Associate, Business Development | Confidential Utility-Scale Renewables Platform | Washington, D.C.
Compensation: Competitive base + annual bonus + full benefits (medical, dental, vision with no premiums), 401(k) match, unlimited PTO
The Opportunity

This is a seat on the deal team of one of the most active utility-scale developers in the country. The platform is backed by a top-tier global investment firm and is actively progressing more than 10 GW of solar and storage capacity alongside 8 GW of data center and industrial load. The pipeline is real, the capital is committed, and the projects are moving from development through to operation.

You'll sit at the center of how those projects get financed and closed. The work spans acquisitions, dispositions, strategic partnerships, and the financial backbone of late-stage controlled assets. You'll build the models that determine whether a project moves forward, and you'll see your work feed directly into board-level investment decisions.

This is a builder's seat, not a spectator's. If you want to learn project finance at depth, work alongside senior dealmakers, and watch the assets you underwrite actually get built, this is the platform.
What You'll Do

• Own the financial modeling that underpins underwriting decisions across solar, storage, and digital infrastructure transactions
• Build and maintain complex project finance models incorporating construction debt, term debt, tax equity, preferred equity, and tax credit sale structures
• Run sensitivity and scenario analyses that shape investment committee recommendations
• Support due diligence on acquisitions, dispositions, and strategic partnerships
• Translate major project contracts (offtake, EPC, interconnection) into dynamic model inputs and evaluate the economic drivers of each
• Review commercial terms across contracts, including guaranteed dates, performance guarantees, and liquidated damages
• Prepare executive and board-level approval materials in support of final investment decisions
• Collaborate across asset management, energy markets, legal, and finance teams

What You Bring

• 2 to 5 years of professional experience, with at least 1 year working directly on utility-scale solar and storage projects
• Bachelor's degree, ideally in a quantitative field
• Advanced Excel ability - you can build, validate, and stress-test detailed project finance models from scratch
• Strong written and verbal communication, particularly in distilling complex analysis into clear investment narratives
• A proactive operator's mindset - you move work forward without waiting to be asked
• Resourcefulness and polite persistence when chasing inputs across busy internal teams

This role suits someone who wants to deepen their project finance skillset on a platform with genuine deal flow, not someone simply looking for a change of scenery. If you're motivated by the work itself and the chance to grow inside a fast-moving organization, you'll fit.
The Practicalities

• D.C. office, minimum 2 days per week
• Up to 25% travel
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

A Note on the Process

All enquiries are handled confidentially. The name of the hiring company will be shared at the appropriate stage of the process.

To apply or find out more, please reach out directly to Patrick Burnell at SolSearch Energy.