Senior Associate

Summary

Join Clearway Energy Group as a Senior Financial Analyst to support valuation, due diligence, and execution of project acquisition opportunities. The role involves strategy, structuring, and pricing support for development and power marketing of utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage assets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required in finance, business administration, economics, policy, or engineering
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a finance or development role with a specific focus on financial modeling
• Renewable energy, cleantech, and/or power markets experience
• Experience navigating discounted cash flow models
• Experience at a U.S. solar, wind, or energy storage development company or Independent Power Producer in a quantitative, transactional role such as project finance, M&A, or power marketing/PPA origination; OR relevant, transferable experience in investment banking or private equity (or similar)
• Aptitude for analytical and financial modeling with demonstrated attention to detail. Quantitative skills are a must for this position
• Advanced capabilities in Excel and PowerPoint are essential
• Ability to summarize complex issues and identify opportunities or next steps
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects/work streams, set priorities, and exercise independent judgment

Responsibilities

• Support and lead all parts of the M&A process, including origination, structuring, and closing of high-quality, profitable solar, wind, and energy storage projects
• Own the project financial model. Work with Project Finance and Risk teams to ensure conformance with underwriting guidelines, investment metrics, and forecasted cash flows
• Coordinate with internal functional teams, third-party consultants, and deal counterparts on due diligence activities and financial model inputs to qualify project investments before executing acquisition documents
• Prepare detailed memos and presentations for senior management and the investment committee
• Create and manage tools to monitor market activity and track internal origination strategy to identify new growth areas and M&A targets
• Support ongoing origination, development, and financing activities for pipeline projects
• Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy to originate offtake contracts for Clearway’s 10GW+ development portfolio of utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects
• Develop statistical analyses to quantify risk in highly structured commodity transactions
• Work with functional groups, third-party consultants, and other stakeholders to drive projects forward and perform quantitative analyses to support development and financing decisions
• Lead strategic initiatives aimed at improving analytical tools and informing key business activities at Clearway
• Develop model functionality for new and innovative financial and offtake structures (in Excel and VBA) and improve existing quantitative analysis tools
• Assist with ongoing efforts to improve financial optimization, underwriting, deal tracking, etc
• Lead special projects across internal functional groups to drive value creation throughout the development, procurement, construction, and financing processes

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with VBA or other programming languages

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• Medical, dental & vision care
• HSAs with company contributions
• Health FSAs
• Dependent daycare FSAs
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Life & accident insurances
• Fertility programs
• Adoption assistance
• Generous parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Benefits for employees in same-sex marriages, civil unions & domestic partnerships