Tax Credit Mandate Associate - Liberty Mutual Investments

Liberty Mutual•Boston, MA

13h

About The Position

The Global Strategy & Capital Allocation team at Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) is seeking a highly analytical and execution-oriented Associate. This role will drive and scale LMI’s $3.5bn Tax-Driven Investments (TDI) mandate across three core sub-strategies: Transferable Tax Credits (TTC), Renewable Tax Equity (RTE), and Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The Associate will be expected to lead transaction structuring, negotiation, and closing with meaningful independence, leveraging prior transactional experience to contribute immediately. The role sits at the intersection of project finance, energy transition policy, and institutional portfolio management, offering a distinctive platform to shape a high-growth mandate that scales across LMI’s portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from a leading institution (Finance, Economics, Accounting, or Engineering preferred)
4 - 7 years’ experience in tax equity, renewable energy project finance, LIHTC investing, or a closely adjacent field (e.g., energy-focused investment banking, tax credit advisory, or project finance lending) -with direct, hands-on involvement in structuring and closing transactions, not solely analytical support
Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills (including financial modeling and transaction document review), decision making ability, and communication skills, both verbal and written
Working knowledge of ITC and/or PTC mechanics required, including partnership flip structures, placed-in-service timelines, and recapture risk under IRC §50; familiarity with transferable tax credit transactions under IRA §6418 (transfer agreements, tax credit insurance, cost certification) strongly preferred
Exposure to LIHTC structures (federal 4% or 9%, or state equivalent) preferred — including partnership structure, credit delivery mechanics, syndicator relationships, extended-use obligations, and K-1 reporting; direct experience underwriting or closing LIHTC transactions is a meaningful differentiator
Strong transaction management skills, with the demonstrated ability to drive deals to close across multiple concurrent workstreams while coordinating internal (Corporate Tax, Legal, Treasury, Risk) and external (sponsor counsel, syndicators, marketplace platforms) stakeholders
Demonstrated comfort leveraging AI tools to enhance day-to-day investment workflows with a genuine interest in identifying and adopting emerging applications that improve team productivity and analytical output.
High comfort level working in Excel and PowerPoint; ability to produce detail-oriented, accurate and consistent work product
Comfortable making investment recommendations to and fielding questions from an Investment Committee
Self-motivated and intellectually curious, with an owner’s mindset — thriving in a lean, high-conviction team environment, balancing speed and execution across competing priorities, and demonstrating genuine interest in building institutional infrastructure and expanding knowledge at the frontier of tax credit markets
Demonstrates strong AI literacy and uses AI-enabled tools to enhance speed, accuracy, and insight generation while maintaining sound judgment and compliance with governance standards

Responsibilities

Lead all phases of the investment lifecycle across TTC (ITC/PTC), RTE (Traditional TE, Hybrid/T-Flip TE), and LIHTC — including independent financial modeling, technical and tax diligence, risk assessment, and Investment Committee memo preparation.
Own end-to-end structuring and negotiation of TTC, RTE, and LIHTC transactions. Coordinate with Corporate Tax, LMI Legal, Risk, and Accounting to drive transactions from term sheet through close, serving as the primary deal point of contact for counterparty counsel and internal stakeholders.
Own active management across all closed TTC, RTE, and LIHTC positions across their full lifecycle, serving as LMI’s primary point of contact with seller counterparties, syndicators and third-party partners.
Own and deepen relationships with renewable energy developers, syndicators and developers, and other counterparties across all three sub-strategies — serving as a primary point of contact for ongoing deal flow and market intelligence. Leverage existing market relationships to contribute to pipeline origination and identify opportunities that align with LMI’s tax capacity, return objectives, and social impact priorities.
Operate with an owner’s mindset — aligning TDI workstreams with LMI’s broader organizational goals, speaking up with innovative ideas, and seeking opportunities to step up beyond role. Collaborate proactively with LMG Tax, Corporate Treasury, Transaction Services, and other LMI investment teams, tailoring communication effectively for each audience. Contribute to a high-performance team culture through candid feedback, intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to develop and share knowledge with junior team members.