VP of Investor Relations

Raymondjames; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Renewable Energy Investments is seeking a VP of Investor Relations to manage institutional relationships and coordinate investor materials for the tax credit platform. You will work with RJREI leadership to originate opportunities and ensure successful transactions.

You will lead structuring discussions, deliver investor updates, and maintain a disciplined investor pipeline while collaborating across teams to meet client objectives and drive closing of transactions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in renewable energy or project finance with investor coverage experience.
• Proven ability to originate or manage institutional investor relationships.
• Experience structuring transactions and communicating complex proposals.

Responsibilities

• Originate and develop relationships with institutional investors to support tax credit investments.
• Provide ongoing client coverage, understanding objectives, risk tolerance, and portfolio needs.
• Lead investor-facing structuring, pricing, and transaction documentation with internal teams.
• Drive execution from engagement through due diligence, closing, and funding.
• Prepare investor materials and deliver tailored presentations for committees and investors.
• Maintain investor pipeline and stay informed on market developments.

Skills

Investor relations

Renewable energy

Project finance

Negotiation

Communication

Presentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

The VP of Investor Relations is responsible for investor origination and client coverage, across Raymond James Renewable Energy Investments' ("RJREI") tax credit investment platform. Working in close partnership with the head of RJREI's Investor Relations, this person will develop and manage institutional investor relationships, build out investor materials to include prospective transactions, educational materials, and industry updates, and work closely with the broader RJREI team to ensure investor objectives are met as transactions are originated, negotiated, and ultimately closed.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Originate and develop relationships with institutional investors, capital providers, and other prospective clients to expand RJREI's investor base and support deployment of tax credit investment opportunities.
• Provide ongoing client coverage for existing and prospective investors, developing a detailed understanding of investment objectives, return requirements, risk tolerances, structural preferences, approval processes, and portfolio needs.
• Identify investor demand and translate client requirements into actionable investment strategies, transaction structures, and economic proposals in coordination with Origination, Transaction, Product Development, and Underwriting Leaders.
• Lead investor-facing structuring efforts, including evaluation of economics, tax credit transfer and partnership structures, risk allocation, pricing, funding mechanics, and other material commercial terms.
• Drive execution of investor transactions from initial client engagement and structuring through diligence, documentation, approvals, closing, and funding, ensuring key milestones and client expectations are effectively managed.
• Prepare and deliver investor presentations, transaction proposals, portfolio updates, and other client materials tailored to specific investor objectives and approval requirements.
• Coordinate investor diligence and information requests, partnering with internal teams, sponsors, legal counsel, tax advisors, accountants, and other stakeholders to provide timely and accurate responses.
• Be involved in the negotiation of material investor-facing commercial terms and support negotiation of transaction documentation, escalating significant structuring, risk, or execution matters as appropriate.
• Partner with the Transaction Team to align buy-side and sell-side structures and ensure investor requirements are incorporated into execution and closing strategy.
• Support Investment Committee materials and discussions by clearly communicating investor demand, proposed structures, economics, material risks, and execution considerations.
• Maintain active knowledge of tax credit markets, investor appetite, pricing, competitive activity, regulatory developments, and evolving client requirements to inform origination and structuring strategy.
• Develop and maintain a disciplined investor pipeline, including prospective client outreach, active opportunities, anticipated capital needs, and relationship-development priorities.
• Represent RJREI in investor meetings, industry conferences, and other external forums and support broader strategic initiatives designed to grow and diversify the platform's investor base.

Knowledge & General Skills

• Strong knowledge of renewable energy, energy infrastructure, project finance, tax credit investments, and related partnership and transfer transaction structures.
• Demonstrated ability to originate, develop, and maintain relationships with sophisticated institutional investors and capital providers.
• Strong understanding of transaction structuring, investment economics, tax and accounting considerations, risk allocation, pricing, and transaction documentation.
• Ability to translate client objectives and investment criteria into executable transaction structures and commercial proposals.
• Strong commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and ability to independently evaluate complex situations and make sound recommendations on significant matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create and deliver effective presentations to investors, senior management, and Investment Committees.
• Ability to manage multiple client relationships and transaction workstreams simultaneously while maintaining responsiveness, attention to detail, and execution discipline.
• Demonstrated commitment to exceptional client service, integrity, accountability, collaboration, and executional excellence.
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Experience / Qualifications / Education

• 3+ years of relevant experience in renewable energy, energy infrastructure, project finance, structured finance, investment banking, tax credit investing, institutional investor coverage, or a comparable transaction-oriented role.
• Demonstrated experience originating or covering institutional investors and executing complex investment or financing transactions with sophisticated counterparties.
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