Senior Principal, Debt Finance – Clean Energy (Remote)

US Health Partners, LLC; United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental & vision

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401k

Parental leave

Stock options

Job summary

Crux is financing the future of energy. We seek a Senior Principal, Debt to lead a book of debt mandates, including IOI through close, across construction, term, tax equity, and credit facilities.

You will drive diligence, pricing, and documentation while mentoring teams in a fast-growing, remote-first environment in the US and Canada. You will collaborate with Industry Coverage, Investments, and Product to push AI‑driven modeling and standardized processes, delivering integrated capital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field; MBA, JD, or advanced degree a plus.
• 10-12+ years total experience, including 7+ years in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure debt, or structured lending, with a track record of leading construction, term, back‑lever­age, or debt capital markets transactions as the primary negotiator
• Deep expertise in project finance debt structures for solar, wind, and storage, including hands‑on negotiation of credit agreements, intercreditor arrangements, and the interplay between tax equity and debt
• Experience preparing and presenting transactions to credit or investment committee, ideally with perspective from both the lender and sponsor/advisory side
• Experience leading and mentoring deal teams, including reviewing junior team members' underwriting and modeling work
• Exceptional negotiation and relationship skills with developers, lenders, and investors, and the credibility to lead senior‑level conversations
• Strong judgment and comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast‑scaling environment
• Strong interest in leveraging technology and AI to improve debt execution
• FINRA SIE, Series 79 and 63 required or willingness to obtain under Crux's broker‑dealer sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Lead a book of debt mandates from IOI through close as the primary negotiator and senior execution lead — driving lender diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and close to institutional standards
• Own transaction velocity and close rates across your deal book, contributing directly to the Debt team's revenue and P&L targets
• Author credit memos and pricing recommendations and present transactions to Credit Committee, with rigorous analysis of credit quality, structural terms, risks, and mitigants
• Lead deal teams of junior team members — staffing transactions, reviewing underwriting, diligence, and financial models, and mentoring junior team members on credit and execution
• Run debt execution with lenders and institutional capital providers inside shared accounts, in partnership with Strategic Bank Capital and Strategic Institutional Capital
• Partner with Industry Coverage to qualify opportunities early, take clean drivership of execution at IOI, and provide real-time market and financeability feedback that sharpens sourcing
• Partner with Investments on the TE/preferred-equity attach motion, sourcing and pricing competitive debt within agreed turnarounds to deliver integrated capital solutions for sponsors and investors
• Lead specific workstreams within the Head of Debt's product agenda — such as new lender programs, financing structures, or term sheet and documentation standards — in partnership with Structuring
• Help build and standardize repeatable execution processes across debt motions, and drive adoption of AI-enabled modeling and automation across the deal lifecycle
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define and prioritize transaction tooling that increases deal throughput and execution quality
• Represent Crux in industry and market dialogues — webinars, whitepapers, and conferences — in coordination with coverage relationship owners

Skills

Debt financing

Project finance

Credit agreements

Negotiation

Team leadership

Financial modeling

AI in finance

Relationship skills

Autonomy

Licensing: FINRA SIE/79/63

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field; MBA/JD a plus

Job description

Crux is financing the future of energy. We seek a Senior Principal, Debt to lead a book of debt mandates, including IOI through close, across construction, term, tax equity, and credit facilities.

You will drive diligence, pricing, and documentation while mentoring teams in a fast-growing, remote-first environment in the US and Canada. You will collaborate with Industry Coverage, Investments, and Product to push AI‑driven modeling and standardized processes, delivering integrated capital