Business Development Associate

Core responsibilities:

• Manage greenfielding/site origination efforts and lead weekly greenfielding calls
• Support day-to-day business development activities including lead generation, screening, and outreach
• Maintain CRM data and perform account administration
• Develop financial models and cost estimates for early-stage project evaluation
• Conduct initial site assessments and evaluate utility policies, tariffs, and rate schedules

This role contributes to building the clean energy economy of the future in a responsible manner that creates high quality jobs and enhances communities through the development of sustainable solar PV systems and energy storage projects.

Required skills and experience:

• Demonstrated experience/education in Finance, Business, Engineering, Math, Economics or other quantitative field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate complex concepts
• Experience with GIS tools (ArcGIS, ESRI, Google Earth Pro) and Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of solar programs and policies across U.S. state markets
• Experience in project finance, financial modeling, or renewable energy finance

Compensation and perks:

• Complete, high quality medical benefits with flex time options for child/family care
• 100% of health-care premiums funded by Encore
• Flexible work schedules with remote work opportunities
• Attractive paid-time off policy with 11 paid holidays
• One paid volunteer day each fiscal quarter
• 401k profit sharing and employee equity participation program
• Continuing education and tuition assistance

Encore Renewable Energy is a leading integrated clean energy services company focused on developing, building, owning and operating sustainable, high return community-scale solar PV systems, large scale energy storage applications, and redeveloping underutilized property.