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Director Finance Structuring

Join Hanwha Energy USA in Houston as Director Finance Structuring. Lead complex financing for renewable energy projects, collaborating with executive teams to optimize capital and maximize returns. Benefit from a strategic leadership role in a growing clean energy company.

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US$190,000–210,000 /year

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Hanwha Energy USA is seeking an experienced Director, Finance Structuring to lead the development, negotiation, and execution of complex financing structures supporting the company's renewable energy, power, battery storage, energy infrastructure, and data center development platforms.

This strategic leadership role will partner closely with executive leadership, development, investments, legal, tax, and accounting teams to optimize capital structures, secure financing solutions, and maximize project returns across a growing portfolio of energy and infrastructure assets.

The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All duties will be assigned in accordance with applicable laws and company policies.

Responsibilities

Financing Strategy & Execution

  • Lead the structuring and execution of project financings, corporate financings, tax equity investments, debt facilities, and strategic capital transactions.
  • Develop and evaluate financing alternatives to support project development and growth objectives.
  • Lead negotiations with lenders, tax equity investors, institutional investors, and strategic financing partners.
  • Project finance transaction execution through financial close.
  • Debt structuring and lender due diligence.
  • Project finance modeling, including debt sizing, sensitivity, and capital structure optimization
  • Financing documentation and negotiations.

Financial Structuring & Modeling

  • Oversee development of sophisticated financial models to support investment and financing decisions.
  • Evaluate project economics, capital deployment strategies, and risk-adjusted returns.
  • Optimize capital structures across a diverse portfolio of investments.
  • Lead scenario analyses and transaction structuring initiatives.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Serve as the primary finance structuring expert for executive leadership.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams including development, accounting, tax, legal, treasury, and external advisors.
  • Present financing recommendations to executive leadership and investment committees.
  • Mentor and develop finance structuring professionals.

Market Intelligence

  • Monitor debt, tax equity, and capital markets.
  • Maintain relationships with banks, infrastructure funds, tax equity investors, and institutional capital providers.
  • Identify innovative financing strategies to enhance project competitiveness and profitability.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in project finance, structured finance, investment banking, infrastructure finance, or corporate finance.
  • Demonstrated experience leading renewable energy or infrastructure financings.
  • Advanced financial modeling and transaction execution expertise.
  • Proven experience negotiating financing agreements and transaction documents.

Preferred

  • MBA, CFA, CPA, or related advanced credential.
  • Renewable energy, battery storage, power generation, or data center financing experience.
  • Significant experience with tax equity, debt financing, and project finance structures.
  • Experience leading teams and managing complex cross-functional initiatives.

Hanwha Energy USA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Pay & benefits

US$190,000–210,000 /yr

About this role

Posted
18 Aug 2026
Updated
18 Aug 2026
Job type
Full time
Workplace
On-site
Working hours
UTC-05:00
Experience
10+ years

About Hanwha Energy USA

Company Overview

Name

Hanwha Energy USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha Energy Corporation, part of the Hanwha Group

Headquarters

Houston, TX, United States

Founded

2017

Size

Approximately 500 employees in recent years (source: linkedin.com)

What They Do

Hanwha Energy USA serves as the U.S. investment and incubation arm of Hanwha Energy, focusing on renewable energy, energy-backed infrastructure, and emerging technologies across the full energy value chain. Their operations span utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) development, retail electricity services, gas power solutions, and data center energy infrastructure (source: hanwhaenergyusa.com). The company organizes its business into several lines including Hanwha Renewables for solar and BESS projects, Hanwha Data Centers providing integrated energy solutions for hyperscale and enterprise data centers, Chariot Energy offering retail electricity in deregulated markets, and Hanwha Gas Power Solutions for dispatchable generation (source: hanwhaenergyusa.com). Hanwha Energy USA has deep expertise in project development, financing, ownership, and operations & maintenance of utility-scale solar and storage assets, partnering with landowners, communities, and investors across North America (source: linkedin.com). Additionally, the company is expanding into natural gas generation and data center energy solutions, including hyperscaler-focused offerings on both sides of the meter (source: greenhouse.io).

Projects & Track Record

Hanwha Energy USA has signed nearly 2 GW of power purchase agreements and maintains a development pipeline exceeding 8 GW across the United States (source: linkedin.com). Their active solar projects span key states including California, Texas, Arizona, and New York, with notable milestones such as a 402 MW solar project in Nevada and divestiture of 1,661 MW of solar and energy storage projects in Nevada and Arizona (source: hanwha-energy.com, hanwha-energy.com). The Oberon 1A solar power plant in Texas exemplifies their U.S. solar presence (source: hanwha.com). On the storage front, Hanwha Energy USA holds a 5.7 GW energy storage system pipeline, advancing large-scale solar-plus-storage projects (source: hanwha-energy.com). Their retail-energy brand, Chariot Energy, actively serves customers in Texas and has partnerships such as being the official electricity provider of Sam Houston Race Park (source: news.hanwhaenergyusa.com).

Recent Developments

In January 2026, Hanwha Energy USA consolidated 174 Power Global and Hanwha Renewables into a unified development platform under the Hanwha Renewables name to accelerate utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects in the U.S., enhancing scale and technical capabilities while preserving existing partnerships (source: linkedin.com, linkedin.com). The company also announced plans to acquire a Texas gas-fired power generation facility, marking a strategic expansion into dispatchable generation (source: news.hanwhaenergyusa.com). Further, Hanwha Energy USA opened a Global O&M Remote Operation Center in Georgetown, Texas in May 2024, supporting operational excellence (source: hanwha-energy.com). Their 2026 hiring initiatives emphasize growth in natural gas generation and data center energy infrastructure, including hyperscaler solutions (source: greenhouse.io, greenhouse.io).

Working There

Hanwha Energy USA hires across a diverse range of roles including development, engineering, commodities, data science, operations, retail electricity, and data-center-related energy infrastructure (source: greenhouse.io, greenhouse.io). Positions such as data scientists focus on wholesale power and gas market analytics, forecasting, congestion analysis, and trading algorithms, while engineering leadership roles involve technical evaluation of new power plants, distributed energy systems for data centers, hydrogen facilities, and commercial and industrial customers (source: greenhouse.io, greenhouse.io). The company maintains active office locations in Houston, its headquarters and primary hiring base, and Irvine, California (source: hanwhaenergyusa.com, linkedin.com). Hanwha Energy USA’s culture blends traditional project development expertise with innovative platform-building around data centers and gas power, emphasizing technical depth, market analysis, engineering optimization, and cross-functional collaboration (source: greenhouse.io, greenhouse.io). Compensation ranges for senior technical roles include $140,000–$180,000 for data scientists and $190,000–$250,000 for senior engineering directors, reflecting competitive pay bands (source: greenhouse.io, greenhouse.io). The retail energy brand Chariot Energy highlights a consumer-focused culture with creative product structures, competitive pricing, and award-winning customer care (source: hanwhaenergyusa.com).

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