Finance Director - Linea Energy

• Lead key corporate and project finance transactions, including raising equity, debt, tax equity, and structured products. The capital-raising role will likely extend to government, strategic, and catalytic capital sources.
• Act as the internal project manager, coordinating all internal stakeholders and approvals, leading project meetings, and maintaining project schedule and budgets.
• Lead tax credit monetization and financing strategies, as well as solving associated working capital requirements related to delivering major industrial decarbonization projects.
• Manage all aspects of transaction execution, including marketing, negotiation of term sheets, structuring, financial modeling, investor due diligence, transaction documentation, and internal project management.
• Lead due diligence, commercial negotiations, and manage data rooms.
• Develop and maintain valuable relationships with debt, tax equity, and equity investors, as well as strategics.
• Develop and work with complex corporate and project finance models. Able to build models independently and mentor others.
• Work with Linea Energy leadership to develop an innovative financing roadmap for the company.
• Organize and manage the process to obtain third-party reports to support finance work, including, but not limited to, independent engineer reports, insurance reports, and market studies.
• Collaborate with Linea Energy leadership to develop project-specific financing strategies.
• Draft marketing materials for capital raising, including teasers, investment presentations, and confidential information memoranda (CIMs).
• Present financing proposals and transactions, and mentor others to effectively communicate across various asset classes and audiences.
• The Director of Project Finance will report to the Managing Director of Finance and will have high level of exposure to both C-Level Management and Board of Directors

• Must have a BS/BA and ideally an MBA with a minimum of 5 years of experience in project finance, corporate finance, or investment banking, with at least 3 years in solar and/or storage project experience.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of and experience in sourcing, developing, and managing relationships with project sponsors, buyers, independent power producers (IPPs), tax equity investors, and project lenders.
• Must have detailed knowledge and understanding of all phases of project finance in solar PV plants and BESS projects, in addition to a basic understanding of key development concepts to integrate into risk analysis.
• Must be a proficient user of Excel to independently create and update sophisticated financial models to price power purchase agreement (PPA) bids, evaluate project economics, and simulate the financial outcomes of multiple development and financing approaches.
• Must have experience working with project developers and an understanding of the RFP process. Must have the insight to highlight key risk factors and deliver the best project finance solutions.
• Must have a demonstrated track record of delivering results, including the ability to independently source and communicate with investors, manage investor due diligence processes, and negotiate and close complex financing and project sell-down transactions.
• Must have experience in and the ability to develop a targeted investor marketing program and forge strategic partnerships and customized investment products.
• Must have both a long-term strategic perspective and a near-term action orientation, with a strong desire to continuously improve and push limits.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and must be a strong team player with a high degree of professionalism and conduct at all times. Ability to interact with senior leadership cross-culturally, and both within and outside the organization.
• Willingness to travel to all offices

• Voraciously Curious

• Purposely Scrappy

• Innate Stewardship

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