Associate, Structuring (Debt Capital Markets)

Crux

1d • $150,000 - $200,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Associate, Debt Capital Markets will be a core member of Crux’s Structuring team and report to the Principal. The team delivers capital solutions across debt, tax equity, preferred equity, and advisory services to sponsors, developers, and investors. The work spans project-level and corporate-level transactions in renewable energy and energy-transition infrastructure.

This is a hands-on execution role for a financially rigorous candidate with foundational knowledge and a strong desire to grow within renewable energy finance. The Associate will support the structuring, origination, and execution of financings across the capital structure. The role calls for strong financial modeling skills, exposure to renewables and energy-transition markets, and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment. It is intended for candidates with at least two years of relevant experience who want to deepen their structuring expertise in a technology-forward environment.

Crux is a capital platform for the clean economy, modernizing capital raising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure through advisory, investments, technology, and intelligence. The company operates remotely across the United States and Canada, with optional offices in Washington, DC; New York City; and San Francisco, and optional coworking opportunities in other locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in renewable energy, structured finance, infrastructure investing, investment banking, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated exposure to capital markets and/or project-finance transactions.
• Strong financial modeling and structuring skills, including mastery of core valuation and credit concepts.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to build and navigate complex financial models.
• Experience preparing transaction materials and conducting due diligence.
• Familiarity with clean-infrastructure capital-markets instruments, such as term loans, private credit, structured debt, and project-level financing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-directed, highly organized, and detail-oriented.
• Comfort adopting new technology platforms and integrating AI tools into daily workflows.
• FINRA SIE, Series 79, and Series 63 licenses, or willingness to obtain them under Crux’s broker-dealer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or MS.
• VBA or Python skills.
• Exposure to tax-equity underwriting.
• Experience in a transaction-focused environment with client-interaction responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Support execution and structuring of debt transactions, including financial modeling, diligence coordination, and documentation.
• Prepare client-facing transaction materials, including financing presentations, credit memos, investor marketing materials, and internal approvals.
• Support advisory mandates, including financing alternatives analysis, capital-raising strategy, and process management for sponsors and developers.
• Conduct capital-structure, pricing, and credit analysis across renewable energy asset classes.
• Participate in strategic client meetings on financing alternatives, market positioning, and structuring considerations.
• Interface with capital providers, developers, sponsors, and external advisors.
• Work with senior Structuring team members to drive transactions from intake through term sheets and maintain active market intelligence.
• Use technology and AI-enabled tools to improve accuracy and efficiency in modeling, diligence, and reporting.
• Contribute to process improvements and standardization of models, memos, and term sheets.
• Support platform initiatives to scale capital-markets workflows and develop technology-enabled products and financing-process solutions.

Benefits

• Company covers 100% of employee health-insurance premiums for a variety of Aetna plans nationwide and Kaiser plans in Washington and California, and subsidizes 80% of dependent premiums as a group.
• Company covers 100% of employee dental and vision premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for each.
• Family-forming and fertility support.
• Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• 10 company holidays per year.
• 20 days of paid time off per year.
• 401(k) account fees supported by Crux.
• Stock options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level