Senior Vice President, Clean Energy Account Manager, KEF

Location: For Those Who Work At Home, Ohio

This position involves prospecting, identifying, developing, structuring, and closing project finance/leasing and energy equipment transactions with assigned accounts and a geographical territory. The Key Equipment Finance (KEF) Clean Energy Vertical focuses on providing financing for renewable generation opportunities sourced through developer partners. The renewable generation markets in scope include renewable energy assets such as photovoltaic (PV) solar, fuel cells, renewable natural gas, energy storage, electric vehicle and EV charging infrastructure, combined heat and power ("CHP"), as well as energy efficiency and energy conservation and carbon reduction/recapture measures.

Projects typically include some form of Power Purchase Agreement ("PPA") which is then monetized to provide the funds (inclusive of Investment Tax Credits, state incentives/grants, and other tax benefits) necessary to construct the associated project.

• Responsible for growing KEF's Clean Energy segment and market share by directly identifying, developing, structuring, and closing renewable clean energy finance opportunities.
• Full sales cycle responsibilities include, but are not limited to, business development and prospecting, managing existing and prospective client relationships, structuring of transactions in line with product offerings inclusive of residuals and pricing guidelines, financial model creation and analysis, utilize credit philosophy and review customer financial statements, collection of appropriate information relating to transactions including packaging for syndication, maintenance of the client management system;
  
  client/prospect/clean energy industry event related travel.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the energy/solar incentive programs that are available in the assigned sales territory and the ability to structure finance transactions accordingly.
• Grow Clean Energy finance volume by proactively supporting existing developer relationships as well as prospecting for new relationships.
• Effectively engage, propose, and negotiate with C-level decision makers at developer organizations.
• Engage with all internal functional departments in KEF (Credit, Asset Management, operations, legal, pricing, syndications, compliance, etc.) to ensure appropriate content and responses for all financing proposals issued.
• Collaborate closely with Key Banc Capital Markets renewable energy business.
• Interface with other KEF and Key Corp business units to cross-sell as well as expand overall Key relationship with clients and refer opportunities.
• Transactions range from $2-$100MM; expected to achieve returns commensurate with ROBC requirements.
• Work to align efforts with Key's corporate primacy efforts where possible.
• Develop, mentor, train, and recruit individuals to the Clean Energy platform to holistically grow the business and expand its capabilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
• Comply with all Key Bank policies and procedures, including, without limitation, acting professionally at all times, conducting business ethically, avoiding conflicts of interest, and acting in the best interests of Key's clients and Key.

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

• Minimum of 8 years outside consultative sales experience in the clean energy equipment finance or project finance arena, preferably in the mid-ticket energy segment (required).
• Comprehensive knowledge of finance and leasing, renewable energy markets, including project development/modeling, finance, clean energy industry tools (PVSyst, etc.) commercial, regulatory, market, technical, legal, and energy tax credits, etc. (required).
• Experience with financing large, structured, PPA-based and direct energy-related transactions and portfolios (required).
• Strong track record of successfully sourcing and growing new business by developing/managing developer relationships (required).
• Very strong oral and written communication skills and expert…