Avantus
Sr. Director, Capital Markets
(Hybrid) San Diego, CA, USA or (Remote) Pacific, Mountain or Central Timezones, USA. Posted a month ago
The role
The Sr. Director, Project Finance leads transaction execution for M&A, project financings, and corporate level financings. This person manages complex project finance models and coordinates with multi-functional teams to bring transactions to financial close.
What you will do
- Lead transaction execution for M&A, project financings, and corporate level financings
- Primary point of contact to negotiate financing documentation
- Coordinate with analysts, associates, and project team members to manage closing processes
- Identify and maintain relationships with potential project investors
- Maintain and develop external relationships with financing counterparties
- Maintain and be responsible for complex project finance models
- Analyze and draw conclusions from project models
- Obtain and negotiate financing term sheets and agreements
- Review and negotiate project documentation and third-party reports
- Mentor Project Finance Associates and Managers
Required qualifications
- 8-10+ years of project finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in renewable energy or similar industry
- Strong financial modeling capabilities and structuring experience
- Familiarity with project finance structures, including partnership flips, construction financing, and back-leverage
- Experience creating marketing materials, including teasers, CIMs, and managing data rooms
- Strong background knowledge in renewable development process
- Ability to analyze new structures to assess merits of alternative financing structures
- 2-3 years’ experience with overall financing process, including negotiation, documentation, creation of marketing materials
- Demonstrated ability to bring closure to complex and high value business transactions under tight timeframes
- Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills
Nice to have
- investment banking experience
Benefits
- 401(k) matching
- comprehensive medical and dental plan options
- flexible PTO
About the company
Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. The company is an independent power producer delivering clean energy solutions.