Funding Analyst

Summary

Solar Landscape is a commercial rooftop solar developer focused on expanding clean energy generation across the United States. The Funding Analyst will support project financing activities, including construction loan draws, tax equity fundings, project-level reporting, financial modeling, and financial partner reporting.

Responsibilities

• Debt Fundings: Support the process of managing construction loans draws for our various portfolios; work with internal teams, external consultants and investors to complete construction loan conversions
• Tax Equity Fundings: Support the Sr. Finance Manager with the closing tasks, preparation of deliverables, diligence and tax equity modeling required to complete tax equity fundings for project milestones for our various portfolios
• Project Level Reporting: Manage project-level and portfolio-level financial reporting for budget against actuals, cash forecasting and reporting to financing partners; support generation of reporting and documentation required to release funds from financing partners
• Ad Hoc Reporting: Support the Director of FOP&A, Sr. Finance Manager and the Investments and Structured Finance team with various project and portfolio reporting
• Ad Hoc: Special Projects for the Corporate Finance team
• Financial modeling: Support post financial closing internal financial models used to support portfolio fundings and calculate Solar Landscape investment returns

Skills

• Excellent academic background with BS/BA in accounting, finance, economics, or another quantitative field
• Strong work ethic and ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment
• Strong financial analysis and advanced spreadsheet modeling skills with experience managing energy generating asset and/or platform budgets, reporting, loan draws and tax equity fundings
• Working knowledge of the project finance markets, debt and TE documentation compliance and associated reporting for power generating assets and platforms, typical transaction structures, and key risk allocation principles
• Strong organization, communication skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and workstreams simultaneously
• Work experience in renewable energy, environmental, or finance industries is preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Excellent academic background with BS/BA in accounting, finance, economics, or another quantitative field
• Strong work ethic and ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment
• Strong financial analysis and advanced spreadsheet modeling skills with experience managing energy generating asset and/or platform budgets, reporting, loan draws and tax equity fundings
• Working knowledge of the project finance markets, debt and TE documentation compliance and associated reporting for power generating assets and platforms, typical transaction structures, and key risk allocation principles
• Strong organization, communication skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and workstreams simultaneously

Nice to Haves

• Work experience in renewable energy, environmental, or finance industries is preferred

Benefits

• Training / Professional development opportunities
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• Summer Fridays
• Flexible remote/hybrid work options
• Paid parental leave
• Team lunches, events, and stocked kitchens
• Modern, collaborative office spaces in Asbury Park, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance