Senior Portfolio Controlling Associate

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Finance / Controlling
Remuneration: Exempt

At RWE Americas, the Portfolio Controlling team oversees RWE’s obligations and relationships with third-party investors across a large and complex renewable energy financing portfolio. The team currently manages 28 tax equity financings across 44 operating projects, working closely with more than 15 tax equity investors and 3 joint venture partnerships, with an additional 22 operating projects expected to commence operations by year-end. 

In this role, the Senior Associate, Portfolio Controlling serves as a key liaison between external investors and internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with financing agreements, facilitating effective communication, and supporting the successful long-term management of RWE’s renewable energy assets. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong customer service orientation, a collaborative approach, meticulous attention to detail, and knowledgeable in partnership and tax equity financing structures within the renewable energy industry. 

Role Responsibilities: 

• Independently manage reporting deliverables to external financing partners, ensuring accuracy and adherence to tax equity and joint-venture partnership agreements


• Prepare annual tax equity flip models and support valuation analyses for restructuring and buyout opportunities


• Lead the development of tax equity and joint-venture partner materials for regularly scheduled meetings, including performance summaries, budget variance explanations, and operating metrics


• Serve as a main point of contact for assigned tax equity and joint-venture partners, managing responses to detailed inquiries regarding financial and operational performance, compliance, and commercial issues


• Collaborate on drafting and coordinating amendments to agreements and obtain required consents from tax equity and joint-venture partners


• Identify and recommend improvements to reporting processes and models that enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and enable scale


• Collaborate across business functions to ensure project budgets, financial forecasts, and contractual obligations are aligned and communicated to tax equity and joint-venture partners

Job Requirements and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree


• Minimum 4 years relevant experience 


• Proficient understanding of tax equity concepts, operating reports, cash distribution calculations and systems/tools


• Identifies issues and modifies processes and methods as needed


• Applies strong conceptual and analytical thinking; able to solve moderately complex problems with limited guidance; interprets and translates legal language in financing agreements to resolve conflicts; visualizes data/key information effectively for various audiences; interprets financial data in light of business dynamics


• Actively drives collaboration across functions; explains findings clearly to stakeholders


• Focuses on building relationships to standardize processes and solve problems


• Leads assigned tasks with management direction/guidance.


• Manages investors/partners and other stakeholders for specific areas


• Guides interns/new joiners


• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to manage customer relationships


• Demonstrated desire to learn about the Company and the renewables space


• Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Teams


• Strong leadership and communication, and ability to meet deadlines


• Strong organization skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and deliverables


• Ability to multi-task, while working independently and as part of a team


• Motivated self-starter, goal-oriented, and strong problem-solving abilities


• Proven ability to empathize, build relationships, and effectively communicate with people from a diverse set of backgrounds


• Responds well to direction, is easy to challenge and develop, and is coachable


• Is detail-oriented, has strong business acumen, and a sound understanding of business concepts


• This position is an office-based role with some travel and visits to other RWE office and field locations


• Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pay range: The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $106,000 - $135,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s education & work experience, training & certifications, and key skills as well as market and business considerations at the time of the offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors – Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.