Managing Director, Tax Credit Markets

Job description

Accountabilities: Lead the initial review of prospective renewable energy tax credit transactions and assess the completeness and quality of underwriting materials. Partner with project developers to gather required financial, technical, legal, and project documentation and resolve diligence gaps. Oversee the preparation and evaluation of diligence memorandums for clean energy tax credits, ensuring transactions satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, including eligibility, prevailing wage, and apprenticeship criteria. Maintain deep expertise in transaction structuring, clean energy tax credit regulations, applicable IRS requirements, and industry developments to inform underwriting decisions. Develop standardized, comprehensive underwriting policies and frameworks across different tax credit types. Analyze financial, technical, legal, and project feasibility information to determine credit eligibility and assess transaction risk. Review tax credit insurance policies and evaluate whether appropriate risk mitigation is in place. Conduct detailed risk assessments, identify potential issues with credit claims, and prepare recommendations for transaction approval or denial. Build and lead a high-performing team of underwriting principals and senior managers, establishing a culture of excellence, accountability, continuous learning, and subject-matter expertise. Mentor and develop junior talent while creating scalable management and development practices as transaction volume increases. Lead initiatives to improve underwriting processes, leveraging technology, automation, and data in partnership with product, engineering, legal, marketing, and other internal teams. Develop and maintain long-term relationships with senior tax and finance leaders at major corporate tax credit buyers. Generate new business relationships through conferences, networking, strategic partnerships, targeted outreach, and inbound opportunities. Represent the organization as a recognized market expert through webinars, industry panels, conferences, and other external forums. Contribute to broader commercial strategy and help build a high-performing, collaborative team culture. Requirements 14+ years of experience in financial services, renewable energy, project finance, banking, Big Four advisory, or a comparable field. Strong preference for experience in renewable energy project finance, banking, tax credit markets, or a related financial services environment. Deep understanding of the Inflation Reduction Act, relevant IRS tax codes, renewable energy markets, tax credit structures, underwriting, and risk management. Detailed knowledge of renewable energy project underwriting, including equipment and performance assessment and the financial, technical, and legal factors affecting project risk. Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, regulatory structures, physical and synthetic power purchase agreements, derivatives, and regional renewable energy incentives. Strong analytical capabilities, including the ability to simplify complex financial, technical, and regulatory issues and translate them into clear recommendations. Demonstrated experience building or scaling a new initiative, developing processes, and leading teams in a high-growth environment. Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to establish trust quickly with senior clients, partners, and internal teams. Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, combined with strong listening and influencing abilities. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment. Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively across commercial, technology, legal, and other functional teams. High degree of ownership, resourcefulness, autonomy, and willingness to take a hands-on approach to solving problems. Comfort operating in an entrepreneurial, rapidly changing environment where processes and teams are still being built. Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time. Commitment to contributing positively to team culture and fostering an inclusive, high-performance environment. FINRA SIE, Series 79, and Series 63 licenses required, or willingness to obtain them under broker-dealer sponsorship. Benefits Compensation: Total cash compensation in the $500,000s–$700,000s, depending on experience and revenue scope, excluding equity value. Performance incentives: Opportunity to exceed bonus targets based on individual and team performance. Equity: Stock options in a rapidly growing organization. Work model: Remote-first environment with the ability to work from anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. Office flexibility: Optional offices in Washington, DC and New York City, plus coworking opportunities in several additional locations. Healthcare: Employee medical premiums fully covered, with multiple plan options; dependent coverage is partially subsidized. Dental and vision: Employee premiums fully covered, with partial dependent coverage. Paid time off: 20 days of PTO annually plus 10 company holidays. Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents. Retirement: Access to a 401(k) plan. Professional development: $5,000 AI learning and development stipend. Team culture: Company-wide offsites twice a year, with additional team gatherings as appropriate. Growth environment: High-ownership culture combining financial services expertise with modern technology and AI-driven innovation. Mission-driven work: Opportunity to help accelerate capital deployment into renewable energy and critical infrastructure. How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1 This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Managing Director, Tax Credit Markets based in United States. This is a senior commercial and underwriting leadership role at the intersection of clean energy, tax credit markets, finance, and technology.You will help scale a rapidly growing tax credit marketplace by expanding buyer relationships and enabling more renewable energy transactions.The role combines deep expertise in renewable energy finance and tax credit underwriting with team leadership and business development.You will shape underwriting policies, assess complex transactions, and help establish scalable processes for a growing volume of clean energy investments.You will also build relationships with senior tax and finance executives at major corporate buyers and serve as a trusted industry expert.The environment is entrepreneurial, technology-forward, and highly collaborative, with significant autonomy and ownership.This opportunity is particularly suited to an experienced leader who enjoys building teams, improving systems, and helping accelerate capital deployment into the clean economy.