Energy Transactions Analyst

QTS Data Centers•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Energy Transactions Analyst supports QTS energy transactions from initial evaluation through diligence, internal approval, signing, and handoff to implementation and ongoing management teams. The role manages transaction workflows, maintains deal models and pipeline reporting, coordinates due diligence, and prepares financial and commercial materials for internal review and approval. With guidance from transaction leads, the analyst independently handles standard transaction work, resolves moderate-scope issues within established guidelines, and contributes to team deliverables. The role works closely with internal stakeholders and external counterparties to keep transactions on schedule. It is an individual-contributor position with no direct reports.

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, and ability to maintain financial and commercial models with guidance from a transaction lead.
Ability to independently perform standard work and resolve moderate-scope problems within established guidelines, using judgment about when to escalate.
Strong organizational and project coordination skills, including managing multiple transactions and competing priorities.
Strong attention to detail when managing financial information, deadlines, and documentation, and ability to identify inconsistencies, missing information, and workflow issues.
Clear written and verbal communication skills and 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 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.
Manage transaction workflows, including responsibilities, deadlines, payment milestones, approval gates, and deliverables; monitor progress and follow up with stakeholders.
Maintain the deal pipeline tracker and prepare timely status reports and other routine or ad hoc transaction reports.
Identify workflow issues, missing information, and possible delays, escalating concerns to the transaction lead as appropriate.
Build and maintain financial and commercial transaction models with the transaction lead for Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Services Agreements, onsite generation, and other energy arrangements.
Maintain assumptions and calculate cost of energy for onsite generation opportunities; perform standard scenario and sensitivity analyses.
Prepare term sheet comparisons and calculate and maintain credit, collateral, and payment-related information for transaction reviews.
Prepare financial, commercial, operational, and diligence materials for Capital Committee, Investments, and other internal deal-review processes.
Confirm required information and approvals are obtained before transactions pass approval gates, and maintain documentation supporting recommendations and 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, pricing inputs, power-delivery timing, and other requirements.
Gather and validate information from stakeholders; identify incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated information and coordinate follow-up.
Manage document control for assigned transactions, including records, file organization, versions, approvals, diligence findings, and supporting materials.
Coordinate with internal teams and external developers, consultants, and counterparties to collect information, track deliverables, and communicate status, deadlines, dependencies, and outstanding items.
Document lessons learned and contribute to updates to transaction templates, trackers, processes, team projects, and process improvements.
Protect confidential transaction, financial, and commercial information.
Perform other duties as assigned.