Structured Finance Associate

Bloom Energy; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloom Energy in San Jose, CA is seeking an Associate, Structured Finance to join our Structured Finance team. You will work on the project lifecycle from model build and structuring through diligence and close, gaining hands-on exposure to debt, tax equity, and equity structures.

This role offers high‑visibility experience across investor and counterparty engagements, deal collateral, and market development, with opportunities to rotate across related finance activities as Bloom scales.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining complex financial models used in live transactions.
• Exceptional analytical horsepower is critical for open-ended problems.
• Ability to run multiple workstreams, hit deadlines, and deliver high-quality output in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to distill complex finance into clear, executive-ready language.

Responsibilities

• Build and own complex project and portfolio level models, including sensitivities and scenario analysis.
• Evaluate returns, cash flows, and capital structure trade-offs across debt, tax equity, sponsor equity, and customer economics.
• Develop pricing and structuring analyses that inform commercial strategy and investment decisions.
• Execution across the full transaction lifecycle: early customer negotiations, structuring, diligence, and capital raising
• Create critical deal collateral (sensitivity packages, diligence materials, executive summaries, and ad-hoc analysis as needed).
• Own process rigor by managing closing checklists, diligence logs, and timelines to keep deals moving
• Develop investor facing collateral, including deal presentations, data room content, and diligence materials.
• Support negotiations with key external stakeholders (investors, lenders, and customers)
• Collaborate with Sales, Legal, Accounting, Treasury, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations on critical strategic projects.

Skills

Complex financial modeling

Analytical horsepower

Project coordination

Written & verbal communication

Education

Top-tier university

Job description

At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream—we’re making it reality.

For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting‑edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.

At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for an Associate, Structured Finance to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to Vice President, Structured Finance and based in San Jose CA. This is a fully on‑site, in office role 5 days a week.

Team: Structured Finance

The Opportunity

The Structured Finance Associate sits at the center of Bloom’s growth engine, helping turn complex, capital‑intensive energy deployments into closed financings. You’ll work through the project lifecycle — from model build and structuring through diligence, negotiations, and close. Because of the team’s central role within the organization, teammates regularly step in as the Structured Finance on company wide strategic initiatives.

This role is designed for high caliber, early career finance professionals seeking hands‑on exposure to project and structured finance, investor and customer negotiations, and the opportunity to help build a scalable execution platform.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own complex project and portfolio level models, including sensitivities and scenario analysis.
• Evaluate returns, cash flows, and capital structure trade‑offs across debt, tax equity, sponsor equity, and customer economics.
• Develop pricing and structuring analyses that inform commercial strategy and investment decisions.
• Execution across the full transaction lifecycle: early customer negotiations, structuring, diligence, and capital raising
• Create critical deal collateral (sensitivity packages, diligence materials, executive summaries, and ad‑hoc analysis as needed) for internal and external stakeholders.
• Own process rigor by managing closing checklists, diligence logs, and timelines to keep deals moving

Investor & Counterparty Engagement

• Develop investor facing collateral, including deal presentations, data room content, and diligence materials.
• Support negotiations with key external stakeholders (investors, lenders, and customers)
• Collaborate with Sales, Legal, Accounting, Treasury, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations on critical strategic projects that drive commercial decision making

Market & Strategic Exposure

• Scout and evaluate new markets, financing structures, and evolving investor requirements
• Gain front row exposure to mission critical deployments across customer segments, including data centers, healthcare, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure.

Development & Growth

This role will start execution heavy and quickly expand into broader ownership across deal phases as you demonstrate judgment, speed, and attention to detail. Strong performers often rotate across responsibilities within Structured Finance and explore adjacent opportunities as Bloom continues to scale, with advancement driven by impact and accountability.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Background

• 2–5 years of experience in project finance, structured finance, investment banking, private equity, renewable energy finance, or other infrastructure finance.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining complex financial models used in live transactions
• Strong academic credentials from a top tier‑ college or university.

Skills & Attributes

• Exceptional analytical horsepower is critical, as the group is often presented with open‑ended problems that lack clear or immediate answers; teammates who enjoy this type of work tend to thrive in the role
• Ability to run multiple workstreams, hit deadlines, and deliver high‑quality output in a fast‑moving environment
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to distill complex finance into clear, executive ready languageHigh integrity, high ownership, and bias to action.

Culture Fit

• Motivated by building a scaled, disciplined execution platform that wins in the market
• Intellectually curious, resilient under pressure, and energized by steep learning curves
• Collaborative, low ego, and great to work with: serious about outcomes, grounded in how you get there

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to supporting the well‑being of our employees and their families.

• competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution
• a 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
• generous Mental Health Support services
• Legal services
• virtual Physical Therapy access
• Fertility & Family Forming benefits

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.