Managing Director, Project Finance

Recurrent Energy•New York, NY

About The Position

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, is seeking a Managing Director of Project Finance to lead the Project Finance department. The role is responsible for providing leadership and expertise to raise tax equity, project debt, and corporate facilities to finance the execution of several GW of solar and storage projects, while also leading project equity sale activities in the U.S.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
18+ years of energy-related transactional finance experience with a strong focus on project finance, structured finance, and tax equity.
Established relationships within the energy and infrastructure financing sector.
Experience working in a project development environment.
Excellent problem-solving and strategic thinking skills with the ability to provide creative, forward-thinking solutions.
Deep expertise in tax equity and project financing structures for renewable energy projects.
Ability to implement complex financial transactions while balancing tax, accounting, legal, and commercial considerations.
Strong team leadership and process management skills with a proven ability to mentor colleagues.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong quantitative aptitude with exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to distill complex issues into clear, actionable recommendations.
Highly resourceful and comfortable working in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment.
Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Organize and lead a fundraising campaign utilizing banking relationships to raise $2–3B of tax equity and debt over the next three years.
Manage and grow relationships with new and existing financial institution partners.
Collaborate with the CFO and Senior Managing Director of Finance to structure and close corporate facilities supporting global financing needs.
Provide oversight and assume overall responsibility for all Project Finance and M&A transactions in North America, including: Evaluate tax equity and project financing structures to achieve economic and timing goals.
Lead relationships with investors and advisors for structuring, negotiating, and closing project sale transactions.
Guide financial advisors through structuring, negotiating, and closing structured project finance transactions.
Train and develop the Project Finance and M&A team.
Oversee the divestiture of NTP and Pre-NTP renewable projects.
Collaborate with the Business Analytics team to refine development models for anticipated financial structures and tax jurisdictions.
Provide the Business Development team with early-stage evaluations of financing structures and participate in transaction Risk Review.
Collaborate with the Origination & Structuring team on energy off-take strategies, return metrics, and credit reviews.
Collaborate with Legal on structuring Project Finance and M&A transactions.
Evaluate transactions for Investment Committee review.
Partner with Corporate Finance to evaluate accounting, tax, and cash attributes of proposed transactions.
Represent Project Finance and M&A on internal and external cross-functional teams.