Hybrid Energy Capital Markets Associate

Nexamp Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Cell phone reimbursement

Company snacks

Job summary

Nexamp Inc. is seeking a Capital Markets Associate to join its Capital Markets team in a hybrid Chicago,Boston hub.

You will build and review project-level and portfolio-level financial models, structure financing, and coordinate across internal and external stakeholders to close transactions. You will lead debt, tax equity, and other financing analyses for distributed generation and utility-scale projects, while supporting senior leadership and investment committees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in project finance, capital markets, investment banking, renewable energy finance, infrastructure finance, private equity, or a related field.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise, including the ability to build, modify, review and audit complex project-level and portfolio-level models, scenario analysis, debt sizing, returns.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and experience preparing transaction presentations, investment committee materials, financing recommendations, and executive-level summaries.
• Strong understanding of project finance principles, including cash flow waterfalls, debt service coverage ratios, loan amortization, tax benefits, capital accounts, financing fees, and project or investor return metrics.
• Direct experience financing distributed generation, community solar, utility-scale solar, energy storage, or other renewable energy assets preferred.
• Knowledge of federal renewable energy tax incentives, including the Investment Tax Credit, Production Tax Credit, tax credit transferability, prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, domestic content, and energy community adders preferred.
• Commitment to Nexamp's mission and have a passion for solving tomorrow's climate crisis today.
• Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating information, ideas, and perspectives with people inside and beyond your organization.
• Experience in showcasing initiative to make improvements to current work, processes, products, and services across the organization. We value accountability and an ownership mentality.
• Ability to ask appropriate questions, analyze data, identify the root causes of problems, and present creative solutions.
• Expertise in building strong internal and external relationships with customers and stakeholders, instilling trust and loyalty across the industry.
• Eagerness to develop a fundamental understanding of how Nexamp operates and then apply that knowledge effectively to inform business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and review of complex project-level and portfolio-level financial models for DG and utility-scale projects throughout the project lifecycle, including acquisition, development, financing, construction, and operations.
• Evaluate and model debt, tax equity, tax credit transfer, and other structured financing alternatives, including complex ownership, partnership, and capital structures.
• Lead defined workstreams in the structuring, negotiation, and execution of financing transactions for individual projects and project portfolios, working under the direction of senior Capital Markets and Project Finance leadership.
• Own transaction execution plans, closing and funding checklists, internal workstreams, and deliverable tracking, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to identify and resolve issues and keep transactions on schedule.
• Prepare and review transaction presentations, financing summaries, investment memoranda, and internal approval materials for senior management, investment committees, financing counterparties, and other stakeholders.
• Manage key aspects of existing financing facilities, including lender and investor reporting, covenant compliance, consent and waiver requests, financial model updates, and coordination with financing counterparties

Skills

Excel modeling

Financial modeling

Project finance

Renewable energy finance

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data analysis

Debt & tax equity

Relationship building

Education

Finance degree

Accounting degree

Economics degree

Business degree

Engineering degree

Quantitative field

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Nexamp Inc. is seeking a Capital Markets Associate to join its Capital Markets team in a hybrid Chicago,Boston hub.

You will build and review project-level and portfolio-level financial models, structure financing, and coordinate across internal and external stakeholders to close transactions. You will lead debt, tax equity, and other financing analyses for distributed generation and utility-scale projects, while supporting senior leadership and investment committees.