Principal, Debt Capital Markets

Crux

1d • $300,000 - $500,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Principal, Debt is a senior deal leader on Crux's Debt Business Management team within Capital Solutions, reporting to the Head of Debt. The Principal leads a book of debt mandates from indication of interest (IOI) through close across debt origination, debt advisory, and debt attached to tax equity and preferred equity structures. The role covers construction, term, and back-leverage facilities; tax equity and credit bridge loans; equipment financing; and green bonds and securitization.

This role calls for a passion for the clean energy transition, a builder's mindset, and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The Principal solves complex problems and collaborates across teams to advance Crux's clean energy financing work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8–10+ years of total experience, including 7+ years in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure debt, or structured lending.
• Track record of leading construction, term, back-leverage, or debt capital markets transactions as the primary negotiator.
• Deep expertise in project finance debt structures for solar, wind, and storage, including hands-on negotiation of credit agreements and intercreditor arrangements and understanding of the interplay between tax equity and debt.
• Experience preparing and presenting transactions to a credit or investment committee, ideally with perspective from both the lender and sponsor/advisory side.
• Experience leading and mentoring deal teams, including reviewing junior team members' underwriting and modeling work.
• Exceptional negotiation and relationship skills with developers, lenders, and investors, and credibility leading senior-level conversations.
• Strong judgment and comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-scaling environment.
• Strong interest in using technology and AI to improve debt execution.
• FINRA SIE, Series 79, and Series 63 required, or willingness to obtain them under Crux's broker-dealer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, JD, or another advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead a book of debt mandates from IOI through close as primary negotiator and senior execution lead, overseeing lender diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and close to institutional standards.
• Own transaction velocity and close rates across the deal book, contributing to Debt team revenue and P&L targets.
• Author credit memos and pricing recommendations and present transactions to the Credit Committee, analyzing credit quality, structural terms, risks, and mitigants.
• Lead deal teams, including staffing transactions, reviewing underwriting, diligence, and financial models, and mentoring junior team members on credit and execution.
• Run debt execution with lenders and institutional capital providers inside shared accounts, in partnership with Strategic Bank Capital and Strategic Institutional Capital.
• Partner with Industry Coverage to qualify opportunities early, take execution ownership at IOI, and provide real-time market and financeability feedback.
• Partner with Investments on the tax-equity and preferred-equity attach motion, sourcing and pricing competitive debt within agreed turnaround times.
• Lead workstreams within the Head of Debt's product agenda, such as new lender programs, financing structures, and term-sheet and documentation standards, in partnership with Structuring.
• Build and standardize repeatable execution processes across debt motions and drive adoption of AI-enabled modeling and automation across the deal lifecycle.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define and prioritize transaction tooling that increases deal throughput and execution quality.
• Represent Crux in industry and market dialogues, including webinars, whitepapers, and conferences, in coordination with coverage relationship owners.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage: 100% of employee premiums for a variety of Aetna plans nationwide and Kaiser plans in Washington and California; 80% of dependent premiums subsidized as a group.
• Dental and vision coverage: 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums.
• 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: Principal