Investment Manager

The Green Recruitment Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Cell-phone stipend

401K

Health benefits

Job summary

The Green Recruitment Company is assisting a client in Austin, TX to hire an investments professional at Senior Associate or Manager level. You will support investment decisions across solar and battery energy storage projects, from diligence through FID and into construction and operations.

Responsibilities include building complex financial models, conducting due diligence, analyzing regulatory and market risks, and preparing investment materials for approvals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in infrastructure private equity, investment banking (M&A, project finance, or tax equity), or project finance.
• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint with VBA knowledge is a plus.
• Knowledge of renewable energy project economics and tax incentives.
• Familiarity with tax credit monetization and construction-to-term debt financing.
• Ability to work under deadlines in a deal-driven environment.
• Experience preparing investment memoranda, board materials, and financing marketing materials.
• Strong critical thinking, curiosity, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-changing environment.
• Familiarity with interconnection processes, power market fundamentals, and regulatory landscape for renewables.
• Experience supporting due diligence processes and data rooms.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of investment memoranda, FID packages, and approval materials for internal committees.
• Build and maintain fully structured financial models to analyze project economics for solar and storage.
• Prepare marketing materials (teasers, CIMs) for internal and external stakeholders.
• Review third-party reports and project documentation to inform financial models.
• Support external platform-level capital raising with advisors and investors.
• Coordinate due diligence across legal, tax, insurance, environmental, engineering, and market consultants.
• Analyze regulatory compliance affecting project economics, including ITC/PTC and IRA rules.
• Monitor interconnection queue dynamics across ISOs/RTOs and coordinate with Interconnection team.
• Assist Development/Engineering/Procurement on early-stage designs and financing drivers.
• Provide mentorship to Analysts on the investments team.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

Renewables knowledge

Interconnection knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Communication

Mentorship

Tools

Excel macros / VBA

Job description

Our client is a utility-scale clean energy platform headquartered in Austin, Texas, focused on developing, commercializing, constructing, and operating utility-scale solar plus battery storage projects in targeted U.S. energy markets.

They have an experienced management team with a track record of developing and commercializing 10 GW+ of utility-scale power projects and a collective 100+ years’ experience across critical competencies, including power markets, offtake structuring, design, engineering and real estate, with such expertise being put towards our 15+ GW portfolio of utility-scale renewable energy projects across the U.S., including 485 MW of in-construction and operational projects.

Backed by one of the largest infrastructure managers with $600bn AUM, this platform has the capital and leadership to grow fast in the US renewables sector.

Role Summary

Our client is hiring an investments professional at the Senior Associate or Manager level (level determined by experience). This individual will be a key team member responsible for supporting the firm’s investment decision‑making process across its portfolio of utility‑scale solar and battery energy storage projects, working across the full project lifecycle, from early‑stage development diligence through Final Investment Decision (FID) and into construction and operations, alongside internal cross‑functional teams and the investor to drive rigorous, well‑supported investment recommendations.

The role will build and maintain complex financial models, support due diligence work streams, analyze regulatory and market risks, support interconnection and offtake strategy, and prepare investment materials for internal and Sponsor‑level approvals. At the Manager level, the role takes ownership of these workstreams and manages junior team members. The position joins the current team of 10 project finance and M&A professionals. A Senior Associate will report to a Manager, Investments; a Manager will report to the Chief Investment Officer.

For this high‑growth opportunity role, we are seeking a professional with 3+ years of experience in infrastructure private equity, investment banking, or project finance, with strong hands‑on financial modeling skills and a working knowledge of renewable energy project fundamentals, tax equity structures, and the regulatory, interconnection, and power market dynamics that drive investment outcomes in the utility‑scale solar and BESS sectors.

