Lead Analyst / Manager, Business Development

About us :

Clearlight Energy, one of North America's leading private renewable energy companies, operates more than 5,600 MW across 52 assets consisting of utility scale solar, wind, battery storage and renewable natural gas in North America. Approximately 5,100 MW of its operations are located in the U.S., across NYISO, MISO, PJM, ERCOT and CAISO markets, with the remaining 300 MW located in Canada. The Company is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario with employees in both Canada and the United States.

Clearlight Energy focuses on providing operational excellence to supply critical energy capacity and meet growing demand. Additionally, it has a 1,200 MW development pipeline of additional renewable resources to support grid reliability and decarbonization.

What you will do .

• Prepare and maintain complex financial models and analysis of proposed development and acquisition projects with a primary focus on Wind, Solar, or Storage opportunities in Canada and the USA
• Utilize strong communication skills to ensure models reflect input from internal and external Subject Matter Experts (SME) on a wide range of topics including but not limited to tax, accounting, capex, opex, production, offtake and energy markets
• Utilize financial models and analysis to provide key insights on potential acquisition and development opportunities to grow the renewable generation portfolio
• Provide modelling support for origination / greenfield development opportunities ranging from early stage origination projects through construction and financing to commercial operations
• Ensure all assumptions contained in financial models are properly vetted and documented
• Provide advice to the deal team on deal structure, opportunities, and risks, based on the sensitivity of project metrics to changes in project assumptions
• Prepare investment summaries and presentations for Senior Management and executive team to support decision making using output from financial models and understanding of power market and deal fundamentals
• Provide support to other analysts through sharing modelling and power market expertise
• Support other ad-hoc projects to further drive the team's development objectives

We want you on our team because you