Project Finance Manager

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage junior team members that will provide support with executing day‐to‐day tasks required to run the TPO financing platform
• Manage and support the development, refinement, and implementation of financial models, including tax equity / tax credit transfers, warehouse debt, back leverage and other forms of project financing to evaluate and present potential returns for Goodleap and its financing partners.  
• Support the management of, and deepen relationships with, existing investors, and strategically expand our investor base through introductory meetings, thorough due diligence sessions, and catering to special requests.
• Manage various consultants (including, but not limited to, appraisers, independent engineers, insurance consultants, REC consultants), and sub‐ contracted service companies to execute financing transactions and support investor due diligence efforts.
• Collaborate with internal and external counsel to review, negotiate, and finalize definitive documentation with financing counterparties

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience (e.g. project finance, structured finance, investment banking, or private equity) with experience in residential solar a plus
• Experience managing project finance deal processes  Experience managing junior team members
• Minimum bachelor’s (or advanced) degree
• Expert with MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint; VBA is a plus)
• Working proficiency with SQL; Python is a plus
• Understanding of basic accounting statements: balance sheet, cash flow, income statement
• Understanding of ABS, various debt and equity financing structures, including short and long‐term debt
• Excellent written and oral communication skills  
• Superb attention to detail and work ethic
• Ability to read and interpret legal documents a plus