What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Mergers & Acquisitions position at New Energy Equity?
The Director, M&A role is responsible for acquiring and closing distributed generation solar projects from our partners. We are seeking an experienced individual that has a strong knowledge of the solar acquisition deal cycle and has a great track record of closing deals.
Job Duties include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
- Will be deal lead for 50 MWdc annually of distributed generation project transactions across the US,
- Negotiate key documents and financial metrics to cover project risk and maintain economics.
- Develop outstanding relationships with our partners, work with them throughout the deal cycle to ensure a positive and successful experience.
- Conduct thorough due diligence on projects, establishing the deal cadence with the client and deal team while ensuring that milestones are hit.
- Responsible for maintaining closing timelines, diligence lists and organizing the deal teams to successfully close projects on schedule.
- Building financial models and assisting the Business Development team with project valuations.
- Play a key role in evaluating project viability and structuring transactions that meet New Energy’s return requirements.
- Maintain knowledge of solar economic market trends, local market policies, general industry costs and key industry players.
- Organize and keep track of all project closing efforts.
- Interface with partners and assist in providing financing and transactional support during project development.
- Attend trade shows (3‐4 per year).
- Travel to meet with partners during the deal, as needed.
- Support forecasting activities and opportunity tracking activities in Salesforce.com.
- Other duties may be assigned
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
What You Need to be Successful
- 5 years of experience working either in a M&A or finance role
- Strong track record of closing solar deals
- Experience negotiating MIPA’s, PPA’s and EPC Agreements
- College degree in either a business or technical related degree, advanced degree a plus
- High level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Adobe