Financial Analyst

The Analyst or Associate, Project Finance position is a full-time role located in the New York City Metropolitan Area, with eligibility for hybrid work arrangements. The role is suited for candidates with 1 to 3 years of relevant experience and is classified as exempt under FLSA. The successful candidate will join the renewable energies sector, specifically focusing on solar and storage projects.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the structuring, modeling, and execution of financing for CVE’s renewable energy projects and portfolios. This includes greenfield developments, acquisitions, and dispositions within North America.

- Assist with financial modeling related to CVE North America’s existing portfolio.

- Partner closely with internal and external stakeholders throughout the project financing process. Financing types include construction, tax equity, debt, sale-leaseback, mezzanine, and preferred equity.

- Participate in all stages of project financing, from inception to completion.

- Perform financial modeling for various project financings.

- Aggregate and analyze project-level financial due diligence information from different functional groups, including EPC, permitting, environmental, and insurance. Evaluate project profitability through financial modeling, risk assessment, cash flows, and sizing of financing needs for both greenfield and acquired assets.

- Coordinate with legal, tax, technical, and insurance experts, and interact with external transaction advisors.

- Run scenarios to forecast liquidity, cash flow, debt service levels, returns on investment, and manage debt covenants and credit risk.

- Develop and maintain relationships to support project finance transactions, and assist in negotiations with banks, equity investors, advisors, and other financiers.

- Prepare presentation materials for financier meetings, such as teasers and information memoranda, participate in meetings, and maintain a database of financing terms in coordination with headquarters.

- Work with the Director of Finance to prepare internal investment memos for Executive Committee review and approval.

- Assist with the due diligence process, set up data rooms, and collaborate with internal teams including M&A, finance, legal, development, and operations.

- Serve as a point of contact with CVE’s headquarters in France, liaising with counterparts in finance, accounting, and legal.

- Report directly to the Director of Finance and work closely with the Associate, Project Finance to ensure compliance with group quality and business processes.

Requirements

- Minimum one year of experience in Project Finance at a renewable energy developer, financier, bank, investment/private equity or credit fund, or in a Big 4 advisory or accounting firm.

Desired Skills and Experience

- Strong financial modeling skills, especially in Excel, as well as proficiency with Word and PowerPoint.

- Fluency in valuation, capital structuring, capital formation, and financing vehicles.

- Experience with lease structures, tax equity partnership flips, and familiarity with the US project finance landscape.

- Ability to proactively manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.

- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skills.

- Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

- Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and attention to detail.

Values and Work Environment

Candidates should be passionate about renewable energy and committed to the transition to clean energy. The company offers a dynamic start-up culture, rapid growth, and ambitious goals.

VALUES

1. We are committed,

through passion and conviction, to fighting climate change, and to serving our fellow citizens through skills-based philanthropy and solidarity with those we work with, both in person and remotely.

1. Individual and collective fulfilment is one

of the purposes of our work: all staff members can

use their talents and achieve personal development, forge social links in a positive environment,

express themselves, be listened to and valued for their contributions to CVE’s overall project.

1. We seek excellence

through our command of the fundamentals, based on our skills and experience, coupled with efforts to achieve continuous improvement: in short, we want to do serious work without taking ourselves too seriously.

1. We are considerate,

which requires honesty among all colleagues. We always look for

the positive intent in others, and we value truthfulness, authenticity, candour and the ability to use appropriate language, focusing on the human element when we interact with others

1. We seek transparency,

based on trust and clarity of intent, which provides a healthy, responsible framework for our relationships with all stakeholders, both inhouse and external.

PRINCIPLES

1. In all circumstances, we interact with each other with

Benevolence

and

Honesty

2. We favour

Autonomy

in decision making with full knowledge of facts and in a climate of

Trust

3. We encourage individual and collective

Upskilling

through the sharing of team expertise and business know-how (integration, sharing of feedback, training, professional development).

4. We strive to listen to each other and be

Open-Minded

, as well as having a sense of

Pragmatism

to ensure that our company is adaptable and responsive.

5. We share useful information with our internal and external stakeholders in a

Transparent

way

6. Through our actions and our projects, we seek to ensure a

Sustainable Balance

between the environment, living things and human society.