Senior Manager, Project Finance

COMPANY OVERVIEW  Hanwha Renewables, headquartered in Irvine, California, a member of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm that is among the eight largest business enterprises in South Korea. Hanwha Renewables designs, builds and manages renewable energy solutions. The company brings a decade of global leadership in renewable energy to North America, combining best-of-world technology, processes, and partnerships to deliver utility-grade energy solutions customized for local energy markets. Hanwha Renewables offers the full spectrum of energy solutions – from power plant development, design, construction, operations, and maintenance. With proven capabilities across the renewable energy value chain, Hanwha Renewables minimizes uncertainty and risk and helps customers achieve a higher return on their investment in renewable energy.   POSITION OVERVIEW The Senior Manager, Project Finance will play a vital role within the Hanwha Renewables organization to enable our vision of becoming the leading solar solution provider in the Americas. The Senior Manager of Project Finance is expected to draw upon an extensive finance background and direct experience to lead the successful finance utility-scale ground mount PV power plants and BESS projects. As a senior member of the organization, the Senior Manager of Project Finance will work independently to develop, finance, and conduct project sell-down transactions. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management.  All duties will be assigned in accordance with applicable laws and company policies   RESPONSIBILITIES Leverage extensive relationships to identify potential project investors and/or buyers from all facets of the investment and banking communities. Ensure key partners are regularly updated on Hanwha Renewables capabilities and project pipeline. Work on project finance modeling to forecast future liabilities. Initiate and execute capital raise and/or project sales plans including creation of marketing materials, data room creation and management of all internal and external processes for successful outcome. Work closely with Hanwha Renewables developers as part of project deal team to maximize project returns and NPV. Highlight and alert management of critical financing issues that may severally impact the project but make recommendations to cure issue. Work closely with operations teams to ensure accurate and defensible assumptions made for Capex such as sales tax and, OPEX such as property tax consideration.   REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Must have BS/BA and ideally MBA with minimum of 7+ yrs. experience in project finance, corporate finance or investment banking with at least 3 years in solar and/or storage project experience. Must have demonstrated knowledge of and experience in sourcing, developing and managing relationships with project sponsors, buyers, IPPs, tax equity investors and project lenders. Must have detailed knowl...