment environment with the entrepreneurial mindset of a growing infrastructure platform. The organization is highly collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and focused on developing long‑term leaders across the business.

The Strategic Finance team sits at the center of many of the company’s most important decisions, partnering closely with executive leadership on enterprise strategy, capital planning, financing initiatives, investment evaluation, liquidity management, and Board‑level reporting. As Pattern continues to grow, the finance organization is playing an increasingly critical role in shaping the company’s long‑term strategic direction.

For finance professionals seeking broad exposure, executive visibility, and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully within a rapidly evolving energy platform, Pattern offers a uniquely compelling environment.

The Opportunity

Pattern Energy is seeking a highly analytical and commercially minded finance professional to join its Strategic Finance team as an Associate.

This role offers a unique opportunity to join a lean finance organization at a pivotal stage of growth for the company. The Associate will work directly alongside senior finance leadership on a broad range of strategic, financing, and capital allocation initiatives that are central to the company’s long‑term growth and enterprise strategy.

Unlike more narrowly focused execution roles, this position offers meaningful exposure across the organization and the opportunity to contribute to enterprise‑level decision making. The successful candidate will gain direct visibility with senior leadership, including the CFO and Board of Directors, while supporting critical analyses related to valuation, liquidity planning, capital strategy, financing initiatives, and long‑term business planning.

The role is intentionally broad and designed to accelerate both technical and professional development. The Associate will partner cross‑functionally with teams across treasury, structuring, FP&A, accounting, operations, and executive leadership, gaining a highly integrated understanding of the business and broader infrastructure investing landscape.

Pattern Energy is focused on identifying exceptional finance talent with strong analytical foundations, intellectual curiosity, polished communication skills, and the ability to thrive in high‑performance environments. Prior renewable energy experience is viewed positively but is not required. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail‑oriented, collaborative, and motivated by long‑term career development within strategic and corporate finance.

As Pattern continues to grow and further institutionalize its finance organization, the Associate role is designed to provide significant responsibility and exposure early in a candidate’s career. The Strategic Finance team is playing an increasingly important role in shaping enterprise strategy, capital allocation priorities, financing initiatives, and long‑term business planning. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership while developing the technical, strategic, and interpersonal capabilities required for long‑term progression within the organization.

Purpose of the Position

The Associate will support Pattern Energy’s Strategic Finance organization across a broad range of analytical, financial, and strategic initiatives that are central to the company’s long‑term growth and enterprise value creation.

The role will contribute to corporate financial modeling, valuation analysis, liquidity forecasting, capital planning, and executive reporting processes across the business. The Associate will support analyses and materials used by executive leadership, investors, lenders, and the Board of Directors to evaluate financing initiatives, investment opportunities, capital allocation priorities, and long‑term business planning decisions.

Working closely with senior members of the Strategic Finance team, the successful candidate will help strengthen the company’s enterprise finance capabilities during a period of continued organizational growth and increasing strategic complexity.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Financial Analysis

• Build and maintain complex corporate financial models and valuation analyses
• Support long‑term capital planning, liquidity forecasting, and business planning initiatives
• Perform scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and investment evaluation work
• Analyze financing alternatives and capital allocation decisions

Executive Reporting & Decision Support

• Prepare Board materials, management presentations, and executive reporting analyses
• Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior finance leadership
• Support enterprise‑wide strategic planning and financial reporting initiatives

Transactions & Capital Markets Exposure

• Support financing initiatives, strategic s, and acquisition integration activities
• Assist with analyses related to debt financing structures and corporate capital strategy
• Participate in transaction execution processes and stakeholder coordination efforts

  Cross Functional Partnership

  • Partner with teams across treasury, FP&A, structuring, accounting, and operations
  • Support coordination between financial planning activities and broader corporate objectives
  • Contribute to process improvement and organizational finance initiatives

  The Candidate

  Core Skills and Competencies

  • Approximately 2–4 years of experience within investment banking, corporate finance, transaction advisory, valuation, project finance, infrastructure finance, or related analytical finance environments
  • Strong financial modeling and valuation capabilities, including experience with integrated financial models, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and comparable company analysis
  • Experience preparing pitchbooks, investment memorandums, Board materials, management presentations, and other executive facing deliverables
  • Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with a high level of attention to detail and intellectual rigor
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously within fast paced, deadline driven environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex financial information into concise and actionable insights
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across cross functional teams
  • Strong work ethic, accountability, and willingness to take ownership of deliverables

  Preferred Qualifications & Experience

  • Experience within energy, infrastructure, power, utilities, or renewable energy sectors
  • Prior experience within investment banking coverage or product groups focused on energy, power, infrastructure, industrials, utilities, or natural resources Exposure to strategic finance, capital allocation, liquidity planning, or corporate planning processes
  • Experience supporting financing transactions, M&A processes, capital raises, or strategic investment analyses
  • Familiarity with debt financing structures, corporate finance instruments, and capital markets concepts
  • Experience working with senior executives, investors, lenders, or Board level stakeholders

  Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline
  • MBA, CFA, or related advanced finance credentials are viewed positively but are not required