Business Development Analyst

Summary

Summit Ridge Energy is seeking an Analyst to join the growing Business Development team. The analyst will be responsible for project financial analysis, screening, and documentation, and will support early-stage development and market research efforts.

Summit Ridge Energy is the nation’s leading commercial solar power company. By merging financial innovation and unmatched execution, we deliver reliable, locally generated energy that reduces reliance on foreign energy and contributes to a more resilient and secure electric grid.

Summit Ridge is driving a future where solar power generation strengthens local economies and ensures energy independence for businesses and communities across America.

- Support the Origination and Acquisition teams by developing financial models and analysis

- Assist with the development of investment theses, project opportunity screening, and due diligence through all phases of the Business Development cycle

- Run Summit Ridge Energy’s proprietary financial models to evaluate project viability, including sensitivity analyses to assess risk factors

- Use Summit Ridge Energy’s proprietary project management / Customer Relationship Management tool to assist with lead tracking and produce pipeline reports

- Support Origination and Acquisition teams by initiating market research, developing price forecasts, challenging third-party reports, and assisting in the development of a company view across markets

Required Skills/Competencies

- Bachelor’s Degree in business, renewable energy, finance, or a related field.

- 1-2 years of related work experience.

- Ability to communicate financial modeling and other due diligence results to the sales team, senior management, and various partners, including project consultants, engineers, and installers

- Financial modeling experience and project finance experience

- Familiarity with basic financial key performance indicators and the ability to operate, troubleshoot, and improve financial models in Excel

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, both as part of a team and individually

- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

- Strong Excel skills

- Strong writing and communication skills

- Authorization to work in the U.S.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Summit Ridge Energy, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

SRE provides a workplace free from recognized hazards and complies with standards, rules and regulations issued under the OSH Act.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, and teleconferencing systems.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.