Associate, Financial Operations | DG Solar & Storage IPP | NYC

Associate, Financial Operations | DG Solar & Storage IPP | NYCThe Company:We have partnered with a leading distributed generation solar & storage developer, owner, and operator, in their search for an Associate, Financial Operations. Founded over a decade ago, with private-equity backing, they manage a 450+ MW portfolio across the U.S., with a focus on commercial, industrial, and community solar projects. The company is dedicated to advancing the clean energy transition through responsible investment and long-term partnerships.The Role:We are seeking a highly organized and driven Associate to support our Financial Operations team in managing the financial backbone of our growing project portfolio. This is an ideal role for someone with 2–5 years of experience in finance, business analytics, project operations, or infrastructure transactions—especially within a bank, renewable energy company, or fund.In addition to supporting project-level financings, you’ll play a key role in strengthening data integrity, process consistency, and financial visibility across core systems. The ideal candidate combines a finance mindset with a data-driven, systems-oriented approach—helping us execute loan closings, track capital flows, and ensure compliance across our portfolio.Key Responsibilities:Support the closing process for construction loans and project-level financing, working closely with banks, legal teams, and internal stakeholders.Help build and manage a transparent, structured loan draw process, including internal review, approvals, and fund release tracking. Assist with fund-level capital call tracking, disbursements, and reporting to limited partners and lenders.Centralize documentation and maintain dashboards related to loan compliance, covenant tracking, and financial deliverables—ensuring accuracy, timeliness and traceability.Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Legal and Project Management teams to coordinate construction drawing processes, ensuring funds are requested and deployed accurately and on time.Prepare internal summaries and analysis of capital activity across 40+ funds and 125+ projects, highlighting trends, exceptions, and improvement opportunities. Help shape standardized formats and visual frameworks as the team continues to evolve BI reporting tools.Help manage and refine internal systems for capital movements, project milestones, and lender communication.Communicate operational insights clearly, translating technical or financial data into concise updates for multiple stakeholders.Contribute to ongoing system and process improvements, helping to evolve internal platforms into a unified source of truth.Build strong working relationships with finance, legal, and development teams.Requirements:2–5 years of experience in financial operations, project finance support, or data/process-oriented roles within banking, renewables or infrastructure.Exposure to construction loans, fund operations, or infrastructure transactions is a major plus.Strong analytical and organizational skills; able to manage high volumes of detail without losing sight of the big picture.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with external banks and internal teams.Proficient in Excel and general financial systems (Microsoft ecosystem highly preferred); comfortable working with structured data across systems; experience with project management or capital tracking tools is a plus.Dependable, precise and proactive; motivated by accuracy, efficiency and continuous improvement. Solutions-oriented with a team-first mentality.Associate, Financial Operations | DG Solar & Storage IPP | NYC