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Director Project Finance

Practice Area
Power Generation
Level of Experience
5-10 years
Location
Position Filled
Job Number
Position Filled

Joe Amara Executive Search represents companies within renewable energy and emerging infrastructure.

Our team recruits on roles located throughout the United States, such as project development, power origination, finance, business development, strategy, engineering, sales and c-suite executives.

We are seeking a Director, Project Finance to lead financing on utility-scale renewable energy projects. The primary responsibilities of this position are raising tax equity, debt financing, and procuring the optimal post-IRA structured finance options for utility-scale renewables. Those with deal-making acumen are strongly encouraged to apply.

The preferred candidate has 5-10 years of utility-scale solar, storage, and/or wind experience, tax equity and debt financing, a significant grasp of the IRA, and relationships with capital providers.

  • Lead project finance transactional activities on utility-scale renewable projects, including negotiating tax equity agreements, debt financing, complete end-to-end management of financing transactions.
  • Independently build and manage relationships with capital providers such as banks, tax equity providers, infra funds, and other external parties to ensure 100% success of third-party financing efforts.
  • Lead and mentor your deal team; financial modeling, analyze financial impacts, provide guidance.
  • Coordinate with executives, M&A, development, and power marketing.

About Joe Amara Executive Search

Joe Amara Executive Search is a boutique executive search firm specializing in transmission, power generation and digital infrastructure, with deep networks across IPPs, the capital markets and energy advisory services globally.

Backed by a 100% completion rate and recognition from The Wall Street Journal, we are trusted to build the next generation of power and digital infrastructure leadership teams.

We lead confidential retained searches for C-suite, senior commercial, and niche technical roles across the globe. For more information please visit; joeamara.com

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