Director, Financial Modeling & Analysis (Denver)

Role Overview

Pivot Energy is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Director to lead our Financial Modeling & Analysis (FM&A) team. The FM&A team provides project-level financials for Pivot’s pipeline across Origination, Development, and Execution, delivering actionable insights that enable data‑driven decisions aligned with company strategy. The team ensures projects meet economic requirements and conforms to Pivot’s financial standards, while leading Investment Committee meetings and creating accessible resources and dashboards to communicate project data and returns across the organization. As part of the broader Finance team, FM&A works closely with Development and Origination teams, as well as the Project Finance and Capital Markets teams, to ensure financial model and assumption alignment from origination through financing execution. The group also manages the Project Economic Lifecycle (PEL) gating process, ensuring resources are invested optimally throughout the pipeline and over the course of a project’s lifecycle.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage the FM&A team, ensuring a centralized process for Pivot to access modeling support and up‑to‑date financial returns and project‑level data is readily accessible.
  • Ensure team members are trained and maintain technical expertise in project modeling to support Origination, Development, Execution, and Financing efforts, including but not limited to solar, storage, and solar+storage model components such as FTM/BTM, single or multi‑of­take, leased or owned sites, and various REC program structures.
  • Guide the team to ensure standardization and quality control across project modelers, minimizing modeling churn and balancing specialization with cross‑skill development.
  • Establish Pivot underwriting curves and manage forward curves in coordination with the SVP of Corporate Development.
  • Ensure the reliability, quality, and readiness of project financial pro‑forma models, maintaining data accuracy and aligning tax and incentive structures with compliance and cross‑departmental resources. Update the tool regularly with market, finance, and project data to support economic decision‑making at both project and portfolio levels.
• Lead ownership and development of the comprehensive financial pro‑forma and pricing model, including building new product and financing structures, integrating data through advanced modeling and macros, enabling efficient scenario and sensitivity analyses, and incorporating feedback loops from project finance and capital management to continuously refine full‑life‑cycle cost assessments.
• Work with other Finance team leads to drive the development and integration of cross‑functional financial modeling workflows across FM&A, Project Finance, Capital Markets, and FP&A to reduce fragmentation, improve data flow, and enable dynamic, consistent forecasting tools that strengthen investment decisions and business‑level financial insight.
• Collaborate with the VP of Corporate Finance, SVP of Project Finance & Capital Markets, and CFO to elevate the sophistication of economic decision‑making within the Investment Committee and the PEL, enabling assessment beyond project‑level analysis—including advanced scenario and sensitivity analyses, broader integration with capital planning, and capital‑efficiency metrics. Lead weekly Investment Committee meetings, accountable for all materials, decision capture, and IC framework and operations.

Required Competencies

• 7+ years of experience with solar energy financial modeling.
• Experience in project finance models, including modeling complex debt and tax structures.
• High degree of attention to detail and strong ability to multi‑task.
• Proven success in developing teams within a growing company environment.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to clearly and concisely present written and verbal information to senior leadership.

Preferred Competencies

• High degree of proficiency with data transformation and visualization software (e.g., Power BI, Power Query).

Equal Employment Opportunity 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.

Compensation & Benefits

The estimated base salary range for this position is $140,000 – $185,000, depending on relevant experience.

• 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 per year.
• Professional development and educational reimbursements.

A complete list of all the benefits Pivot offers may be provided upon request.