Associate, Project Finance & Business Development - Solar Energy & Energy Storage

Our client is a rapidly growing clean energy developer focused on expanding access to distributed solar and battery storage solutions. By combining creative financing strategies with operational expertise, they help deliver locally sourced renewable power that supports a more reliable and resilient grid. The company partners with communities and businesses to reduce energy costs and support the broader transition to a low carbon economy.

Role Overview

The Associate, Project Finance & Business Development will support the evaluation and execution of mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic growth opportunities across the company’s renewable energy portfolio. This role will be heavily focused on financial modeling, investment analysis, transaction underwriting, and due diligence to assess the viability and attractiveness of potential investments. Working closely with senior members of the Business Development team, the Associate will help drive acquisition efforts, support transaction execution, and provide analytical insights that inform key investment decisions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain complex financial valuation tools to assess distributed energy and infrastructure investments, including project-level and portfolio-level cash flow forecasting, returns analysis, and financing strategy evaluation.
• Support transaction execution from initial opportunity review through closing by conducting commercial assessments, investment underwriting, detailed diligence, and strategic evaluation of potential development and acquisition opportunities.
• Build, enhance, and utilize internal analytical models to determine economic feasibility, perform scenario and sensitivity analyses, evaluate key value drivers, and identify potential risks under varying market conditions.
• Oversee pipeline management systems and deal-tracking platforms, ensuring accurate opportunity data, monitoring transaction progress, and preparing reporting materials that provide visibility into business development activity and investment performance.
• Conduct in-depth industry and market intelligence research, develop pricing and revenue assumptions, assess third-party market studies, and generate actionable insights to support investment strategy, transaction structuring, and geographic expansion initiatives.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Energy Management, or a comparable discipline.
• At least two years of professional experience in transaction-oriented or analytical roles such as investment banking, infrastructure finance, asset management, project development, private equity, consulting, accounting, or related sectors.
• Proven ability to present financial analyses, investment recommendations, and diligence conclusions to both internal stakeholders and external counter parties, including technical advisors, consultants, contractors, and executive leadership.
• Strong financial modeling capabilities with experience developing detailed valuation and forecasting models from the ground up, including cash flow projections, financing analyses, return assessments, and scenario-based evaluations; prior exposure to renewable energy, power, or infrastructure assets is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of project and corporate finance concepts, including debt and equity structuring, financing arrangements, lender requirements, investment performance metrics, and capital allocation strategies.
• Demonstrated success operating in a dynamic, transaction-focused environment while balancing competing priorities, managing deadlines, and driving multiple initiatives forward simultaneously.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, with experience coordinating due diligence efforts, reviewing documentation, and maintaining transaction-related information.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise, including financial forecasting, sensitivity modeling, large-scale data analysis, and automation techniques; familiarity with financial and market intelligence platforms is preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience preparing investment materials, transaction summaries, management reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship requirements.