Analyst - Project Finance
About The Position
The Project Finance Analyst is a key member of the growing Project Finance Americas team, responsible for helping to build a specialized sector financing business by structuring and executing prudent and profitable renewable energy project financing transactions and developing a high-quality client base. The PF Analyst will have exposure to a broad range of technologies (e.g. solar, wind, battery, Data Centers) as well as transaction structures (e.g. traditional project finance, equipment finance and portfolio financing). Our team is committed to your growth. We invest heavily in our Analysts through formal training and diverse deal exposure, ensuring you become a well-rounded renewable energy financier. As an Analyst - Project Finance you will be successful by sourcing, reviewing and executing finance opportunities with market leading renewable energy players in the Energy Transition to help decarbonize the economy. An Analyst on the Rabobank North America Project Finance team will provide critical support to build relationships with leading developers, manufacturers and investors in the renewable energy and energy transition sectors. These relationships are built by a PF Analysts through development of expertise in renewable technologies, market dynamics and government incentives and use this expertise to structure financial solutions that help our clients to build and deploy their decarbonization projects.
Requirements
- Strong passion for the renewable energy sector
- 2 years of energy/infrastructure project finance experience at a financial institution, credit rating agency, developer or related experience
- Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel
- Basic accounting
- Drive to learn quickly about new markets, technologies and financing structures
- Communications skills (oral and written)
- Auditing, building and manipulating cash flow models
- Ability to travel regionally, up to 10%
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Rabobank is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position
Nice To Haves
- Technical diligence of wind, solar and battery projects
- Credit Risk Assessment
- Renewable energy tax incentives
- Bank products in particular Project Finance, Interest Rate Risk management and Capital Markets
Responsibilities
- Evaluate financial models for renewable energy projects and other project finance transactions
- Understand key financing risks and recommending mitigants to alleviate such risks
- Review key project documents, including Power Purchase Agreements or Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Agreements
- Review financing agreements
- Assess transmission, market, independent engineering, appraisal, and insurance consultant reports
- Draft internal transaction documents and credit memos
- Participate in the management of transactions through the internal credit process, providing analysis, structuring support, and communication with credit, regional, and business line managers.
- Support the management and monitoring of a loan portfolio, including expansions, refinancings, restructurings, and exits, informed by ongoing risk analysis.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision plan coverages are effective on your date of hire.
- 401(k) plan
- 401(k) match 50% of the first 6%
- Additional 3% of eligible pay in Safe Harbor contribution
- Up to 3% in annual Discretionary Profit Sharing contributions
- Generous paid time off program to full time employees: up to 20 days of vacation time, 5 days of additional time off plus 7 sick days and 11 US holidays annually
- Dollars for Doers program
- Helping Hands program
- Gift Matching programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
