Principal, Tax Credit Advisory

We’re supercharging the clean economy

Crux is the capital markets platform changing the way clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed in the U.S. Crux’s platform, market intelligence, and expert team help developers and manufacturers unlock financing through all stages of project development and operation.

Our team of 85+ is composed of experts in energy, tax, finance, government, and technology. We have raised $77 million in capital from some of the best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lower carbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others. These funds are joined by strategic investors including Pattern Energy, Clearway Energy, EDF Renewables, Intersect Power, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Mass Mutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.

Energy demand is growing for the first time in 20 years, driven by surging manufacturing, transportation, electrification, and data centers. Simultaneously, hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested in domestic supply chains for critical minerals and components. Developers and manufacturers will require trillions of dollars in capital to meet growing needs.

Prior to Crux, the capital markets supporting this transformation was opaque, fragmented, and complex. At Crux, we recognized the missing infrastructure: a central capital markets platform designed specifically for the next century of American energy and industry. By connecting counter parties, providing market intelligence, and streamlining transactions, we unlock faster decision making, lower cost of capital, and accelerated investment.

We are scaling quickly and looking for team members who are eager to combine technical excellence with an AI- and tech-forward mindset.

We are adding a Principal, Tax Credit Advisory to our Commercial team to rapidly scale our network of buyers, and execute more transactions.

• Lead the early review of potential renewable tax credit transactions, assess completeness of the underwriting package.

• Collaborate with project developers to gather necessary information and documentation.

• Oversee the production of and evaluate diligence memorandums for clean energy tax credits to ensure compliance with regulations, including eligibility criteria, prevailing wage & apprenticeship requirements, etc.

• Responsible for maintaining an extensive level of knowledge of transaction structuring, clean energy tax credit industry rules and regulations to inform underwriting decisions.

• Formulate standard, comprehensive underwriting policies by credit type.

• Develop and lead initiatives to improve the underwriting process, including leveraging technology and tools, in collaboration with internal teams such as product engineering, legal, marketing

• Analyze financial, technical and legal documents and project feasibility to determine credit eligibility.

• Review tax credit insurance policies to ensure adequate risk mitigation.

• Conduct risk assessments to identify potential issues with credit claims.

• Prepare detailed reports and recommendations for approval or denial of credits.

• Contribute to the development of long-term client relationships with tax and finance leaders at the largest F250 tax credit buyers

• Build net new relationships for Crux through conferences, networking, outreach, our extensive partnerships, and inbound

• Be a trusted expert in the market by speaking on webinars, on panels at conferences, and more

• 8-12+ years of experience in financial services, renewable energy, or comparable experience

• Renewable energy project finance, banking or Big 4 background preferred

• Strong understanding of the Inflation Reduction Act, related IRS tax codes, renewable energy industry, underwriting, and risk management

• Detail oriented with strong organizational, time management and prioritization skills

• Detailed knowledge of critical aspects of renewable energy project underwriting, including equipment and performance review as well as a baseline understanding of U.S. energy markets including regulatory structures, physical…