Managing Director, Project Finance

Recurrent Energy • New York, NY

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About The Position

Recurrent Energy is seeking a Managing Director, Project Finance to lead fundraising efforts, manage financial institution relationships, and oversee all Project Finance and M&A transactions in North America. This role involves evaluating and structuring financing deals, negotiating with investors and advisors, and guiding a team of finance professionals. The position requires deep expertise in renewable energy project finance, strong leadership skills, and the ability to manage complex transactions in a fast-paced environment.

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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