Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sparkfund is a utility services company that develops distributed capacity procurement programs using front-of-the-meter batteries and generators as distribution infrastructure. The Finance Analyst will build, audit, and maintain pricing and financial models, validate assumptions with cross-functional teams, and translate model outputs into deal-structuring and negotiation insights.
Responsibilities
- Build, audit, and maintain the programmatic pricing models used to structure and price deals across Sparkfund's DCP programs
- Update and refine existing models as program economics, deal structures, or market conditions change
- Build bespoke financial models for one-off pricing structures or deal structures that fall outside existing templates
- Partner with Business Development, Program, and Project teams to source the cost, revenue, timing, and financing assumptions that feed pricing models
- Validate assumptions against underlying source data and flag discrepancies before they reach a pricing output
- Translate model outputs into terms non-finance stakeholders can use to structure and negotiate deals
Skills
- • 1–3 years of experience in financial modeling, corporate finance, or a related quantitative role
- • Strong technical modeling skills, including building, auditing, and troubleshooting complex Excel models from scratch
- • Working knowledge of DCF analysis, capital stack construction (debt, equity, mezzanine), and discount rate and cost of capital concepts, with fluency in IRR, NPV, and other return metrics used to evaluate deal economics
- • Strong attention to detail and comfort validating assumptions across multiple sources
- • Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to translate model output for people who don't work in finance
- • Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
- • Occasional; company gatherings and team meetings
- • Location: Remote (United States); preference for candidates in the New York City metro area or elsewhere on the East Coast
- • Familiarity with project finance structures or energy asset modeling
- • Experience in infrastructure, energy, or utility-facing businesses
- • Experience building models that support live deal negotiations
Benefits
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) with 2% employer match
- Flexible vacation policy with a strong emphasis on work-life balance
- Federal holidays and Flexible Fridays, including half-day Fridays each week
- 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid caregiver leave
- One-time work-from-home stipend for eligible remote roles
- $100 monthly phone and Wi-Fi allowance
- Discretionary bonus or incentive compensation may be available, separate from base salary and not guaranteed
- Remote-first work environment
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