Goodleap

Capital Markets Director, Project Finance

Job Description

The Director will join the TPO (Third Party Owned) vertical of the Capital Markets team and contribute significantly to the execution of GoodLeap's strategy for funding and managing its solar lease and power purchase agreement projects. This role requires a deep understanding of project finance including tax equity, project debt, and/or cash equity. In addition, this role will need to demonstrate robust technical and interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of successfully managing both internal and external stakeholders.


Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Manage junior team members that will provide support with executing day-to-day tasks required to run the TPO financing platform.
  • Manage and support the development, refinement, and implementation of financial models, including tax equity/ tax credit transfers, warehouse debt, back leverage and other forms of project financing to evaluate and present potential returns for GoodLeap and its financing partners.
  • Support the management of and deepen relationships with existing investors, while strategically expanding our investor base through introductory meetings, comprehensive due diligence sessions, negotiation of transaction documents, and catering to special requests.
  • Manage various consultants (including, but not limited to, appraisers, independent engineers, insurance consultants, REC consultants), and subcontracted service companies to execute financing transactions and support investor due diligence efforts.
  • Collaborate with internal and external counsel to review, negotiate, and finalize definitive documentation with financing counterparties.

  • Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
  • Minimum bachelor’s (or advanced) degree
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience (e.g. project finance, structured finance, investment banking, or private equity), with experience in residential solar a plus
  • Experience managing project finance deal processes
  • Experience managing junior team members
  • Expert with MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint; VBA is a plus)
  • Working proficiency with SQL; Python is a plus
  • Understanding of basic accounting statements: balance sheet, cash flow, income statement
  • Understanding of ABS, various debt and equity financing structures, including short and long-term debt
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Superb attention to detail and work ethic
  • Ability to read and interpret legal documents
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced, unstructured environment