Project Finance Associate (Houston)

Job Title: Project Finance Associate, Finance Associate, Investment Associate

Location: Houston, TX

Compensation: Base + Bonus + Equity

About Our Client

Our client is a private equitybacked energy infrastructure developer and operator, focused on building, acquiring, and financing utility-scale power assets - with a particular emphasis on battery energy storage systems (BESS). Led by industry veterans and supported by long-term institutional capital, they have a rapidly growing pipeline of assets at various stages: operational, under construction, and in late-stage development.

Operating with the agility of a startup and the discipline of an institutional platform, our client offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the energy transition through highly complex, hands-on transaction work.

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Finance Associate to join their team in Houston, TX. This individual will support both M&A and project finance activities, with a strong emphasis on financial modeling, deal analysis, and investment support. The role is ideal for candidates with a solid foundation in financial modeling and a background in energy, infrastructure, or adjacent sectors.

The Associate will work cross-functionally with senior team members to support transaction execution, strategic decision-making, and capital deployment. This is a high-impact role with room for significant growth and visibility across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain robust financial models for M&A, project finance, and corporate planning
• Support the execution of debt and tax equity financings, including due diligence coordination and third-party deliverable management
• Analyze and underwrite acquisition and development opportunities across the energy asset lifecycle
• Prepare internal investment memoranda and board presentations
• Maintain the corporate financial model and support capital strategy initiatives

Requirements

• 24 years of experience in project finance, M&A, investment banking, private equity, or infrastructure advisory
• Advanced Excel modeling skills and the ability to independently build and adapt financial models
• Sector experience in energy, infrastructure, or power markets
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; able to draw insights from complex data
• Effective communicator, comfortable presenting financial information to senior stakeholders
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, lean team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with battery storage, power markets, or renewable energy assets
• Exposure to tax equity, debt structuring, or project-level diligence processes
• Prior experience at an IPP, developer, or infrastructure investment platform
• Involvement in investment committee materials or board-level analysis
• Startup or high-growth company experience