Advisory Manager - Renewable Energy & Sustainability Modeling

Position Summary

Are you interested in working with clients who are playing a pivotal role in a greener future with their most important decisions? If so, this is your opportunity to join our dedicated renewable energy team of financial modelers and advisors. We focus on market-leading decision support services in the context of transactions, business planning, strategic options, and operational assessments.

Work you'll do

As a Manager in our Modeling Advisory Practice focusing on the renewable energy industry you will:

• Lead a team of dedicated financial modelers as you develop tools and insights to answer clients most critical financial questions including capital raising, transaction structuring & execution, portfolio management and strategic planning
• Coordinate with a wide range of subject matter experts within Deloitte, including tax, valuation, accounting, consulting, regulatory, and business experts to deliver timely and actionable insights to clients
• Actively participate in business development, sales and marketing of our services including internal & external marketing, industry eminence, pipeline development, proposal development and engagement budgeting
• Develop and grow both your internal and external network to generate sales opportunities
• Assist clients in structuring renewable energy transactions, including tax equity, debt sizing, and sponsor capital
• Analyze key drivers of renewable energy project economics, perform scenario analysis, and develop solutions to maximize client interests
• Provide end-to-end agile solutions for clients throughout their entire investment lifecycle
• Leverage a technical and commercial skillset to analyze, interpret, and communicate actionable outcomes from financial models, providing advice and support throughout engagements
• Coach junior practitioners in their professional growth both throughout engagements through touchpoints and snapshots and through the development and delivery of training programs

• Demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Effectively manage and prioritize tasks across multiple projects in a dynamic environment
• Communicate effectively both in writing and verbally, ensuring clear and concise information sharing with clients and team members

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or another business-related major
• 3+ years of financial modeling experience
• Experience in project finance modeling, particularly in solar, battery energy storage systems, wind, and other forms of renewable energy
• 5+ years of experience working for a consulting firm or equivalent industry experience, specifically in financial modeling, strategic planning, managing client relationships, and delivering client service work that exceeds expectations
• Experience in participating in the sales process, including responding to requests for proposals and delivering oral presentations
• Proven ability to manage project budgets and mitigate potential project risks
• Highly skilled at MS Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• CPA, CFA, or other equivalent certifications
• Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, VBA, Python, and other data visualization tools

• Our client, a multi- billion-dollar renewable energy fund, engaged us to develop a modeling ecosystem across the whole investment lifecycle of renewable energy assets inclusive of deal pricing models, project tracking models and portfolio level fund analysis. The platform and analysis provided by us is key to tracking performances and feasibility of new investments
• Our client, an international renewable energy investor, engaged us to analyze the impact of the recent Texas weather event on its renewable energy assets and model various financing and contracting scenarios for long term value realization
• Our client, an international renewable energy sponsor formed a joint venture to create a large-scale, integrated renewable energy and clean hydrogen project. The client hired us to advise on tax structuring for all of the various tax credits and incentives that were available, perform a gap analysis on their existing financial model, and develop a strategic roadmap to implement the identified gaps. We were ultimately hired to implement this roadmap of financial model improvements and helped prepare materials for them to socialize to investment banking partners for capital raising processes.
• Our client, a renewable natural gas company, was looking for advice and recommendations related to a potential restructure in light of new tax rules that allowed for additional credit and incentive opportunities. We understood their ownership and legal entity structure, and prepared a financial model that compared the four potential structuring and exit opportunities and the potential after-tax returns to all of the joint venture partners. We ultimately advised them to pursue a restructuring transaction that resulted in all partners seeing a positive return.