Director, Financial Modeling & Analysis

Manage the FM&A team, ensuring a centralized process is managed for Pivot to access modeling support and up-to-date financial returns and project level data is readily accessible; Ensure the FM&A team members are trained and maintain technical expertise in project modeling to support Origination, Development, Execution

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the FM&A team, ensuring a centralized process is managed for Pivot to access modeling support and up-to-date financial returns and project level data is readily accessible; Ensure the FM&A team members are trained and maintain technical expertise in project modeling to support Origination, Development, Execution, and Financing efforts. This includes but is not limited to project-level modeling project components for solar, storage, and solar + storage projects such as FTM / BTM, single offtake / multi offtake, leased / owned sites, RECs via utility program / RECs via corporate / RECs via compliance market, etc. Guide the FM&A team to ensure standardization and quality control across project modelers while minimizing project modeling churn, directing the team with a balance of specialization and enhancing skills across the team; Establish Pivot underwriting curves and manage Pivot’s forward curves in coordination with the SVP of Corporate Development; Accountable for reliability, quality and readiness of project financial pro forma models, ensuring accuracy of all project level data for economic decision making, financing, etc.; this includes but is not limited to control of data quality and aligning tax and incentive structures with compliance and cross-departmental resources. This tool must be regularly updated with market, finance, and project level data and is a critical resource for economic decision making on a project and portfolio level. 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 Chief Financial Officer to elevate the sophistication of economic decision making within Investment Committee and the Project Economic Lifecycle to enable assessment beyond project level analysis including but not limited to 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.
• Ensure the FM&A team members are trained and maintain technical expertise in project modeling to support Origination, Development, Execution, and Financing efforts. This includes but is not limited to project-level modeling project components for solar, storage, and solar + storage projects such as FTM / BTM, single offtake / multi offtake, leased / owned sites, RECs via utility program / RECs via corporate / RECs via compliance market, etc.
• Guide the FM&A team to ensure standardization and quality control across project modelers while minimizing project modeling churn, directing the team with a balance of specialization and enhancing skills across the team;
• Establish Pivot underwriting curves and manage Pivot’s forward curves in coordination with the SVP of Corporate Development;
• Accountable for reliability, quality and readiness of project financial pro forma models, ensuring accuracy of all project level data for economic decision making, financing, etc.; this includes but is not limited to control of data quality and aligning tax and incentive structures with compliance and cross-departmental resources. This tool must be regularly updated with market, finance, and project level data and is a critical resource for economic decision making on a project and portfolio level.
• 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 Chief Financial Officer to elevate the sophistication of economic decision making within Investment Committee and the Project Economic Lifecycle to enable assessment beyond project level analysis including but not limited to 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.

Requirements

• 7+ years 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
• High degree of proficiency with data transformation and visualization software (Power BI, Power Query)