Volta Power Co, LLC., San Francisco Bay Area, CA

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As Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you will provide executive expertise in the full range of financial and operating functions including but not limited to:
 

• Project Finance

• Capital Management

• Financial analysis, including expanding the company through capital fundraising efforts, partnerships, and joint ventures

• Day to day accounting responsibilities

• Forecasting and cash flow analysis

Your background should include most of the following:
 

• Experience with financial planning, analysis, reporting, and internal controls

• Experience raising greater than $1M from institutional equity + debt investors

• 3+ years of transaction experience, project finance, or structured finance

• Close connections with family offices, angel investors, and private equity funds

• Close connections with banks, asset-based lenders, and debt capital markets

• Experience negotiating financing and structuring debt

• Leadership and management experience in an entrepreneurial environment

• A passion for innovation and the creativity to develop financial strategies for the solar industry in West Africa
   

Responsibilities:
 

• Perform financial and economic analysis on renewable energy projects and portfolios, including evaluating levered and structured returns in support of pricing proposals, investment decision-making, and arrangement of financing

• Assist with and perform project due diligence and feasibility studies, quantitative and qualitative analysis, financial modeling and reviews of project and company investment opportunities

• Work with project developers and engineers to vet investment opportunities, prepare internal and external project presentations, and present investment proposals the rest of the Volta team

• Support project team in negotiation, execution and closing of transactions

• Perform industry-focused economic and market research as required, including tracking key industry trends, competitor activities, and regulatory, financial and economic development

 

Qualifications and Experience:
 

• Ideal candidates will be highly motivated with exceptional analytical capabilities, organizational competence and capacity to share intellectual curiosity

• Prior experience in a financial analyst program is a plus with renewable energy, traditional energy, or other project finance transactional experience highly valued

• Complex financial modeling experience, including demonstrated proficiency with use of both Excel and VBA-based financial modeling for energy or other long-term infrastructure assets

• Prior experience with and understanding of infrastructure / renewable energy project modelling, tax equity financing structures, and international investments will be a plus

• Understanding of accounting and financial statements

• MBA from top business school preferred

 

Job Type: Part-time/Full-time
 

Job Location:
 

• San Francisco Bay Area, CA

• Occasional travel to Accra, Ghana

Compensation: Co-founder equity + salary after initial fundraise