Key Responsibilities (All Levels)

• Support the preparation of investment memoranda, FID packages, and supporting materials for internal Investment Committee and PE approval processes
• Build, maintain, and quality‑control fully structured project financial models to analyze project, partnership, and sponsor‑level economics for solar and BESS projects; synthesize key findings and sensitivities for review by senior management and the Sponsor
• Prepare marketing materials (e.g., teasers and CIMs) for internal and external stakeholders / financing processes
• Review and analyze third‑party reports (e.g., IE, transmission, market, insurance, tax projections, and ITC cost segs) and project documentation (e.g., PPAs, EPC agreements, GIAs, equipment supply agreements, and O&M contracts) to accurately determine and integrate assumptions into financial models
• Support external platform‑level capital raising processes, including coordinating with advisors, investors, and third‑party diligence reports to aid in the timely execution of key financing workstreams
• Coordinate due diligence work streams across legal, tax, insurance, environmental, engineering, and market consultants, supporting the timely and accurate integration of third‑party findings into investment recommendations
• Analyze regulatory compliance matters affecting project economics and eligibility, including FEOC/PFE rules, IRA tax credit requirements (ITC/PTC, domestic content, energy community), Safe Harbor strategies, and trade policy
• Monitor and assess interconnection queue dynamics, network upgrade cost exposure, and milestone risks across MISO, ERCOT, PJM, and other relevant ISOs/RTOs; collaborate with the Interconnection team to support go/no‑go and capital allocation decisions
• Support the Development, Engineering, and Procurement departments on early‑stage evaluation of potential project designs, equipment selection, financing structures, and key economic drivers (e.g., DC:AC ratios, degradation assumptions, tax abatements)
• Provide informal mentorship and guidance to Analysts on the investments team
• Communicate and build relationships effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders

At the Manager level, the following responsibilities are added:

• Lead the preparation of investment memoranda, FID packages, and approval materials, and communicate key findings and sensitivities directly to senior management and the Sponsor
• Own the development and quality control of fully structured project financial models, including review of models built by junior team members
• Procure and scrutinize third‑party reports and project documentation, and determine the assumptions used in investment recommendations
• Manage and coordinate external platform‑level capital raising processes with advisors, investors, and third‑party diligence providers
• Manage due diligence work streams across legal, tax, insurance, environmental, engineering, and market consultants
• Evaluate and advise on regulatory compliance matters, and inform go/no‑go and capital allocation decisions with the Interconnection team
• Manage, mentor, and provide guidance to junior team members

Education and Qualifications (All Levels)

• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure private equity, investment banking (M&A, project finance, or tax equity), or project finance, ideally with exposure to utility‑scale renewable energy or power transactions
• Advanced Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint skills, with strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel formulas, financial model creation and best practices; familiarity with typical project finance macros / VBA code a plus
• Knowledge of renewable energy (solar and storage) project economic drivers and related tax incentives
• Familiarity with current tax credit monetization structures (e.g., partnership flips, credit transfers, hybrid, and accommodation partner / preferred equity structures) and construction‑to‑term debt financing, with the ability to support the economic modeling of such structures
• Comfort working in a demanding, deal‑oriented team with recurring deadlines
• Experience supporting the preparation of investment memoranda, board materials, and financing marketing materials (teasers, CIMs) for sophisticated institutional audiences
• Outstanding critical thinking skills, inquisitiveness, and resourcefulness / ability to work independently
• Ability to dynamically prioritize various tasks and meet assigned deadlines in a fast‑paced and ever‑changing environment
• Familiarity with interconnection processes, power market fundamentals, and the regulatory landscape affecting utility‑scale renewables
• Experience supporting due diligence processes, external consultants, and data rooms for project‑level or portfolio‑level transactions

At the Manager level, candidates will also bring:

• 5+ years of relevant experience, including ownership of financial models on closed utility‑scale renewable energy or power transactions
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel skills, including comfort understanding typical project finance macros / VBA code
• Ability to independently model tax credit monetization structures and construction‑to‑term debt financing
• Experience leading the preparation of investment memoranda, board materials, and financing marketing materials for sophisticated institutional audiences
• Experience managing due diligence processes, external consultants, and data rooms for project‑level or portfolio‑level transactions
• Experience managing or mentoring junior team members

Employee Benefits

• The salary for this position is highly competitive and commensurate with experience
• They offer competitive benefits, including unlimited paid time off, paid holidays, cell‑phone stipend, 401K and a fully paid health benefits plan for employees, including Medical, Dental, and Vision.