Director, Portfolio Controlling

RWE Americas, LLC

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Finance / Controlling

Remuneration: Exempt

The Director
, Portfolio Controlling will be part of the Controlling team in the rapidly growing renewables business of RWE Americas (RWEA). The Director role is a highly skilled finance leadership role overseeing a portfolio of renewable energy assets. The Director will manage a team responsible for administering financing agreements (tax equity, debt/loan, joint-venture partnership) including complying with all covenants and compliance obligations, providing external financing parties with required reports and deliverables, and consulting with internal stakeholders and external financing parties to achieve strategic and commercial business objectives.

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of financing agreements, tax equity structures and modeling, is familiar with commercial and operational performance metrics for renewable energy assets and is customer-service minded with strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Execution:
  Lead a team responsible for administering and complying with financing agreements (tax equity, debt/loan, joint-venture partnerships) for a significant portion of RWEA’s operating portfolio, including driving completion of reports/deliverables (monthly operating reports, PAYGO calculations, cash distributions, tracking/flip models, annual operating budgets), tracking project and investor returns, and responding to questions and issues raised by external financing parties
• External Stakeholder Management:
  Lead engagement with external financing counter parties, serving as the organization's principal liaison and driving collaborative relationships that support strategic objectives and business outcomes
• Collaboration:
  
  Manage cross-functional relationships with Legal, Accounting, Tax, and Asset Management to timely deliver all financing obligations, analyze and solve complex strategic topics, and optimize asset-level financial and operational performance
• Strategic Steering:
  Advise Origination and M&A teams on deal structuring and financing agreement language to steer decisions so the Portfolio Controlling team can effectively administer financing agreements post-closing
• Financial Optimization:
  Oversee project and investor returns in order to make recommendations to Senior Leadership to optimize financing agreements, including modeling tax equity buyout or restructuring transactions, leading negotiations with external financing parties, and executing transaction agreements
• Team Development & Management:
  Lead and manage direct reports as well as others within the Portfolio Controlling team, including review of work product, setting clear expectations, building succession depth, and scaling team capabilities in line with portfolio growth and evolving business needs
• Process Optimization:
  Drive continuous improvement across processes, including implementing standardized templates, assumptions, and dynamic modeling approaches
• Change Management & Integration:
  Support evolving company priorities, special projects, and integration efforts related to structural changes and accelerated growth targets

• BA/BS in Finance / Accounting / Economics / Business (required)
• Advanced degree is a plus, but not required
• Minimum 12 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Financial or Management Consulting, or other finance-related fields
• Experience with tax equity financing, loan financing, origination/structured finance transactions required.
• Minimum 4 years leading functional teams and or transactions
• Proven experience leading teams of three or more, with demonstrated strength in people leadership, development, and accountability
• Experience with in the renewable energy sector preferred
• Expert understanding of tax equity structures and modeling and financing agreements
• Leads with expert analytical and conceptual thinking; solves complex problems; crafts clear, strategic visualizations, anticipates stakeholder dynamics and their needs in analyses.
• Fosters a high-performance problem-solving culture within the team through guidance and development.
• Collaborates across business units, teams and senior leadership; presents to senior leadership and external financing counter parties on complex matters.
• Outstanding communication skills (written and verbal), comfortable interfacing with senior management and external financing parties.
• Persuasive communicator who…