Manager or Sr. Manager, Project Finance

Avantus develops and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. The Manager or Sr. Manager of Project Finance is responsible for managing the analysis of financing options for utility-scale solar and storage projects, supporting all aspects of transaction execution from acquisition to divestiture.

Responsibilities:

• Identify potential project investors within the equity, banking and tax equity communities and develop strategies to execute our utility-scale solar and storage project pipeline in the US; propose, facilitate, and close project financings
• Create and maintain complex project finance models for internal and external parties to evaluate renewable energy projects during various stages of development, construction, and operation on an individual and portfolio basis
• Specifically synthesize and model terms of construction loans, tax equity bridge loans, and sponsor equity with back-leverage loans in various tax equity structures
• Review project documentation and third-party reports, including PPAs, financing term sheets and agreements, IE reports, etc., and accurately integrate assumptions into financial models
• Support project team to assess financeability issues related to PPAs, EPC and Procurement Agreements, and other major contracts or development topics
• Independently develop and run sensitivities in models and quantify resulting impact on sponsor IRRs, margins, and other key metrics
• Create marketing materials for fundraising, including teasers, CIMs, and management of data rooms
• Manage closing process, including coordinating reviews and approvals across multi-functional teams, to bring the transaction to financial close under tight timeframes
• Contribute to updates to underwriting standards to ensure proper market and internal assumptions are accurately captured in the financial models
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned

Requirements:

• Minimum 4-6 years of project finance or investment banking experience in the renewable energy (or similar) industry
• Strong financial modeling capabilities and structuring experience
• Familiarity with project finance structures, including tax equity, construction financing, and back-leverage
• Experience creating marketing materials, including teasers, CIMs, and managing data rooms
• Demonstrated ability to bring closure to complex and high value financings/transactions under tight timeframes; investment banking experience a plus
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams, including managing the financial, legal, and internal review and approval process to successfully close transactions
• Strong communication skills with proven track record in building relationships and working in cross-functional collaborative teams
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving and dynamic environment