Manager- Project Finance Compliance

Requisition ID: 96552

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

The Project Finance Group is responsible for ensuring that the Company complies with all covenants and conditions as outlined in the various agreements for NEER's financing portfolio (e.g., project finance debt, tax equities and XPLR/NEP structures). This position requires strong project management skills coupled with a comprehensive understanding of the financing related agreements and their relationship to the key operating project documents (e.g., power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, energy management services, etc.). The successful candidate will add value through critical thinking, process management and strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

In this managerial role, you will be responsible for leading a team to

• Coordinate between NEER and Treasury to manage the resolution of defaults and breaches in addition to issues requiring consents, waivers and amendments to existing financing agreements
• Implement and maintain an effective process to ensure all requirements under the build-out agreements are met on a timely basis
• Review drafts of new financing deals and significant transactions (e.g., buy-outs and refinancings) and provide comments to ensure reasonable covenants that are achievable and scalable
• Develop, deploy and maintain compliance related policies and procedures to ensure accurate and timely distribution of all documents, certificates and reports as required by each project financing agreement
• Develop, deploy and maintain tracking and reporting tools to provide visibility to the status of compliance deliverables and resolution of issues

Attributes and Competencies:

• Process & project management - strong planning and organizational skills
• Problem solver - proactive thinker with practical solutions that are tightly linked to business strategies and financial priorities
• Professional skills - strong interpersonal skills, builds and nurtures cross functional teams and relationships, respects others, is tactfully assertive, has a bias for action, and follows through to completion
• Integrity - strong ethic to comply with legal, regulatory, and company rules and policies

Job Overview

Leaders in this role manage the planning and direction of department initiatives and projects. This position oversees development of programs and policies and ensures cost-effectiveness.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitors and evaluates project progress and results
• Establishes policies, procedures and directives to support daily operations of the finance team
• Develops and monitors the execution of financial programs
• Monitors, maintains and reviews financial records
• Reviews and monitors contract program objectives and utilization of funds
• Recommends changes in resource allocation
• Assists in the preparation of department and contract budgets
• Develops expense projections
• Directs preparation of reports and other documentation
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements for transactions and reporting
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Experience: 8+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance
• Master's Degree

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics

Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

#LI-FB1