Senior Credit Analyst - Market Intelligence

• Data & Database Management: design, manage, and oversee Crux's database of energy projects, capital markets transactions, and financing structures.
• Credit & Financial Analysis: Strategize at a high level around trends driving project-level financing, including credit profiles, debt structures, and tax credit transactions.
• Market Intelligence: Track trends in energy project finance, capital markets, and credit activity to inform Crux's internal strategy and external reporting.
• Analytical Support: Deliver rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis to support customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with product, research, and customer success teams to ensure data integrity and analytic rigor across outputs.

By connecting counterparties, providing market intelligence, and streamlining transactions, Crux unlocks faster decision-making, lower cost of capital, and accelerated investment in clean energy and manufacturing projects, supercharging the clean economy.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, engineering, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 7–9 years of relevant professional experience in credit analysis, project finance, infrastructure investing, energy banking, or structured finance.
• Demonstrated expertise in evaluating project or corporate credit risk, including proficiency in cash flow modeling, capital structure assessment, and covenant analysis.
• Strong understanding of energy markets, project finance structures, and policy-driven investment frameworks (e.g., tax equity, debt, and credit enhancements).
• Proven ability to develop and maintain complex financial models; proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with experience in SQL, Tableau, or other business intelligence tools strongly preferred.
• Exceptional attention to analytical rigor and data accuracy, with a track record of managing large datasets and synthesizing insights for senior audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience preparing credit memos, investor briefings, or market analyses.
• Highly self-directed, with strong organizational and project management skills; capable of operating independently in a fast-paced, data-driven environment while collaborating across functions.
• Deep intellectual curiosity about capital markets, risk, and the energy transition, with the ability to translate complex financial and technical detail into actionable insight.

• Healthcare: We cover 100% of premiums for employees with a variety of plans on Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) and subsidize 70% for dependents (total as a group), if relevant.
• Dental & vision: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and 50% for dependents (each), if relevant.
• Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.
• Paid time off: 20 days per year.
• 401k: We support a 401k account but don't have a matching program set up at this time (typical for an early-stage startup).
• Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Base Compensation: $175,000 - $200,000, not inclusive of equity value.
• Company wide bonus tied to revenue goals, typically between $15,000 - $30,000.
• Stock options in a rapidly growing company.
• Remote-first operating model: Work from anywhere in the US and Canada, or work out of our optional offices in DC (open), NYC (opening Q1'26). Optional co-working opportunities with co-workers in Bay Area, Seattle, Denver, Boston, LA, and beyond.
• High growth & high ownership culture: We grow quickly by giving extremely talented people a lot of responsibility.
• Best of financial services & technology: We have brought together a team that are experts in clean energy finance, and the best technologies. Use your expertise while getting to be on the cutting edge of applying AI to your day and your clients' experience.
• Regular team offsites: We sustain culture by bringing the entire company together 3 times a year. Individual teams may also meet up more frequently.

Crux is the capital markets platform changing the way clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed in the US. Crux's platform, market intelligence, and expert team help developers and manufacturers unlock financing through all stages of project development and operation.