Analyst, Business Development – East

What The Role Is

As a key member of an established team of investment and project development professionals, the Analyst will have the responsibility to support commercial strategy for utility-scale wind, solar, and battery assets under development, as well as the valuation, due diligence, and execution of project acquisition opportunities.

This role is primarily focused on markets in the Eastern United States, but will collaborate regularly with colleagues covering the broader organization. This role will be based in our San Francisco office.

If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the project financial model for development assets. Work with Capital Markets, Engineering, and Development teams to ensure conformance with underwriting guidelines, investment metrics, and forecasted cash flows. Run sensitivity analyses and generate ideas to optimize valuation.
• Asset origination and acquisition: Support origination, structuring, and closing of high-quality, profitable solar, wind, and storage acquisitions as a key member of a transaction team.
• Coordinate with functional teams on due diligence and financial model inputs to qualify project investments prior to executing acquisition documents.
• Prepare detailed memos and presentations for senior management and the investment committee.
• Support ongoing origination, development, and financing activities for projects:
• Develop additional functionality for new and innovative financial structures (in Excel and VBA) and improve existing quantitative analyses and tools.
  • Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy to originate offtake contracts for Clearway Energy Group's 25GW development portfolio of utility wind, solar, and storage projects.
  • Develop statistical analyses to quantify risk in highly structured transactions.
  • Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to work out impediments to negotiations and closings.
  • Work with functional groups, third-party consultants, and various other stakeholders to drive projects forward and perform quantitative analyses to support development and financing judgments.
• Develop additional functionality for new and innovative financial structures (in Excel and VBA) and improve existing quantitative analyses and tools.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree with a strong academic record from a leading undergraduate program, ideally with a focus in finance, business administration, or economics.
• Relevant work experience in a finance or development role with a specific focus on financial modeling.
• Fundamental knowledge of renewable energy, cleantech, power markets, or infrastructure finance with prior internship (or similar) experience in these fields.
• Experience navigating discounted cash flow models is required.
• A motivated self-starter with strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong aptitude for analytical and financial modeling with demonstrated attention to detail. Advanced capabilities in Excel and PowerPoint are essential.
• Excellent oral, written, and visual communication skills. The ability to summarize complex issues and identify opportunities or next steps is critical.
• Robust organizational skills with a mindset towards pursuing simple and efficient solutions.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects/work streams, set priorities, and exercise judgment unsupervised.
• Interest in developing management skills and desire to grow personally and professionally within our organization.

What Would Be Nice

• Experience with VBA or other programming languages is a bonus.

Clearway will not sponsor non-immigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, etc.).

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