Transaction and Diligence Specialist

Root Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Root Edge seeks a diligent professional to support project valuation, risk management, and investment decisions throughout the solar development lifecycle in a high growth environment.

You will engage with developers, partners, and internal teams across site acquisition, interconnection, permitting, and finance to ensure compliant diligence, data integrity, and timely decision making.

Qualifications

• Four year bachelors degree in a relevant discipline preferred, such as planning and entitlements, project management, business administration, finance, economics, energy, engineering, environmental science, or a related field
• Five plus years of related professional experience, including one to three plus years in energy infrastructure development
• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical problem solving skills
• Self motivated with a high level of initiative and accountability
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Strong work ethic and ability to self start in a fast paced environment
• Organized, diligent, detail oriented, and able to manage multiple streams of information on an ongoing basis
• Ability to multitask and work in a deadline driven environment

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead diligence for acquisition of portfolios and development activities, working with partners and internal teams across site acquisition, real estate and title, interconnection, engineering, survey, permitting, environmental, offtake, incentives, and policy
• Prioritize, coordinate, review, and track key development deliverables with internal teams and external legal, zoning, environmental, interconnection, and engineering consultants
• Maintain strong relationships with developers and other stakeholders
• Manage formal communication with development partners and project sellers, including the question and answer log
• Manage and report project data related to budget, schedule, and deliverables
• Gather market intelligence and build relationships with local government, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, incentive administrators, consultants, and other stakeholder groups
• Review and manage project contracts including purchase agreements, leases, interconnection agreements, and power purchase agreements to ensure compliance with their terms
• Oversee the diligence process across legal, title, engineering, construction, environmental, permitting, interconnection, schedule, and budget
• Research, understand, and manage eligibility and compliance with applicable federal and local incentives and policies
• Provide transaction leadership for project financing and asset acquisitions
• Oversee multiple development opportunities simultaneously at varying stages
• Create presentations summarizing research for stakeholder review
• Coordinate payments to landowners and developers, including managing the development fee schedule
• Draft and coordinate funding memos and verify development fee payments by milestone
• Track key deadlines, contractual obligations, incentive expiration dates, and project risks
• Liaise with the pricing team to obtain underwriting models and ensure assumptions align with engineering models
• Check and verify insurance requirements
• Forecast property tax predictions and obligations, including managing Payments in Lieu of Taxes agreements
• Monitor purchase agreement adjusters

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Role Overview

Our client is seeking a talented and highly motivated individual to support project acquisition diligence. This role supports project valuation, risk management, and investment decisions throughout the solar development lifecycle, with exposure to solar development, project acquisition, project finance, and solar regulations in a high growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead diligence for acquisition of portfolios and development activities, working with partners and internal teams across site acquisition, real estate and title, interconnection, engineering, survey, permitting, environmental, offtake, incentives, and policy
• Prioritize, coordinate, review, and track key development deliverables with internal teams and external legal, zoning, environmental, interconnection, and engineering consultants
• Maintain strong relationships with developers and other stakeholders
• Manage formal communication with development partners and project sellers, including the question and answer log
• Manage and report project data related to budget, schedule, and deliverables
• Gather market intelligence and build relationships with local government, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, incentive administrators, consultants, and other stakeholder groups
• Review and manage project contracts including purchase agreements, leases, interconnection agreements, and power purchase agreements to ensure compliance with their terms
• Oversee the diligence process across legal, title, engineering, construction, environmental, permitting, interconnection, schedule, and budget
• Research, understand, and manage eligibility and compliance with applicable federal and local incentives and policies
• Provide transaction leadership for project financing and asset acquisitions
• Oversee multiple development opportunities simultaneously at varying stages
• Create presentations summarizing research for stakeholder review
• Coordinate payments to landowners and developers, including managing the development fee schedule
• Draft and coordinate funding memos and verify development fee payments by milestone
• Track key deadlines, contractual obligations, incentive expiration dates, and project risks
• Liaise with the pricing team to obtain underwriting models and ensure assumptions align with engineering models
• Check and verify insurance requirements
• Forecast property tax predictions and obligations, including managing Payments in Lieu of Taxes agreements
• Monitor purchase agreement adjusters

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Four year bachelor\'s degree in a relevant discipline preferred, such as planning and entitlements, project management, business administration, finance, economics, energy, engineering, environmental science, or a related field
• Five plus years of related professional experience, including one to three plus years in energy infrastructure development
• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical problem solving skills
• Self motivated with a high level of initiative and accountability
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Strong work ethic and ability to self start in a fast paced environment
• Organized, diligent, detail oriented, and able to manage multiple streams of information on an ongoing basis
• Ability to multitask and work in a deadline driven environment