Senior Project Finance Analyst

Igs Solar•Columbus, OH

3d•Remote

About The Position

This role will be responsible for building, owning, and executing financial models used to structure and close Solar Fund transactions across tax equity, cash equity, and debt. This role will directly support investment decisions, commercial negotiations, and transaction closings. This position works closely with tax and cash equity investors, lenders, legal counsel, and third-party consultants. This will include extensive financial modeling, setting up and maintaining data rooms, responding to diligence inquiries, managing third-party deliverables and other tasks as assigned. Additionally, this role will work cross functionally between Accounting, Finance, and Operations to provide required and ad hoc reporting to investors and lenders. A successful candidate will be comfortable modeling under live deal timelines, pressure testing assumptions, and translating model outputs into clear recommendations for senior leadership.

Requirements

Strong operational finance and transaction-based analytical skills with high attention to detail
Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including complex formulas, scenario analysis, and model auditing.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable interfacing with investors, lenders, and senior internal stakeholders.
Ability to work independently using initiative and self-motivation.
Ability to independently own deliverables and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deal-driven environment.
Demonstrated ability to dig into granular details while maintaining a clear understanding of broad deal economics.
Deep understanding of core financial concepts (IRR, NPV, ROI, cash flow waterfalls).
History of working with a team in a collaborative work environment.
Highly organized, proactive, and accountable with a strong sense of ownership.
Ability to think innovatively and aptitude for continuous improvement.
Respect and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related business field.
Minimum 3-5 years of progressive work experience in finance, renewable energy, or investor relations

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with tax equity partnership structures (including partnership flip mechanics).
Familiarity with debt/cash equity modeling, including warehouse-based lending and cash equity investment returns.
Experience supporting renewable energy, infrastructure, or project finance transactions.
Working knowledge of SQL or similar query languages to extract and validate data used in financial modeling and reporting.
Ability to read and interpret legal and financing documents with limited reliance on counsel.
Experience with investor diligence processes and data room management.
Passion for renewable energy and highly motivated to further the energy transition.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and enhance comprehensive financial models for IGS' Solar Funds, including tax equity partnership structures, cash equity and debt facilities.
Track, compile and help prepare monthly and quarterly reporting deliverables for internal stakeholders, and external debt and equity partners.
Model deal economics from initial term sheet through final close, incorporating pricing, yields, fees, reserves, covenants, funding mechanics, and timing assumptions.
Perform scenario, sensitivity, and downside analyses to evaluate returns, risks, and capital efficiency.
Use models to support negotiations, quantify tradeoffs, and recommend optimal deal structures.
Help lead deliverables processes for transaction closings, coordinating across internal teams and external counterparties to meet deadlines - including during non-traditional hours.
Support data room setup and maintenance; respond to investor, lender, and third-party diligence requests with clear, well-organized materials.
Partner with Business Development and Operations to analyze sales and deployment data, develop Fund-level deployment forecasts, and estimate capital timing needs.
Gain working knowledge of the weekly asset sale and funding process; Serve as backup resource as needed.
Coordinate with Financial Reporting teams to transition Funds into post-close management and reporting.
Identify opportunities to improve modeling efficiency, data integrity, and transaction workflows.
Ad hoc projects as assigned.