# Senior Principal, Investments

**Company:** [Crux](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crux)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $300k – $500k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Tax Equity, Preferred Equity, Partnership Structures, Capital Accounts, Project Finance, Structured Finance, Infrastructure Investing, Financial Modeling, Solar, Wind, Energy Storage, Risk Management, Investment Committee, Irs Compliance, Artificial Intelligence
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Leads complex tax equity and preferred equity investments for clean energy and infrastructure projects, from structuring through closing. The role requires 10–12+ years of relevant investing or structured-finance experience, deep partnership-tax expertise, strong modeling and negotiation skills, and the ability to guide teams and Investment Committee decisions.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead execution of tax equity and preferred equity investments, including hybrid transactions, from term sheet through close.
- Identify, structure, price, document, and manage transaction risk.
- Serve as the technical authority on partnership structures, tax issues, and capital account basis matters, including DROs, basis, allocations, safe harbor, and recapture.
- Prepare and present opportunities to the Investment Committee for screening and final investment decisions.
- Lead negotiations with sponsors and capital partners.
- Review and pressure-test complex partnership and hybrid models, partnering with Legal, Tax, and Risk on key issues and IRS compliance.
- Help build institutional infrastructure for capital-partner underwriting of Crux as a GP.
- Mentor team members and promote AI-enabled workflows across the deal lifecycle.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Environmental Studies, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 10–12+ years of experience in renewable energy, structured finance, or infrastructure investing.
- Direct experience leading tax equity transactions, including hybrid structures.
- Expertise in partnership structures and tax and capital account basis issues.
- Experience across solar, wind, and storage technologies; emerging-category exposure is beneficial.
- Strong risk judgment, modeling, negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to lead Investment Committee discussions, guide a team, and resolve complex issues independently.
- Strong technology and AI capabilities, or a demonstrated ability to adopt them quickly.
- FINRA SIE, Series 79, and Series 63 licenses, or willingness to obtain them under broker-dealer sponsorship.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with partnership flips, T-flips, preferred equity, and sale-leaseback transactions.
- Prior experience at a bank, particularly in project finance, structured products, or leveraged finance, or at a developer or sponsor.
- MBA or another advanced degree.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation in the $300,000s to $500,000s+ depending on experience and revenue scope, excluding equity value.
- Stock options.
- Company-paid employee healthcare premiums; dependent subsidies available.
- Company-paid employee dental and vision premiums; dependent coverage subsidies available.
- 10 company holidays and 20 days of paid time off per year.
- 401(k) support.
- 16 weeks of parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Remote-first work model for employees in the US and Canada, with optional offices and coworking opportunities.

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