Principal, Investments – Tax & Preferred Equity

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About the role

  • Principal executing tax and preferred equity investments for Crux, a clean-energy capital platform. Leading transaction modeling, negotiations, Investment Committee preparation, and portfolio stewardship.

Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of tax equity and preferred equity investments, including hybrids, from term sheet through close
  • Identify, help structure around, price, and document transaction risk
  • Build and review partnership and hybrid models
  • Develop views on assumptions, sensitivities, and risk cases
  • Prepare opportunities for Investment Committee screening and final investment decisions
  • Present opportunities with support
  • Co-lead negotiations with sponsors and capital partners
  • Work with Legal, Tax, and Risk on key issues and IRS compliance
  • Contribute to investment principles, underwriting parameters, and the IC process
  • Mentor junior team members
  • Use technology and AI to work more efficiently
  • Participate in post-close portfolio stewardship

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Environmental Studies, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus
  • 8+ years in renewable energy, structured finance, or infrastructure investing
  • Direct experience with tax equity transactions
  • Exposure to hybrid structures and/or preferred equity a strong plus
  • Working command of partnership structures and tax and capital account basis issues, including DROs, basis, allocations, safe harbor, and recapture
  • Breadth across solar, wind, and storage technologies; exposure to emerging categories
  • Strong risk judgment, including identifying, structuring around, pricing, and documenting risk
  • Ability to negotiate transaction documents, including partnership flips, T-flips, and preferred equity; sale-leaseback a plus
  • Strong modeling skills across partnership and hybrid structures
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills
  • Proven ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong capabilities in, or clear desire to rapidly advance, technology and AI
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
  • FINRA SIE, Series 79, and 63, or willingness to obtain them under Crux's broker-dealer sponsorship
  • Prior experience at a bank or developer/sponsor a strong plus

Benefits

  • Remote-first operating model with work from anywhere in the US and Canada
  • Optional offices in DC, NYC, and SF
  • Optional co-working opportunities
  • Regular team offsites twice a year
  • 100% employee healthcare premium coverage through Aetna and Kaiser; 70% dependent premium subsidy
  • 100% employee dental and vision premium coverage; 50% dependent subsidy
  • 10 company holidays per year
  • 20 days paid time off per year
  • 401k account support without matching
  • 16 weeks parental leave for birthing parents
  • 12 weeks parental leave for non-birthing parents
  • Stock options
  • Competitive compensation

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$300,000 - $500,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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