Avantus · 1 day ago
Associate, Project Finance
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
$118K/yr - $139K/yr
1+ years expAvantus develops and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. The Associate, Project Finance will support a team in sourcing, negotiating, and executing project sales and structured financings, while performing market analysis and collaborating with various teams to meet project deadlines.
CreditFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Able to work independently and collaboratively with a cross-functional team
Own every aspect of the project financial model for both mid-stage and late-stage development assets, including significant time working on project offtake bidding and structuring
Monitor the debt, tax equity, and cash equity markets for appropriate valuation techniques and pricing
Prepare and explain capital structure sensitivities, becoming intimately familiar with the potential capital permutations and value levers
Understand the various development, construction, and operational inputs to the model, working closely with cross-functional experts in various functional groups such as Origination, Land Acquisition, Development, Construction, Engineering/Optimization, Storage, Interconnection, etc
Support (and eventually lead) various aspects of a project sale and financing, including but not limited to:
Due Diligence
Process Timelines
Data room Management
Term Sheet and Transaction Document Support
Market/Transmission Reports
Appraisal and Cost Segregation Reports
Insurance Consultant Reports
Project Closing activities
Support Project Finance lead on marketing of project capital structure to outside parties, interacting with lenders, tax equity investors, infrastructure funds, and strategic buyers
Preparation and delivery of materials for Investment Committee and Risk Committee review and approval
Support projects that are in construction or operational and financed by Avantus, including construction loan draws, refinancing activities, consent processes, financing document compliance, and modeling
Apply learnings from closed financial transactions and Avantus’ operational project portfolio to revise financial underwriting assumptions for development asset modeling and pricing
Macroeconomic analysis, including impacts of tax law change, interest rate environments, and broader sector trends
Monitoring of the power markets, including structured energy transactions, to help ensure project finance ability and valuation
Support other functional areas in ways such as:
PPA Pricing and Finance ability analysis
Design/Engineering Optimization
EPC and O&M Contract Negotiations
Corporate FP&A Rollup analysis
Lease vs. Buy analysis
Support transaction team in various approval stage-gate and committee review processes
Manage various tracker and tool updates and dissemination, as needed
Qualification
Required
Minimum 1-2 years of project finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in renewable energy or similar industry
Familiarity with project finance structures, including tax monetization, tax credit financing, construction financing, and back-leverage
Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams, including managing the financial, legal, and internal review
Strong communication skills with proven track record in building relationships and working in cross-functional collaborative teams
Comfortable working in a fast-moving and dynamic environment
Familiarity with various discounted cash flow analysis, including pre-tax, after-tax, unlevered, and levered returns
Preferred
Experience creating project marketing materials, including teasers, CIMs, and managing data rooms
Demonstrated ability to bring closure to complex and high value business transactions under tight timeframes; investment banking experience a plus
Benefits
401(k) matching
Comprehensive medical and dental plan options
Flexible PTO
Company
Avantus
Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Tom Buttgenbach, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Stephanie Perry
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2025-05-28
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