Senior Analyst, Financial Modeling & Analysis

ROLE OVERVIEW Pivot Energy is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Senior Analyst to join our Financial Modeling & Analysis team. The FM&A team provides project-level financials for Pivot’s pipeline across Origination, Development, and Execution, delivering actionable insights that enable data-driven decisions aligned with the company's strategy. They ensure projects meet economic requirements and conform to Pivot’s financial standards, while leading investment committee meetings and creating accessible resources and dashboards to communicate project data and returns across the organization. As part of the broader Finance team within Finance Operations, FM&A collaborates closely with FP&A as well as Origination, Development, and Execution teams. The group also manages the Project Economic Lifecycle (PEL) Gating process, ensuring resources are invested optimally throughout the pipeline. This role is critical in supporting the financial evaluation, modeling, and lifecycle management of our solar and energy storage projects. The ideal candidate will be a quantitative problem solver with a strong foundation in finance, excellent Excel skills, and a passion for renewable energy. The FM&A Analyst will assist in financial modeling, market research, and project support to drive project investment decision-making for Pivot's commercial and community solar and energy storage initiatives. In addition to supporting financial modeling and market analysis, this role will play a key part in supporting the FM&A team with managing competing deadlines across the team’s core scopes of project financial modeling and project investment decision-making. This position is ideal for someone looking to build expertise in clean energy finance, specifically solar and energy storage, quantitative financial analysis, and business-led decision-making while working collaboratively with cross-functional teams. This is a great opportunity for a self-starter who is eager to learn, contribute to a growing company, and play a key role in advancing Pivot Energy's mission. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial Modeling & Analysis:
• Responsible for project modeling requests in the FM&A Task Queue, which requires developing and maintaining financial models to evaluate solar project viability, profitability, and investment potential
• Understand the financial impacts of project variables to optimize decision-making and project modeling across the broader finance team
• Provide analytical support to FM&A team members for project decision-making and financial analysis
• Leverage financial modeling expertise and knowledge of DG solar markets to evaluate project sensitivities, run scenario analyses, and assess strategic options, providing insights that support client offerings, business cases, long-term planning, and improved product development and financing strategies
• Stay closely informed and engaged on market strategy and project modeling implications, analyzing impact, and training other FM&A team members as needed;
• Assist in Investment Committee materials and administration as needed


• Data Collection & Management:
• Collaborate with FM&A and FP&A team members as well as other cross-departmental teams to collect and validate data inputs for financial models, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Provide variance analysis and analytical support to FM&A and FP&A team members


• Project Economic Lifecycle Support:
• Create PEL Stage Gate summaries for projects, ensuring compliance with all requirements from ideation through construction, and maintaining a rigorous approach to evaluation aligned with external financing standards
• Develop tools and processes to standardize and simplify stage gate materials, communication channels, and decision capture;
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the PEL framework, incorporating feedback and best practices


• Documentation: 
• Maintain clear and organized records of research, modeling inputs, stage gate materials, and assumptions for future reference


• Market Research: 
• Conduct research on solar industry trends, policy changes, and market opportunities, synthesizing findings to inform project strategies

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including basic financial modeling capabilities
• Passion to learn new things through self-study and structured settings
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• A natural inclination toward process improvement and efficiency
• Ability to handle administrative tasks efficiently and effectively
• Ability to work independently, pri