How to apply for Vice President, Capital Markets

About Pivot Energy

Pivot Energy develops solar and storage projects to accelerate the clean energy transition. The company focuses on decarbonization through project development and financing. This role sits at the center of funding those projects.

About the role

The Vice President, Capital Markets leads capital formation strategy, origination, and execution for tax equity, preferred equity, and debt facilities. You will manage the Capital Markets team, negotiate transaction documents, and build scalable processes. You will partner with the VP of Project Finance, VP of Corporate Finance, and the CFO on broader financing strategy.

A typical day

A typical day may involve negotiating transaction documents with counsel and advisors, meeting with capital sources to originate new facilities, and reviewing workflows with the Capital Markets team. You will also coordinate with the VP of Project Finance, VP of Corporate Finance, and the CFO on financing strategy. Travel to build and maintain relationships with capital providers is expected regularly.

Who Pivot Energy is looking for

• Has led origination and closing of tax equity, preferred equity, and debt facilities for solar or storage projects.
• Has managed and mentored a capital markets or project finance team.
• Is experienced negotiating legal and operative transaction documents with counsel and advisors.
• Can build and refine workflows that make capital origination scale efficiently and responsibly.

Tips for this application

• Quantify your deal experience: total capital raised, number of tax equity and debt closings, and typical deal sizes for solar or storage projects.
• Name the specific capital sources you have originated from (tax equity investors, preferred equity providers, lenders) and the types of facilities (development loans, construction facilities).
• Show team leadership: describe how you mentored capital markets team members and improved their technical and leadership skills.
• Explain how you streamlined reporting requirements or execution efficiency in past transactions, since the role calls for scalable processes.
• Note your willingness to travel regularly for relationship building and maintenance, as the job description states this expectation.

What to cover in your cover letter

1. Your track record originating and closing tax equity, preferred equity, and debt facilities for solar and storage projects. 2. Experience negotiating legal and operative transaction documents with counsel and advisors. 3. How you have managed and mentored a capital markets team while building scalable processes. 4. Your ability to partner with project finance, corporate finance, and CFO-level leaders on financing strategy.

Research before applying

• Pivot Energy's current project pipeline and the types of solar and storage projects they finance.
• The company's existing capital sources and any publicly announced tax equity, preferred equity, or debt facilities.
• Recent solar and storage financing trends, including tax equity market terms and preferred equity structures.
• Pivot Energy's leadership team, especially the CFO, VP of Project Finance, and VP of Corporate Finance, to understand how capital markets fits into the organization.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk us through a tax equity or preferred equity transaction you originated and closed from start to finish.
• How do you negotiate legal and operative documents to maximize commercial impact and streamline reporting requirements?
• Describe how you have mentored capital markets team members and developed their technical and leadership skills.
• What processes have you built to make capital origination scale efficiently and responsibly?
• How would you partner with the VP of Project Finance, VP of Corporate Finance, and the CFO on a long-term financing strategy?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Listing deal experience without specifying the capital type (tax equity, preferred equity, debt) or facility (development loan, construction facility).
• Focusing only on execution and ignoring origination, relationship building, and team mentorship, which are core to this role.
• Claiming you can build scalable processes without giving concrete examples of workflows you refined or reporting requirements you streamlined.