Analyst / Sr. Analyst, Project Finance

Cultivate Power – Career Opportunities

Role:

Analyst/Senior Analyst, Project Finance

Location:

San Francisco (in office 3 days/week)

The Role:

Cultivate Power is seeking a driven and intellectually curious candidate as a Project Finance Analyst/Sr. Analyst. This person will assist project sale and financing transactions, make investment recommendations based on valuation analysis, and have the opportunity to manage select corporate finance and project finance activities (such as corporate debt financing, capital planning, tax strategies, construction draws, tax equity fundings, etc).

Join us if you are excited by the opportunity to turn land into renewable power plants, if you want to make the world a better place with more renewable energy, and if you want to learn by doing and working hard.

This role will accelerate an Analyst/Sr. Analyst forward in an entrepreneurial career in renewables investing, financing, and development.

The Analyst/Sr. Analyst will embody Cultivate’s entrepreneurial spirit.  Over time, as the Analyst/Sr. Analyst learns and grows they will identify and lead new value creation opportunities, which could range from unlocking accretive financing, project acquisition opportunities, new business line opportunities, and more.

The Analyst/Sr. Analyst’s core project sales activities will involve assisting community solar project portfolio sales auctions, managing due diligence, and running the sales process from diligence through closing. For project financings, the Analyst/Sr. Analyst will build relationships with lenders, tax equity investors, attorneys and consultants through management of due diligence, third party reports, and construction phase for community solar portfolios.

The Analyst/Sr. Analyst will also work closely with other Project Finance team members, as well as Cultivate’s Development Market Leads to analyze valuation scenarios for projects in Cultivate’s markets, informing development investment decisions. The Analyst/Sr. Analyst will have the ability to model project valuation scenarios independently when needed. For corporate finance activities, the Analyst/Sr. Analyst will learn how to run a medium sized business from a financial operations and capitalization perspective. The Analyst/Sr. Analyst will have the opportunity to own and lead semi-annual capital planning processes.

A great candidate is excited to work across multiple finance functions: project sales/financing, valuation/investment decisioning, and corporate finance. In bigger companies, these represent three distinct finance functions, but at Cultivate we see significant synergies and value creation by combining these responsibilities across all finance team members. We are a dynamic company where everyone models, everyone drives value creating new ideas, and everyone “takes out the trash” (from time-to-time).

About us:

Cultivate Power is a distributed solar and storage platform. We develop distributed energy

resources that advance the productive use of the land and integrate with the community

and grid. We believe community generation improves grid resiliency, furthers energy

independence, and brings economic benefits to local communities. Our top focus is

cultivating land into distributed renewable energy projects.

At Cultivate Power we have completed the development of more than 100MW. Our team

has a combined 100 years of experience developing and financing solar, wind, battery

storage, and transmission projects, as well as policy and market development across more

than 25 states. The Cultivate Power team’s skillset spans project development, project

financing, policy, and power marketing from the beginning stages of land development all

the way to project construction and operations.

We are a talent-centric company that believes deeply in empowering our team members

with significant responsibility and creating a culture of inclusivity and diversity. We cultivate

our team’s talent, providing each team member with the training, support, and incentives

they need to grow and thrive at Cultivate Power.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

assist in the sale and financing of solar and storage projects, including running valuation exercises, collaborating with developers on major project deliverables, managing project financial models, overseeing project diligence, coordinating project consultants related to third party reports (Independent Engineer, Insurance Consultant, Market Consultant) and managing construction financing processes such as construction draws and tax equity fundings.

evaluate project returns across markets and multiple scenarios to inform individual project development decision-making, as well as support and advise the development team in evaluating market entry decisions. Form investment recommendations based on analysis of valuation models, strategic considerations, and risk/return frameworks.

key activities that the Analyst/Sr. Analyst will rotate through include: raising corporate debt/equity/other financial instruments, tax equity investing, tax planning and optimization, managing corporate financial model, corporate cash forecast, and capital budget planning.

we are a high-growth passionate business and invite all team members to roll up their sleeves and help us do the work to deliver renewable energy and community benefits. There will be opportunities to assist across project M&A activities, new business lines, and entrepreneurial financing ideas. As the Analyst/Sr. Analyst grows in experience, they will find new ways to add value to and grow Cultivate Power’s impact.

Requirements:

Please apply:

Send an email with your resume to simon@cultivate-power.com