Structured Finance Analyst

Overview

Bay Wa r.e. Americas Projects & Services is a leading developer of utility-scale renewable energy. We are an in-house and third-party operations and services provider, offering 24/7/365 monitoring from our headquarters in Carlsbad, CA. Our team spans the United States and Mexico. Since entering the North American market in 2014, we have brought over 2 GW online and are currently managing over 1.6 GW of operational assets.

Our development pipeline is currently 11.5 GW in North America and continues to grow.

Our mission is to deliver reliable and affordable energy across the Americas. We value long-term partnerships and actively collaborate with local communities and organizations to fund workforce development, support disaster relief efforts, and incorporate sustainability and biodiversity into our projects.

Bay Wa r.e. Americas Projects & Services is a subsidiary of Bay Wa r.e., a leading global developer, service provider, distributor, and energy solutions provider. Bay Wa r.e. has a development pipeline exceeding 22 GW and over 10 GW in assets under management.

Our shareholders are Bay Wa AG, an international group with diversified operations in agriculture, energy, and construction, and Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leader in energy infrastructure investment with a global investor base.

Bay Wa r.e. Americas is seeking an Analyst, Structured Finance to join our Structured Finance team.

The primary role of the Structured Finance Analyst is to perform financial due diligence and prepare investment valuations of greenfield projects in the energy industry, including assisting in the planning and coordination of these assignments.

The Financial Analyst is expected to assist Associates/Directors in the planning and coordinating of assignments and work to identify and analyze the impact of relevant investment, environmental and/or business issues facing Bay Wa r.e. on the company’s, financial structure, profitability, and competitive position.

Competencies include advanced abilities to comprehend, analyze, frame and resolve complex analytical issues and distill them into simple to understand analysis for management decision making; communicate the key investment benefits and risks to senior management; and provide expertise and support to other Bay Wa r.e. departments requiring financial consulting services or financial training.

Responsibilities we will trust you with
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Success in this role involves:

• Working as part of the structured finance group supporting all aspects of renewable energy projects, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, and raising and structuring project debt and tax equity.
• Developing and maintaining financial models using complex capital structures.
• Assisting the structured finance team in raising and structuring debt, equity, and tax equity for renewable energy projects and portfolios, with a primary focus on utility scale solar markets.
• Supporting M&A & financing activities via support with modeling, data rooms, marketing materials, buyer/financing party data bases, and managing certain 3rd party consultants.
• Assisting development team in screening, structuring and pricing acquisitions and project bids.
• Working with internal and external legal staff in drafting and negotiating term sheets and definitive M&A and financing documents for utility scale solar projects. Assist in due diligence of project acquisitions and greenfield development opportunities.
• Coordinating with development, operations and asset management teams to ensure fully managed solutions for investment partners.
• Maintaining renewable energy transaction databases.
• Assisting development team with analytics and financial data modeling for renewable energy projects.
• Conducting in-depth financial analysis of underlying assets, assess credit risk, and perform cash flow modeling to understand the financial performance and stability of the assets.
• Evaluating and managing the risks associated with structured finance deals, including credit risk, interest rate risk, and market risk. Develop risk mitigation strategies as necessary.
• Performing finance/financial analyst responsibilities for solar…