• Manage and coordinate all aspects of project financings, including investor engagement, due diligence, dataroom oversight, transaction document negotiation, third-party consultant reports, and closing activities.
• Lead cross-departmental stakeholder engagement, driving diligence, negotiation, and execution of project finance transactions.
• Lead preparation and negotiation of term sheets and support capital market efforts with financiers, investors, and lenders.
• Lead ownership of project financial models, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and alignment with strategic and investor objectives.
• Evaluate and enhance project-level underwriting for Highland’s electrification-as-a-service platform, identifying key value drivers and optimizing capital structures.
• Provide senior-level financial analyses on risk exposures, and return sensitivities and recommendations to inform strategic decisions across Origination, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Mentor junior team members on transaction processes, underwriting, and modeling best practices to build organizational capacity.
• Demonstrated ability developing and maintaining financial and analytical models using Microsoft Excel and other tools gained through at least two (2) relevant postsecondary courses or one (1) year of work experience;
• Demonstrated ability applying corporate finance principles, including capital structure, cost of capital, and debt/equity structuring, to transaction analysis gained through at least two (2) relevant postsecondary courses or one (1) year of work experience;
• Demonstrated ability analyzing accounting and financial statements gained through at least two (2) relevant postsecondary courses or one (1) year of work experience; and
• Demonstrated ability assessing energy markets and the renewable, power, and utility sector and innovative financing structures to inform financing strategy gained through at least two (2) relevant postsecondary courses or one (1) year of work experience.