M&A Associate

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

⚡ Energy

Energy • Renewable Energy

Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC is a company dedicated to revolutionizing energy consumption with solar power through their network of community solar farms. By providing customers an affordable and easy alternative to traditional coal, gas, and nuclear energy sources, Nautilus Solar allows individuals and communities to access clean energy while benefiting from reduced electricity bills. They manage 127 solar farms, serving over 40,000 subscribers who earn solar credits that offset their energy use. Committed to reducing carbon emissions, Nautilus Solar offers a cost-effective and sustainable way for individuals to make a positive environmental impact without high upfront costs.

📋 Description

• Lead financial analysis, modeling, and valuation for solar and storage projects using Excel, including scenario and sensitivity analysis. • Prepare internal and external materials, including investment committee memos, market summaries, transaction updates, pipeline materials, presentations, and reports. • Support portfolio acquisitions by coordinating diligence, preparing project proposals and investment materials, and contributing to commercial negotiations. • Collaborate with engineering, finance, legal, and construction teams on project acquisition proposals. • Identify and evaluate solar and storage project acquisition and origination opportunities based on technical, financial, regulatory, and commercial considerations. • Conduct commercial diligence on interconnection, site control, permitting, offtake and subscriber assumptions, bill credits, renewable energy credits, EPC pricing, operating assumptions, and development milestones. • Analyze community solar and energy storage market trends, policies, incentives, and regulatory frameworks. • Research state and local policies, utility tariffs, program rules, wholesale energy and capacity prices, community solar bill credit rates, retail rates, and renewable energy credit fundamentals and forecasting. • Monitor, track, and report market updates through industry periodicals, interconnection queues, and program capacity lists. • Leverage AI-enabled analytical tools, including Microsoft Copilot, to enhance financial modeling workflows, automate repetitive analyses, improve model quality control, and identify process efficiencies.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or quantitative field with prior renewable energy experience or significant relevant coursework. • 2-4 years of experience in renewable energy, investment banking, project finance, M&A, project development, project acquisitions, asset valuation, and/or project modeling focused on the U.S. renewable energy market. • Strong understanding of project finance concepts, including tax and debt structures, return metrics such as IRR, NPV, DSCR, and CAFD, and community solar policies, bill credit structures, and distributed energy market fundamentals. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner. • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. • Experience with financial modeling for solar and storage assets, including discounted cash flow and sensitivity analysis. • Advanced Excel skills required; PowerPoint proficiency preferred. • Practical experience using AI productivity tools, including Microsoft Copilot and/or Claude, to improve research, analysis, drafting, summarization, and workflow efficiency. • Comfortable working in a remote environment. • Unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S.