Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Energy Systems Group (ESG) is looking for a Director, Project Finance to join their Finance and Accounting team. This role involves arranging financings for customer projects, managing a portfolio of financing obligations, and collaborating closely with sales teams and lenders to develop and close project financings.
Responsibilities
- Participates in responding to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs, by researching, evaluating, and providing recommendations of available financing options and alternatives
- Helps qualify prospective customers by gauging “financeability” early in the sales process
- Advises sales teams in financial structuring options and pricing project financing for developing new projects
- Creates and oversees complex financial models for energy savings based financing
- Develops and maintain strong relationships with various lenders and investors to ensure that competitive financing alternatives are available for ESG customers
- Solicits financing proposals from lenders for the financing of individual ESG projects
- Works closely with lenders and investors to develop, negotiate, and close project financings in concert with ESG closing its own project sales
- Manages a portfolio of financing and performance guarantee obligations, coordinating changes to the portfolio for partial buydown payments, early termination payments and changes related to the underlying savings and/or performance guarantees
- Supports corporate capital management planning and reporting
- Communicates and meets with customers to present financing options and alternatives, including in the municipal and federal sectors and utility clients in federal UESC projects
- Provides an overview of financing approaches, lenders, and structures for individual projects
- Supports customers to close project financings used to fund ESG projects prior to performance of the work
- Represents ESG at various industry events, including the Association of Government Leasing & Finance (AGL&F)
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or other relevant education
- 10+ years Construction Finance experience
- Proficiency with Excel, including complex financial modeling, and other Microsoft Office programs
- Understanding and appreciation of the sales and business development process(es)
- Familiarity with various States' enabling legislation for performance contracting and project financing, and experience with tax-exempt municipal finance and federal ESPC and UESC contracts receivable financing
- Knowledge of contracts, particularly with respect to governmental customers, including federal, state, and local
Benefits
- Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance plans and wellness plans for employee and your family
- Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and supplemental benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Nine Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation and Personal/Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child/children
- Highly competitive salaries and incentive structure
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