Senior Analyst, Business Development – West

What The Role Is

As a key member of the West Business Development & M&A team, the Senior Analyst will support commercial strategy and investment decisions across utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage assets. The role will combine development underwriting and PPA bidding with buy-side and sell-side M&A execution, including valuation, financial modeling, diligence, and transaction materials. This position reports directly to the Director, Business Development & M&A.

The role will be primarily focused on CAISO, Hawaii, and other West markets, while also supporting cross-region strategic M&A, including portfolio, operating, opportunistic acquisition, and asset-sale processes. This role is primarily focused on markets in California and Hawaii but will collaborate regularly with colleagues covering the broader West region.

This position is based in our Denver office; however, San Francisco-based candidates will be considered as an exception on a case-by-case basis for the right candidate.

If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and own financial models for renewable energy projects. Evaluate project economics, returns, and key risks, working closely with Development, Engineering, Capital Markets, and other teams. Run sensitivities and identify ways to improve project value.
• Evaluate acquisition and sale opportunities. Build and manage acquisition models for operating projects, development assets, and portfolios, and drive valuation analyses and operating/financing sensitivities.
• Partner alongside M&A deal leads on several core work streams for live transactions, including review of target company information, coordination of Q&A process and management of due diligence effort across internal subject matter experts and external consultants.
• Prepare detailed memos and presentations for senior management and investment committee.
• Support ongoing origination, development, and financing activities for projects:
  • Support pricing analysis and bidding strategy to originate offtake contracts for Clearway Energy Group’s 25GW+ development portfolio of utility wind, solar, and storage projects
  • Develop statistical analyses to quantify risk in highly structured transactions
  • Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to work out impediments to negotiations and closings
  • Work with functional groups, third-party consultants, and various other stakeholders to drive projects forward and perform quantitative analyses to support development and financing judgements.
• Oversee the integration of acquired projects into Clearway’s operating fleet, coordinating with relevant teams to ensure seamless transition and operation.
• Develop and maintain internal tools and processes for tracking all active, inactive, and closed M&A deal activities.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree with a strong academic record from an undergraduate program, ideally with focus in economics, finance, or business administration.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience, project finance, corporate finance, consulting, strategy, corporate development, renewable energy, or a related analytical field.
• A demonstrated interest in renewable energy projects and/or electricity markets in the United States is preferred.
• Aptitude for analytical and financial modeling with demonstrated attention to detail.  Advanced capabilities in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint are essential.
• Experience or demonstrated curiosity integrating AI tools into analytical and deal workflows.
• Strong oral, written, and visual communication skills.  Ability to summarize complex issues and identify opportunities or next steps is critical.
• Robust organizational skills with a mindset towards pursuing simple and efficient solutions.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects/work streams, set priorities, and exercise judgment independently.
• Interest in developing management skills and desire to grow personally and professionally within our organization.

What Would Be Nice

• A track record of M&A execution, discounted cash flow analysis and other valuation methodologies is a bonus. 

No visa sponsorship or any kind of sponsorship for employment authorization is available for this role, now or in the future.

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