Energy Transactions Analyst

Quality Technology Services•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Energy Transactions Analyst supports QTS energy transactions from initial evaluation through diligence, internal approval, signing, and handoff to teams responsible for implementation and ongoing management. This individual contributor role has no direct reports. With guidance from transaction leads, the analyst performs standard transaction work, resolves moderate-scope issues within established guidelines, and contributes to team deliverables while working with internal stakeholders and external counterparties to keep transactions on schedule. The role manages transaction workflows, deal models, pipeline reporting, due diligence, and financial and commercial materials for internal review and approval. It supports financial and commercial modeling for Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Services Agreements, onsite generation, and other energy arrangements, and coordinates diligence, documentation, stakeholder communications, approvals, and handoffs. The analyst also helps maintain standard transaction templates, trackers, and processes, and protects confidential transaction, financial, and commercial information.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, business administration, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Two to five or more years of relevant professional experience in financial analysis, transaction support, project finance, commercial analysis, energy, infrastructure, or a related area.
Experience building or maintaining financial models, analyzing commercial information, or supporting transactions or projects.
Experience managing multiple workstreams, deadlines, and documentation requirements.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other standard financial analysis and reporting tools.
Working knowledge of financial modeling, valuation concepts, and transaction economics, with the ability to maintain financial and commercial models with guidance from a transaction lead.
Ability to perform standard work independently and resolve moderate-scope problems within established guidelines, using sound judgment about when to resolve an issue or escalate it.
Strong organizational and project coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple transactions and competing priorities.
Strong attention to detail when managing financial information, deadlines, and transaction documentation, including the ability to identify inconsistencies, missing information, and workflow issues.
Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and external transaction partners.
Ability to develop knowledge of energy transaction structures, internal approval requirements, and relevant operating procedures.
Commitment to maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive financial and commercial information.

Nice To Haves

Coursework or internship experience in finance, valuation, financial modeling, transaction analysis, energy, or project development.
Experience supporting energy, power, infrastructure, utilities, real estate, development, or other capital-intensive transactions.
Familiarity with Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Services Agreements, onsite generation, or similar commercial arrangements.
Experience preparing materials for investment, capital, or transaction review processes.

Responsibilities

Support energy transactions from initial evaluation through diligence, internal approval, signing, and handoff to implementation and ongoing management teams.
Manage transaction workflows, including key steps, responsibilities, deadlines, payment milestones, approval gates, and required deliverables; monitor progress and follow up with stakeholders.
Maintain the deal pipeline tracker and produce accurate, timely leadership status reports and routine or ad hoc reports on transaction activity, milestones, and pipeline progress.
Identify workflow issues, missing information, and potential delays, escalating concerns to the transaction lead as appropriate.
Build and maintain transaction models with the transaction lead, including financial and commercial models for Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Services Agreements, onsite generation, and other energy arrangements.
Maintain assumptions and calculate onsite-generation cost of energy; perform standard scenario and sensitivity analyses of pricing, transaction economics, and deal assumptions.
Prepare term sheet comparisons and calculate and maintain credit, collateral, and payment-related information for transaction reviews.
Prepare materials for Capital Committee, Investments, and other internal deal-review processes, compiling financial, commercial, operational, and diligence information.
Confirm required information and approvals are obtained before transactions pass established approval gates; maintain documentation supporting recommendations and approval decisions.
Respond to standard questions about deal assumptions, financial outputs, status, and next steps.
Coordinate and maintain diligence checklists for external developers, project sites, and proposed transactions, tracking NDAs, site reviews, permitting information, pricing inputs, power-delivery timing, and other requirements.
Gather and validate information from internal and external stakeholders; identify incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated information and coordinate follow-up.
Manage document control for assigned transactions, including deal records, file organization, document versions, approvals, diligence findings, and supporting materials.
Work with Energy Strategy, Finance, Legal, Development, Investments, other internal stakeholders, external developers, consultants, and transaction counterparties to collect information, track deliverables, and communicate status, deadlines, dependencies, and outstanding items.
Document lessons learned and contribute to updates to standard transaction templates, trackers, processes, team projects, and process improvements within established scope.
Protect confidential transaction, financial, and commercial information.
Perform other duties as assigned.