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ROLE OVERVIEW
The Associate, Project Finance role supports the financing of Pivot Energy's projects. This position will manage data rooms and diligence trackers to coordinate deliverables with internal departments. In addition, this individual will support Managers and Directors in financial closings with external stakeholders and financing parties. This position will be a part of a fun and dynamic team while being exposed to capital raise and deal structuring endeavors, developing a deep understanding of renewable project financing.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor development and construction activities and perform due diligence reviews and data room management while highlighting potential risks and formulating mitigation strategies to ensure timely project financings.
• Maintain project financing infrastructure on Smartsheet, Egnyte, and Salesforce by managing data between platforms and refining tools/processes to support reports and other analysis.
• Support transaction managers by working across project teams to ensure data rooms and diligence sites are complete, regularly updated, and accessible for lenders and investors.
• Review, prioritize, and coordinate development and construction deliverables with internal teams.
• Support the Project Finance Team in conducting comprehensive due diligence reviews, highlighting potential risks, and formulating mitigation strategies.
• Represent the Project Finance team on internal project teams and discussions.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• 1 to 3 years of experience in project finance, investment banking, M&A, or similar position.
• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision, who is not afraid to ask questions, and who can take on tasks outside of their comfort zone.
• Ability to operate effectively and independently in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, across multiple work streams and with multiple stakeholders.
• Project management, organizational, and analytical skills with the ability to complete detailed tasks while supporting multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Capable of learning new concepts and skills quickly.
• Positive attitude and ability to enhance the company's reputation through interpersonal interactions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point.

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

• Experience with renewable project financing and/or transaction management.
• Experience with major project contracts review in the renewable energy and/or construction sectors.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel-based financial modeling.
• Experience with Smartsheet.

$60,000 - $95,000 a year
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The estimated base salary range for this position is $60,000 - $95,000 depending on relevant experience, along with eligibility for the company's substantial bonus plan, with a target bonus of 30% of annual salary (prorated in first year based on start date).
Pivot Energy is dedicated to providing a great work experience for all employees, placing an emphasis on company culture, and a focus on our people. To that end, Pivot offers an outstanding benefits package that includes:

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company
• Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations
• Company paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage
• Generous parental leave
• 401(k) matching (after vesting period)
• Work from home stipend for new employees
• Public transit reimbursement
• PTO for volunteering in the community
• Charitable donation matching up to $500/year
• Professional development and educational reimbursements

A complete list of all the benefits Pivot offers may be provided upon request.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.
ABOUT PIVOT
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation's electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and
families.
We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.
As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver's "Best Places to Work", we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.
At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:
• Impact - We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet
• Balance - Put family first; work hard/have fun
• Determination - Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
• Professionalism - Impress everyone we touch, be a team player
• Honesty - Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally
• Kindness - Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other's successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.
Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
EEO STATEMENT
Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.