Project Finance Associate

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support closing and on-going funding processes, including coordinating reviews and approvals across multi-functional teams, to bring the transaction to financial close under tight timeframes
• Assist in the structuring, negotiating and executing project financing documents, including debt, tax equity, derivatives and asset acquisition
• Synthesize and model terms of construction loans, tax equity bridge loans, and sponsor equity with back-leverage loans in tax equity partnership structures
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to develop and structure solutions to advance the project execution and investment, including but not limited to deal counsel, appraisers, independent engineers, market and insurance consultants
• Implement quality assurance and quality control of relevant inputs to such models
• Propose and implement relevant sensitivity analysis for investment opportunities
• Advise internal stakeholders in understanding appropriate risk allocation and compatibility of terms and conditions of various project contracts with existing and pending financing arrangements
• Review project documentation and third-party reports, including PPAs, financing term sheets and agreements, IE reports, etc., and accurately integrate assumptions into financial models
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned

The Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Engineering
• 3+ years of relevant project finance experience either with a developer or commercial bank in renewable energy or power energy/power/utilities
• Financial modelling skills coupled with good conceptual, strategic, and analytical thinking skills
• Familiarity with legal documents and banking arrangements inherent in project financing
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Knowledge of financial markets including interest rate conventions, interest rate derivatives
• MBA and/or CFA preferred


This is a great opportunity to have a long-term impact on a fast paced, private equity backed growth business. Some of the core virtues embraced by Scales’ employees include:
• Do the Right Thing
• Act Like An Owner
• Hustle
• Demand Results
• Go Together
• Evolve or Disappear