VP / Principal, Project Finance & Capital Solutions

Our client is a fast-growing, profitable clean energy finance platform. It started in renewable energy tax credit transfers and now runs an end-to-end process for buyers and sellers, covering sourcing, underwriting, diligence, legal coordination, and execution. It has facilitated billions of dollars of tax credits for hundreds of developers, focused on middle-market C&I, community solar, residential, and other projects generally under 20 MW. The company has built its own diligence technology, is raising new capital, and is expanding into construction loans, bridge financing, tax equity, preferred equity, and project finance.

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The roleOur client is hiring a VP / Principal to build and lead its project finance and capital solutions business from the ground up. You'll work directly with the founders and shape how the company develops its next generation of financial products. This is an entrepreneurial seat for someone who wants to build a function, not inherit one. You'll originate, structure, and execute transactions across the capital stack, drawing on your own relationships and an established developer network.The background is deliberately open. Candidates from project finance, structured finance, investment banking, infrastructure investing, or development finance are welcome, provided they have meaningful clean energy experience.
What you'll doBuild and lead the project finance and capital solutions functionOriginate opportunities through existing relationships and build new ones across developers, lenders, investors, tax equity providers, and other capital partnersStructure and execute project debt, construction financing, bridge financing, tax equity, preferred equity, and other structured capitalLead underwriting, transaction structuring, diligence, negotiation, and executionExpand existing client relationships into additional financing productsPartner with the tax credit team to find opportunities across transactionsGive senior-level guidance on transaction risk, structuring, and capital marketsWork with product and engineering to turn transaction workflows into technology improvementsHelp build the strategy, processes, and team needed to scale the business line
What we're looking forSignificant experience in project finance, structured finance, investment banking, infrastructure investing, development finance, or a related disciplineMeaningful clean energy, renewable energy, or energy infrastructure experience, with a strong grasp of the clean energy capital stackA track record of originating, structuring, and executing transactionsProject debt or construction financing experience strongly preferredExposure to tax equity, preferred equity, bridge financing, or other structured capital preferredA network across clean energy developers, lenders, investors, or other capital providers xzbcwsv Strong financial modeling, underwriting, and execution skillsAbility to work with senior counterparties and clientsAn entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable operating independently in a lean, fast-moving organizationStrong communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skillsExperience managing or executing renewable energy tax credit transactions is highly valued, but candidates with broader project or structured finance backgrounds will be considered.
Why this roleOwn the development of a new business line at a pivotal point in the company's growthWork directly with the founders on strategyLeverage an established developer network and work across multiple areas of the capital stackInfluence the product and technology roadmap and help shape future hiringComprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), FSA and commuter benefits, and 29 paid holidays