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The Director role is a highly skilled finance leadership role overseeing a portfolio of renewable energy assets. The Director will manage a team responsible for administering financing agreements (tax equity, debt/loan, joint-venture partnership) including complying with all covenants and compliance obligations, providing external financing parties with required reports and deliverables, and consulting with internal stakeholders and external financing parties to achieve strategic and commercial business objectives. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of financing agreements, tax equity structures and modeling, is familiar with commercial and operational performance metrics for renewable energy assets and is customer-service minded with strong communication and collaboration skills.\nRole Responsibilities:\n Execution: Lead a team responsible for administering and complying with financing agreements (tax equity, debt/loan, joint-venture partnerships) for a significant portion of RWEA’s operating portfolio, including driving completion of reports/deliverables (monthly operating reports, PAYGO calculations, cash distributions, tracking/flip models, annual operating budgets), tracking project and investor returns, and responding to questions and issues raised by external financing parties\nExternal Stakeholder Management: Lead engagement with external financing counterparties, serving as the organization's principal liaison and driving collaborative relationships that support strategic objectives and business outcomes\nCollaboration: Manage cross-functional relationships with Legal, Accounting, Tax, and Asset Management to timely deliver all financing obligations, analyze and solve complex strategic topics, and optimize asset-level financial and operational performance\nStrategic Steering: Advise Origination and M&A teams on deal structuring and financing agreement language to steer decisions so the Portfolio Controlling team can effectively administer financing agreements post-closing\nFinancial Optimization: Oversee project and investor returns in order to make recommendations to Senior Leadership to optimize financing agreements, including modeling tax equity buyout or restructuring transactions, leading negotiations with external financing parties, and executing transaction agreements\nTeam Development & Management: Lead and manage direct reports as well as others within the Portfolio Controlling team, including review of work product, setting clear expectations, building succession depth, and scaling team capabilities in line with portfolio growth and evolving business needs\nProcess Optimization: Drive continuous improvement across processes, including implementing standardized templates, assumptions, and dynamic modeling approaches\nChange Management & Integration: Support evolving company priorities, special projects, and integration efforts related to structural changes and accelerated growth targets\nJob Requirements and Experience:\nBA/BS in Finance / Accounting / Economics / Business (required)\nAdvanced degree is a plus, but not required\nMinimum 12 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Financial or Management Consulting, or other finance-related fields\nExperience with tax equity financing, loan financing, origination/structured finance transactions required.\nMinimum 4 years leading functional teams and or transactions\nProven experience leading teams of three or more, with demonstrated strength in people leadership, development, and accountability\nExperience within the renewable energy sector preferred\nExpert understanding of tax equity structures and modeling and financing agreements\nLeads with expert analytical and conceptual thinking; solves complex problems; crafts clear, strategic visualizations, anticipates stakeholder dynamics and their needs in analyses.\nFosters a high-performance problem-solving culture within the team through guidance and development.\nCollaborates across business units, teams and senior leadership; presents to senior leadership and external financing counterparties on complex matters.\nOutstanding communication skills (written and verbal), comfortable interfacing with senior management and external financing parties.\nPersuasive communicator who establishes feedback culture and drives consensus building across teams.\nDemonstrated leadership and people-management experience.\nManages cross-functional, corporate wide processes, new initiatives or tools.\nAbility to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.\nCPA is preferred, but not required\nMinimum 4 years of relevant experience\nExperience in an FP&A role and/or within the renewable energy sector preferred, but not required\nBasic knowledge of the core accounting concepts and principles; advanced knowledge is a plus\nStrong communication skills (written and verbal) and comfortable interfacing with senior management\nStrong interpersonal skills\nActively drives collaboration across functions; explains findings clearly to internal stakeholders; acts as finance partner with asset managers and technical teams\nProven ability to empathize, build relationships, and effectively communicate with people from a diverse set of backgrounds\nFocuses on building relationships to standardize processes and solve problems\nApplies strong conceptual and analytical thinking; independently runs forecasts and builds models; explains financial trends effectively to business partners; interprets financial data in light of business dynamics\nProficient understanding of forecasting, variance analysis, asset performance metrics and systems/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI)\nStrong technical background, with advanced proficiency in Excel, SAP, SAC, PowerBI, and/or Tableau a plus\nDetail-oriented, has strong business acumen and analytical mindset, and a sound understanding of business concepts\nMotivated self-starter, goal-oriented, and strong problem-solving abilities\nStrong organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and deliverables\nIdentifies issues and modifies processes and methods as needed\nDemonstrated desire to learn about the Company and the renewables space\nResponds well to direction, is easy to challenge and develop, and is coachable\nLeads assigned tasks with management direction/guidance\nGuides interns/graduates/new joiners\nWork Environment:\nThis position is a hybrid role with an expected 3 days in the Chicago office each week with some travel \nApplicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.\nPay range: The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $178,000 - $240,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s education & work experience, training & certifications, and key skills as well as market and business considerations at the time of the offer.\nBenefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.\nApply with just a few clicks: ad code 93758\nAny questions? Contact HR: \nWe look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.\nRWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects, along with natural gas-powered generation, that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.\nAt RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors - Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. 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