Investment Manager

Our client is a utility-scale clean energy platform headquartered in Austin, Texas, focused on developing, commercializing, constructing, and operating utility-scale solar plus battery storage projects in targeted U.S. energy markets.

They have an experienced management team with a track record of developing and commercializing 10 GW+ of utility-scale power projects and a collective 100+ years’ experience across critical competencies, including power markets, offtake structuring, design, engineering and real estate, with such expertise being put towards our 15+ GW portfolio of utility-scale renewable energy projects across the U.S., including 485 MW of in-construction and operational projects.

Backed by one of the largest infrastructure managers with $600bn AUM, this platform has the capital and leadership to grow fast in the US renewables sector.

Our client is hiring an investments professional at the Senior Associate or Manager level (level determined by experience). This individual will be a key team member responsible for supporting the firm’s investment decision-making process across its portfolio of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects, working across the full project lifecycle, from early-stage development diligence through Final Investment Decision (FID) and into construction and operations, alongside internal cross-functional teams and the investor to drive rigorous, well-supported investment recommendations.

The role will build and maintain complex financial models, support due diligence work streams, analyze regulatory and market risks, support interconnection and offtake strategy, and prepare investment materials for internal and Sponsor-level approvals. At the Manager level, the role takes ownership of these work streams and manages junior team members. The position joins the current team of 10 project finance and M&A professionals.

A Senior Associate will report to a Manager, Investments; a Manager will report to the Chief Investment Officer.

For this high-growth opportunity role, we are seeking a professional with 3+ years of experience in infrastructure private equity, investment banking, or project finance, with strong hands-on financial modeling skills and a working knowledge of renewable energy project fundamentals, tax equity structures, and the regulatory, interconnection, and power market dynamics that drive investment outcomes in the utility-scale solar and BESS sectors.

• Support the preparation of investment memoranda, FID packages, and supporting materials for internal Investment Committee and PE approval processes

• Build, maintain, and quality-control fully structured project financial models to analyze project, partnership, and sponsor-level economics for solar and BESS projects; synthesize key findings and sensitivities for review by senior management and the Sponsor

• Prepare marketing materials (e.g., teasers and CIMs) for internal and external stakeholders / financing processes

• Review and analyze third-party reports (e.g., IE, transmission, market, insurance, tax projections, and ITC cost segs) and project documentation (e.g., PPAs, EPC agreements, GIAs, equipment supply agreements, and O&M contracts) to accurately determine and integrate assumptions into financial models

• Support external platform-level capital raising processes, including coordinating with advisors, investors, and third-party diligence reports to aid in the timely execution of key financing work streams

• Coordinate due diligence work streams across legal, tax, insurance, environmental, engineering, and market consultants, supporting the timely and accurate integration of third-party findings into investment recommendations

• Analyze regulatory compliance matters affecting project economics and eligibility, including FEOC/PFE rules, IRA tax credit requirements (ITC/PTC, domestic content, energy community), Safe Harbor strategies, and trade policy

• Monitor and assess interconnection queue dynamics, network upgrade cost exposure, and milestone risks across MISO, ERCOT, PJM, and other relevant ISOs/RTOs; collaborate with the Interconnection team to support go/no-go and capital allocation decisions

• Support the Development, Engineering, and Procurement departments on early-stage evaluation of potential project designs, equipment selection, financing structures, and key economic drivers (e.g., DC:AC ratios, degradation assumptions, tax abatements)

• Provide informal mentorship and…