Associate, Structuring (Debt Capital Markets)

Our team is composed of experts in energy, tax, finance, policy, tech, and beyond. We have raised $77 million in capital from top investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others. These funds are joined by strategic investors including Pattern Energy, Clearway Energy, EDF Renewables, Intersect Power, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.

Energy demand is growing for the first time in decades, driving an urgent need for more affordable and reliable electricity. More electricity requires new clean energy infrastructure and strong domestic supply chains for minerals and components as well as large amounts of capital.

Traditional project finance is opaque, fragmented, and analog. At Crux, we’re changing that. Through unmatched insights and expertise, white-glove service, purpose-built tools, and risk underwriting, we power a more prosperous, clean, and secure energy future.

The Opportunity

The Associate, Debt Capital Markets will be a core member of Crux's Structuring team, reporting to the Principal. The team delivers capital solutions across debt, tax equity, preferred equity, and advisory services to sponsors, developers, and investors. This work spans project-level and corporate-level transactions in renewable energy and energy transition infrastructure.

This is a hands-on execution role for a financially rigorous analyst with foundational knowledge and a strong desire to grow within renewable energy finance. The Associate will support the structuring, origination, and execution of financings across the capital structure.

The role requires strong financial modeling skills, exposure to renewables and energy transition markets, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced startup environment

This position is ideal for candidates with at least 2 years of relevant experience in investment banking, renewable energy, structured finance, infrastructure investing, or a closely related field who are people who looking to deepen their structuring expertise in a fast-moving, technology-forward environment.

What you'll do

• Support transaction structuring execution across debt mandates, including modeling, diligence coordination, and documentation. Prepare client-facing materials, including financing presentations, credit memos, investor marketing materials, and internal approvals

• Support advisory mandates, including financing alternatives analysis, capital raising strategy, and process management for sponsors and developers.

• Conduct capital structure, pricing, and credit analysis across renewable energy asset classes.

• Participate in strategic meetings with clients on financing alternatives, market positioning, and structuring considerations.

• Interface directly with capital providers, developers, sponsors, and external advisors.

• Work closely with senior members of the Structuring team to drive transactions from intake through term sheets, and maintain active market intelligence.

• Leverage technology and AI-enabled tools to increase accuracy and efficiency in modeling, diligence, and reporting.

• Contribute to process improvements and template standardization (models, memos, term sheets) across the Structuring team.

• Support platform initiatives to scale capital markets workflows and develop new tech-enabled products and solutions for financing processes.

   

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or MS a plus.

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in renewable energy, structured finance, infrastructure investing, investment banking or a closely related field.

• Demonstrated exposure to capital markets and/or project finance transactions.

• Strong financial modeling and structuring skills, with mastery of core valuation and credit concepts.

• Strong Excel skills, including comfort building and navigating complex financial models; VBA or Python skills a plus.

• Experience preparing transaction materials and conducting due diligence.

• Familiarity with capital markets instruments used in clean infrastructure (term loans, private credit, structured debt, project-level financing, etc.)

• Exposure to tax equity underwriting a plus.

• Experience in a transaction-focused environment with client interaction responsibility is a plus.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

• Self-directed, highly organized, and detail-oriented.

• Comfortable adopting new technology platforms and integrating AI tools into daily workflows.

• FINRA SIE, Series 79, and 63, or willingness to obtain them under Crux's broker-dealer sponsorship.

   

What we bring

• Backing, traction & brand:

  • We have raised $77 million in capital from some of the best venture and strategic investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Ardent Venture Partners, Pattern, Clearway, EDFR, Intersect, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.

  • Have been profitable and are growing exponentially

• Culture & working dynamic

  • Remote-first operating model: Work from anywhere in the US and Canada, or work out of our optional offices in DC, NYC, & SF. Optional co-working opportunities with co-workers in, Seattle, Denver, Boston, LA, and beyond.

• Benefits

  • Healthcare: We cover 100% of premiums for employees with a variety of plans on Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) and subsidize 80% for dependents (total as a group), if relevant.

  • Family forming & fertility support

  • Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.

  • Paid time off: 20 days per year.

  • 401k: account fees supported by Crux.

• Compensation:

  • Compensation: $150,000s - $200,000s, depending on years of exp. & revenue scope, not inclusive of equity value.

  • Stock options in a rapidly growing company.

• Values

  • Care for each other: We want to work on a team where people support each other - in their growth, in their work, and towards our shared mission. When we do that, we have fun.