LRE (Leeward Renewable Energy) is a high-growth renewable energy company forging a sustainable future through integrity, innovation, and positive impact. We own and operate 30 large wind, solar, and energy storage projects across the United States, totaling over 3 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity.
LRE has an ambitious goal of 10GW of operating assets by 2028 and are developing and contracting an increasing pipeline of new projects every year. We take a full-lifecycle approach to our projects, built on a long-term ownership model and a company culture dedicated to our community partners and protecting the environment.
Position: Treasury Analyst - Debt Administration
Department: Treasury & Risk, Finance
Location: Houston or Dallas, TX
Status: Exempt
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Treasury Manager, the Treasury Analyst will work closely with the Finance & Accounting team on debt administration, cash management operations, credit support instruments, and ad-hoc treasury & risk related projects.
Primary Responsibilities
Debt Administration:
- Ensure compliance with debt agreements and related policies & procedures
- Reconcile & process debt service payments
- Provide support for the execution of project finance debt & tax equity transactions
- Monitor all debt compliance requirements and disclosure reporting related to corporate & project financings
- Assist Treasury Manager with the documentation and implementation of policies & procedures related to debt compliance, internal controls and cash management
- Maintain and reconcile corporate & project-level debt & LC related expenses
- Prepare borrowing requests, rollovers, and conversions
- Manage and update databases tracking debt, collateral, interest-rate swaps and compliance for credit facilities
- Assist Treasury Manager on streamlining the sub-certification process and delivering the quarterly debt compliance certificates
- Prepare and submit quarterly withdrawal certificates for debt service (principal, interest and fees) to lenders
- Perform quarterly financial metrics & ratio calculations to ensure compliance with debt agreements
- Assist with ad-hoc treasury & risk management related projects.
Bank Accounts/Cash Management:
- Manage documentation required for the opening and closing of accounts, Know Your Customers (KYC) and balance reporting processes.
- Maintain list of active accounts & services and assist in managing banking-related needs
- Support Treasury Manager in weekly AP activity including wires, ACH payments to vendors & third parties
- Assist Treasury Manager with the monthly distributions from project companies
- Support project financing by ensuring all treasury aspects are identified and implemented in advance of transaction closings
- Monitor client analysis statements to validate bank fees and rationalize account services.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, economics or related major. CTP preferred.
- 3+ years of finance & accounting experience with at least 2 years in the Treasury function
- Commitment, ability, and prior experience in meeting deadlines for monthly and quarterly reporting, and special projects with appropriate documentation and follow-up.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage a demanding workload involving multiple tasks, responsibilities, and deadlines.
- Enjoys working in a very dynamic, “hands on” and detail-oriented environment.
- Self-starter with flexibility, desire to learn, willing to ask questions and take ownership of projects.
- Strong interpersonal, writing and communication skills.
- Experience with Treasury Managements Systems and Microsoft Dynamics a plus.
Leeward Management Services, LLC is committed to employing a diverse workforce and provides equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting vendors or employment agencies. Only recruiting vendors with a current, signed agreement in place with LRE are authorized to submit resumes for specific, requested positions. All unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles submitted to LRE, or any LRE employee, without an active agreement or written request from LRE’s HR Department, will be considered property of LRE. LRE will not be responsible for any fees or expenses associated with unsolicited resumes or candidates submitted in this manner.
What We Do
Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) is a leading renewable energy company that owns and operates a portfolio of 24 renewable energy facilities across nine states totaling about 2,500 megawatts of generating capacity. LRE is actively developing and contracting new wind, solar, and energy storage projects in energy markets across the U.S., with 1.9 gigawatts contracted and 20 gigawatts under development and construction spanning over 100 projects. LRE is committed to providing long-term, sustainable energy solutions across all its projects that benefit its community partners while protecting and enhancing the environment. LRE is a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, an investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans with C$121 billion in net assets (as of December 31, 2021). For more information, visit www.leewardenergy.com.
