Senior Director, Clean Energy Valuation & Analytics

Avantus; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical & dental plan

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Avantus is seeking a Sr. Director, Project Valuation and Analysis to oversee financial evaluation, modeling, and analytics for its solar and BESS projects across development, acquisition, and financing stages.

You’ll partner with development, finance, and leadership teams to assess economics, optimize portfolio value, and guide capital allocation. Strong modeling and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field.
• 8–10+ years in renewable energy finance or related areas.
• Experience modeling utility-scale renewable energy.
• Strong knowledge of incentives and power markets.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, financings, or investment committee decisions.
• Advanced financial modeling (Excel or equivalent).
• Experience with energy market analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop detailed financial models for utility-scale solar and BESS projects.
• Evaluate project economics including revenue modeling, cost assumptions, tax incentives, and financing structures.
• Conduct discounted cash flow (DCF), IRR, and NPV analysis to support investment decisions.
• Develop sensitivity analyses and scenario modeling for power price forecasts, storage dispatch, curtailment, and policy changes.
• Ensure modeling incorporates key incentives (ITC, PTC) and other incentives.
• Build portfolio-level analytics to support capital allocation and planning.
• Evaluate development pipeline performance and value optimization opportunities.
• Support decisions on acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Analyze merchant exposure, contracts, and storage arbitrage strategies.
• Partner with Development, Origination, Engineering, and Commercial teams to evaluate viability.
• Provide valuation support for offtake negotiations including PPAs.
• Support tax equity, debt financing, and investor diligence processes.
• Prepare investment memos and presentations for leadership and committees.
• Monitor power market dynamics and storage revenue streams.
• Evaluate regulatory impacts on project economics.
• Integrate forecasts and analytics into valuation frameworks.
• Build and lead a valuation and analytics team.
• Establish best practices for modeling and data governance.
• Mentor analysts and managers.

Skills

Financial modeling

Renewable energy finance

Power markets

DCF analysis

Stakeholder comms

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/Engineering

MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Avantus is seeking a Sr. Director, Project Valuation and Analysis to oversee financial evaluation, modeling, and analytics for its solar and BESS projects across development, acquisition, and financing stages.

You’ll partner with development, finance, and leadership teams to assess economics, optimize portfolio value, and guide capital allocation. Strong modeling and communication skills are essential.