Head of Project Finance
Bright
- Ciudad de México
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Lower our cost of capital with the right balance of flexibility to still enable growth and high sales conversion
- Develop a roadmap to lower the cost of capital and increase underwriting flexibility over time, developing the industry-leading relationships to do so
- Audit and improve complex project finance models for internal and external parties to evaluate renewable energy projects during various stages of development, construction, and operation on an individual and portfolio basis
- Independently develop and run sensitivities in models and quantify the resultant impact on sponsor IRR and margin
- Ensure we always have availability of project finance capital to fuel growth
- Work with product, sales, and legal teams to ensure our products can continue to address sales team wishlists with lender requirements successfully - find the ‘win-wins.’
- Improve compliance protocols to ensure lender and internal reporting deliverables are on time, robust, and accurate, as well as efficiently prepared.
- Reduce spreads: Secure agreements with lenders that offer market-leading terms based on Bright’s top-tier underwriting and collections processes, which have ensured portfolio performance
- While we do not control base rates, KR will continue to contract spreads on financings
- Increase underwriting flexibility: work with sales and product to determine what additional flexibility will unlock new markets and then work to enable those needs while ensuring the lowest cost of capital
- Bandwidth to move as fast as we expect to grow: Build a team and develop specialists who are viewed by the finance community as the best in the business in the markets we serve.
- Each of our lenders to date has extended or expanded their original loan agreements with Bright. Like how we strive to deliver customer satisfaction, we wish to satisfy lenders.
- Capital availability: From warehouse lines to long-term debt, this team will work to ensure Bright has sufficient capital to fund its aggressive growth goals.
- Working to match lenders with the new products and market Bright will serve!
- Required:
- 10+ years of project finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in renewable energy or similar industry, securing industry-leading lending partnerships
- Sector and debt advisory/structuring expertise to assist in M&A and other event situations (buy/sell-side roles, deal contingent hedging, debt capital markets)
- Has led, structured, underwritten, and executed renewable energy and energy transition financing transactions in the Americas
- Has deep familiarity with project finance and structured finance
- Demonstrated ability to bring closure to complex and high-value business transactions under tight timeframes and with many internal and external stakeholders;
- Robust financial acumen and strong modeling proficiency (Excel, Google Sheets, etc.)
- Ability to negotiate a term sheet and then take it through to final loan agreement documentation efficiently leveraging outside counsel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English (and Spanish is a plus as well)
- Preference will be given to someone with:
- Experience leading a team of 3-7 people
- Charismatic individual, one whom lending partners will want to work and with whom they’ll have the utmost confidence in your clear expertise and domain knowledge
- Ability to ruthlessly prioritize in a fast-paced environment and navigate complicated stakeholder relationships to do so
- Strong communication skills with a proven track record in building relationships and working in cross-functional collaborative teams
- A sense of urgency; you’re great at solving problems in short periods
- Experience creating investor marketing materials, including teasers, CIMs, and managing data rooms.
- The opportunity to learn firsthand about the distributed generation regulatory scheme in México while being a part of the fastest-growing startup in the country.
- A fun, high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant.
- Possibility to generate equity at Bright
- Private health insurance
- Access to cost-free mental health care
- Parental leave
- Access to mentorship programs
- Remote work
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