How to apply for Analyst, Finance and Capital Markets - Battery Storage

About Plus Power

Plus Power is an energy storage market leader with a 10+ GW portfolio across more than 25 states. The company develops, finances, owns, and operates standalone battery storage projects that provide critical services to wholesale electric markets. It applies a data-driven approach to development and operations and focuses on solving hard climate problems profitably.

About the role

The Analyst, Finance and Capital Markets - Battery Storage will join the finance and capital markets team. The role supports the financing, ownership, and operation of standalone energy storage projects. This work directly enables the company's 10+ GW portfolio to reach financial close and serve wholesale electric markets.

A typical day

A typical day may involve updating financial models for storage projects, preparing materials for lenders or investors, and coordinating with development and operations teams. You might also analyze market data or support due diligence for a financing. The exact daily routine is not described in the job posting, so ask about team structure and typical tasks during the interview.

Who Plus Power is looking for

• Has experience in project finance, capital markets, or energy finance, ideally in renewable energy or battery storage.
• Can build and review financial models for energy projects, including tax equity, debt, and cash flow waterfalls.
• Understands wholesale electric markets and how standalone storage earns revenue.
• Works well in a remote, fast-moving team and takes ownership of mistakes in a culture of radical transparency.

Tips for this application

• Highlight any direct experience with battery storage, standalone storage, or renewable energy project finance in your resume.
• Quantify your financial modeling work: deal size, structure, and outcomes for energy or infrastructure projects.
• Mention Plus Power's 10+ GW portfolio and its focus on standalone storage in your cover letter to show you understand the company.
• Demonstrate familiarity with wholesale electric markets and how storage projects generate revenue.
• Use your application to show you can work remotely and independently, since the role is remote.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your specific experience financing or analyzing battery storage or renewable energy projects.', 'Your ability to build and interpret financial models for project finance or capital markets transactions.', 'How you have worked in a data-driven, transparent team environment and owned your mistakes.', "Why you want to work on standalone energy storage and Plus Power's 10+ GW portfolio."]

Research before applying

• Plus Power's project portfolio: which states, what size, and what stage of development or operation.
• The basics of standalone battery storage economics in wholesale markets, including ancillary services and capacity markets.
• Recent financing deals or capital raises by Plus Power or similar storage developers.
• Plus Power's stated values: radical transparency, owning mistakes, and internal partnering.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk through a financial model you built for an energy project. What were the key assumptions and outputs?
• How do standalone battery storage projects earn revenue in wholesale electric markets?
• Describe a time you made a mistake in a financial analysis. How did you handle it?
• What financing structures have you worked with (tax equity, debt, etc.) and how do they apply to storage?
• Why Plus Power and why this Analyst role on the finance and capital markets team?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Submitting a generic finance resume without showing any energy, storage, or project finance experience.
• Ignoring the remote nature of the role and not showing you can work independently.
• Failing to research Plus Power's specific portfolio or the standalone storage market, and asking basic questions that are answered on the company website.