Manager, Project Development - Finance

ROLE OVERVIEW

Pivot Energy is seeking a motivated Manager, Project Development - Finance to join the Project Development - Execution team to provide primary support leading up to and throughout construction debt and tax equity transactions by drafting real estate and funding-related documents and managing funding deadlines. This individual will create the documents necessary to finalize real estate and funding requirements to complete the development of these projects. In collaboration with the VP of Project Development - Execution, Structured Finance, and Legal departments, this role will prepare signature-ready documents for lease agreements, amendments, assignments, notices, title curative measures and survey updates, affidavits, and other documents as necessary to support project fundings.

Previous experience with a renewable energy developer, financial institution/lender, or legal service provider is beneficial, but not required. The individual must possess a professional manner, be detail-oriented, have the ability to manage and prioritize a large and variable workload, and be comfortable communicating with multiple internal Pivot teams as well as landowners, developers, surveyors, and title companies.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in development market calls to track and coordinate projects allocated to upcoming finance tranches
• Create and maintain live reports of upcoming deliverables to align with Pivot’s Structured Finance Team’s deliverables and closings
• Draft SNDAs, easements, amendments, assignments, and other real property-related documents. Review with Pivot Legal prior to releasing documents to developers for final signatures.
• Coordinate and prepare documents for recording with appropriate clerk and recorder offices as well as financial closings
• Prepare and deliver Notices as required by contracts
• Support real estate due diligence and title work for Pivot’s project financing activities.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• At least one of the following: Bachelor’s degree, prior law firm experience drafting legal documents at high volume or paralegal experience within complex transactions
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented with a natural focus on organization and process
• Strong time management and planning skills
• Comfort working to meet deadlines, learn quickly, and work as part of a team
• Friendly, approachable, and professional demeanor
• Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, and confidentiality
• Ability to cross-collaborate with multiple departments

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

• Experience in the solar and/or finance industry
• Experience with Salesforce and/or Smartsheets.
• Experience with real estate and/or title insurance policies and reviewing ALTA surveys title commitments and applicable endorsements

ABOUT PIVOT

Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and

families.

We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.

As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.

At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:

· Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet

· Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun

· Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge

· Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player

· Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally

· Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT

At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot. 

Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.

EEO STATEMENT

Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.