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ABOUT AVANTUS Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline of solar with integrated storage will generate enough dispatchable power to serve more than 10 million Americans, day and night. Backed by strategic investment from KKR and EIG, and building on more than a decade of industry leadership, Avantus is growing its position as an independent power producer, delivering affordable, reliable clean energy solutions to meet America’s growing energy demand.   ABOUT THE POSITION We are  seeking  a highly motivated and organized candidate for  the  Associate,  Project Finance   position. The successful candidate will  demonstrate  sound industry knowledge, superior communications , and detail-oriented organizational skills.  The  Associate  would support a team of Project Finance professionals who source, negotiate, and execute project sales and structured financings, including whole or partial cash equity sales, construction financing, back leverage  debt , and tax equity financing. The position requires an individual who thrives in a fast-paced  environment, constantly collaborating with various internal and external teams to meet  project and  transaction deadlines. The individual would  ultimately be  responsible for  supporting  day-to-day execution of these transactions and performing analysis on the market and  investors  to develop project-specific valuation s  and  economic  sensiti vities .       ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES   Project Valuation and Modeling:    Able to work independently and collaboratively with  a  cross - functional team.  Own every aspect of the project financial model for both mid-stage and late-stage development assets, including significant time  working on project offtake bidding and structuring.  Monitor the debt, tax equity, and cash equity markets for appropriate valuation  techniques and pricing  Prepare and explain capital structure sensitivities, becoming intimately familiar with the potential capital permutations and value levers   Understand the various development,  construction ,  and operational inputs to the model, working closely with cross-functional experts in various functional groups such as Origination, Land Acquisition, Development,  Construction,  Engineering/Optimization, Storage, Interconnection, etc.   Transaction Support: Support (and eventually lead) various aspects of a project sale and financing, including but not limited to:   Due Diligence Process Timelines   Data room Management   Term Sheet and Transaction Document Support   Market/Transmission  Reports  Appraisal  and  Cost Segregation Reports  Insurance Consultant Reports   Project Closing activities Support Project Finance lead on marketing of project capital structure to outside parties, interacting with lenders , tax equity investors, infrastructure funds, and strategic buyers Preparation and delivery of materials for Investment Committee  and Risk Committee  review and approval    Transaction  Monitoring :    Support projects that are  in construction or  operational and financed by  Avantus , including  construction loan draws,  refinancing activities, consent processes, financing document compliance, and modeling  Apply learnings from closed financial transactions and Avantus’  operational project portfolio to  revise financial underwriting a