Vice President, Structured FInance

Overview

Lead structuring, negotiating, and managing financing and M&A for renewable assets.

Key Responsibilities

• asset valuation
• financing negotiation
• deal structuring
• stakeholder management
• due diligence
• project financing

Tasks

Leading, structuring and negotiating Lightsource bp’s financings through both project level and corporate level debt, as well as leading asset acquisitions and divestments across our operational jurisdictions. -Analysis of asset valuation -Analysis and implementation of project specific hedging requirements, through FX/Inflation/IRS products -Review and analysis of Share and Purchase Agreements, including warranty and indemnity packages -Provide feedback on team members and ensure training is attended where appropriate -Review and Analysis of financing agreements and guarantee structures -Take responsibility to be familiar with latest technical developments and relevant legal, regulatory, accounting and taxation developments -Leading and negotiating asset acquisition/sale price discussions -Establishing a collaborative relationship with LSbp lenders for additional ancillary services required of Senior Project Financing. -Acting as day-to-day lead on Corporate Financing transactions -Scoping and management of required project advisors in conjunction with cross-functional support -Implementation of asset optimisation in preparation for divestment -Managing key stakeholders -Supporting Director’s and Senior Executive team members -Supporting PPA teams to ensure bankable project offerings in competitive tender processes -Acting as day-to-day lead on strategic asset/portfolio acquisitions/divestments -Leading and negotiating competitive financing processes from RfP stage to Financial Close -Leading and negotiating competitive financing processes from RfP stage to Financial Close, through to conditions discharge -Review and analysis of Senior Level Financing documentation -Analysis of preferred financing solutions on individual asset/portfolio basis -Supporting regional development teams in project procurement and contracting strategy to ensure bankable solutions, whilst highlighting key deal issues and areas of exposure -Production and review of required Information Memorandums and Internal Approval papers -Leading investor due diligence processes and coordinating with external advisors where required -Establishing a collaborative relationship with LSbp core lender group -Acting as day-to-day lead on project and portfolio financing’s -Manage individual and team workload, allocating resources appropriately as well as supervising/reviewing the work of junior team members -Proactively manage professional development, not solely concentrating on technical skills but also soft-core skills of negotiating, positioning and influencing

Requirements

• financial modeling
• excel
• english
• finance experience
• detail oriented
• problem solving

What You Bring

Teamwork, Training and Communication Skills Technical Skills PERSONAL/WORK SKILLS -6-8 years of experience preferably with a lender/Investor active in the infrastructure and energy finance space internationally, or with an IPP/vertically integrated developer -Detailed oriented and well organised -Able to work efficiently and effectively under the pressure of tight deadlines -Team working skills -Problem solving and proactive attitude -Capable in excel, word, and powerpoint -Able to draft and prepare presentation materials including deal teasers, management presentations, deal pipeline books, and other supporting documentation and analysis -Able to run pro-forma financial models including DCF, comp comparables, equity placement, and merger and acquisition modeling -Fluency in English is essential

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Benefits

Corporate Financings Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits. Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter. Senior Debt Financing/Refinancing

About Lightsource Bp

-Partnered early with BP—first through investment, then full acquisition. -Adopts a capital-light model: develops, engineers, and constructs large solar farms before farming down stakes to partners. -Operates projects across 19 markets with multi-gigawatt capacity. -Typical projects include large solar farms and innovative agrivoltaic sites grazing sheep between panels. -Pioneers advanced tech like bifacial panels, machine-learning solar trackers, and the UK’s first night-time reactive-power solar service.

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