Financial Analyst
Description
Urban Grid, a leading independent power producer, facilitates a rapid and sustainable energy transition by developing high-quality renewable energy projects, fostering community partnerships, and serving as a good land steward. Our company is positioned to own and operate its facilities while cultivating a land management system that benefits farmers, communities and the natural world through agrivoltaics. Urban Grid maintains a delivery-focused approach with the goal of being a good neighbor, a responsible corporate citizen and a trusted energy solutions partner. With teams situated strategically throughout the United States, Urban Grid has a long history of contributing to the clean energy economy. In addition to the 345 megawatts currently under construction, we are actively developing a growing portfolio of more than 15,000 megawatts of solar PV and 7,000 megawatts of co-located and stand-alone energy storage. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com.
Urban Grid is a Brookfield Renewable company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms.
Job Summary
The Financial Analyst will be an integral part of the Finance team and will be responsible for validating, quantifying, and proving project financial models, ensuring we continue to identify and develop competitive projects. The role will involve heavy diligence and deal management for project financing and tax equity partnerships for utility scale solar projects.
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize financial models for new Renewable technologies and markets.
- Track, update and maintain project-level budgets and reporting.
- Conduct quantitative feasibility analysis on new markets, participants, projects, and trends.
- Conduct risk forecast analysis on existing portfolio and new assets / markets.
- Assist in running corporate financial models, monitor markets, and produce Monthly / Quarterly Reports for existing investment portfolios.
- Collaborate with Finance team on building new Investment Business Cases.
- Support capital markets team in due diligence, deal execution and investment documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or related field
- Excellent quantitative analysis skills
- Excellent financial analysis and knowledge of excel
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Be capable of analyzing very large amounts of financial and numerical data and extracting, summarizing and communicating key results
- Work pro-actively individually, and collaboratively within the team
- Be highly organized, follow procedures and meet timelines
- Preference for 2-3 years relevant solar project finance experience
- Preference for experience at a utility, fund or investment bank
This role requires an in-depth understanding of, and experience in:
- Power Markets; structure, participants, support mechanisms, pricing dynamics, power trading
- Power Price Forecasting & Modelling; consultants, forecasts, factors, financial modelling
- Renewables Development Financing; technologies, participants, influencers, revenue streams, financing structures, financing participants
Location
Remote working is acceptable for this role. Preferably within Eastern Time Zone. Position may require periodic trips to Richmond, VA or Houston, TX for team meetings.
Benefits
Urban Grid offers an exciting benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, voluntary life, and long-term disability, paid parental leave, and a retirement plan with matching. Full-time position with a competitive compensation package, including bonus.