Senior Counsel – Project Finance, Commercial

🕒 June 26

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $146k - $234k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Energy Vault

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

⚡ Energy

Manufacturing • Consulting • Energy

Energy Vault is a company specializing in innovative energy storage solutions. They offer a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software, and service solutions to meet various energy storage needs, ranging from short to ultra-long durations. Energy Vault integrates cutting-edge technologies such as proprietary battery, gravity, hydrogen, and hybrid energy storage systems, emphasizing flexibility, scalability, and sustainability. With a focus on customer-centric solutions, Energy Vault serves a global clientele that includes utilities and large energy users, helping them maximize economic and environmental value. The company's sophisticated software, VaultOS, aids in real-time energy management and optimization of storage and other energy assets.

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the Senior Counsel serves as a key member of the legal team, providing strategic and transactional legal support to the commercial efforts of the company. • You are primarily responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing agreements related to engineering, procurement, and construction of utility-scale energy storage projects across the United States.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school. • Member of a state bar in good standing. • 8–15 years of project finance experience, with significant exposure to energy, battery storage, infrastructure, or data center financings. • Demonstrated track record closing complex project finance transactions from term sheet through financial close, including tax equity structures (ITC and/or PTC). • Working knowledge of IRA incentive structures, domestic content and FEOC compliance requirements, and how they interact with project financing and tax credit eligibility. • Experience with construction financing and term conversion is highly valued. • Corporate finance or capital markets experience is a plus. • Proven ability to manage a high-volume workload — multiple active deals, competing priorities, and tight deadlines — with composure and sound commercial judgment. • Commercially minded with strong instincts for practical risk allocation; able to distinguish issues worth fighting for from those that are not. • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills; confident advising and presenting to senior leadership and external counterparties. • Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 10%. • Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, rapid growth environments. • A passion for sustainability, our mission, and our vision is a bonus! • Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check. • Energy Vault participates in E-Verify.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus plan. • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). • 401K employer matching. • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and family. • Flexible Spending Account. • Company-paid Life insurance, Short- and Long-term disability insurance. • 8-weeks for Paternity leave. • Generous holiday allowance. • Flexible time off plus sick leave. • Reimbursement for home office equipment, phone, and internet expenses.