Vice President of Underwriting (PU&I)

About the Role

Our client, a leading investment bank, is seeking an Associate or Vice President to join its Renewable Energy Project Finance team in New York.

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The team provides financing and advisory solutions to leading renewable energy developers, sponsors, infrastructure investors, and strategic companies across the U.S. market. The group is active across a broad range of transactions involving solar, wind, battery storage, and other energy transition assets

This is an opportunity to join an established platform with strong transaction activity and take a meaningful role in the execution of complex renewable energy financings.

Responsibilities

• Execute renewable energy project finance transactions from initial structuring through financial close.
• Build and review detailed project finance models, including operating assumptions, debt sizing, debt service, cash flow waterfalls, returns, and sensitivities.
• Analyze project economics, capital structures, financing alternatives, and credit considerations.
• Prepare transaction materials, including pitch books, financing proposals, lender presentations, information memoranda, and internal approval materials.
• Conduct financial, commercial, and market analysis related to renewable energy projects.
• Evaluate key project risks, including construction, operating, resource, merchant, offtake, interconnection, curtailment, and counterparty risks.
• Coordinate with sponsors, lenders, tax investors, legal counsel, technical advisors, and other transaction parties.
• Support senior bankers in client coverage, business development, and new transaction opportunities.
• Manage transaction workstreams and timelines across multiple stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.

Qualifications

Associate

• 3–5+ years of relevant experience in project finance, renewable energy, infrastructure finance, energy investment banking, or a related field.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Solid understanding of project finance structures, debt sizing, cash flows, and credit metrics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a transaction-oriented environment.

Vice President

• 5–8+ years of relevant experience in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure finance, energy investment banking, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience executing project finance transactions through financial close.
• Strong financial modeling, structuring, and transaction management skills.
• Ability to manage client and advisor relationships and lead transaction workstreams.
• Strong commercial judgment and communication skills. xhyhwjd
• Experience mentoring and managing junior professionals.