Director, Tax Equity Capital

Company Description

Palmetto is a consumer energy platform that provides homeowners with a single destination to discover, purchase, finance, install, monitor and manage home energy products and services. By offering one integrated platform across solar, battery storage, HVAC, heat pumps and more, Palmetto helps homeowners make home energy more affordable, reliable and accessible. Today Palmetto serves hundreds of thousands of homeowners, across 30+ states, building the operating infrastructure for the consumer energy transition, one home at a time.

Our employees are our most valuable resource. We foster a promote-from-within culture that prioritizes talent development, career growth, and purpose-driven work. Palmetto offers a comprehensive benefits package—including unlimited PTO, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, retirement plans, and more—so you can have it all both personally and professionally. Palmetto prioritizes people, planet, and profit—backed by a culture that values collaboration, impact, and balance. Join us in building a brighter, cleaner world.

Location

This position will be based in New York City.

Reporting

This position will report to the President, Palmetto Capital Markets.

Summary of Role 

The Director / VP will be responsible for leading capital markets activities spanning across capital raising and execution, with a primary focus on the origination, structuring, and execution of tax equity and other tax-efficient financing vehicles. This includes managing key tax equity investor, banking, and other financing  relationships, as well as overseeing the modeling work to support the advancement of the opportunities.  The Director / VP and their team will negotiate with banks and other financiers for all asset-related capital transactions for Palmetto.  The role will be a key member of the LightReach leadership team and help develop the in-house capital markets expertise and awareness across the organization.

Strategic & Tactical

• Lead the origination, structuring, negotiation, and execution of tax equity, transactions and other tax-efficient financing vehicles with external stakeholders
• Develop and nurture relationships with tax equity investors and identify new sources of tax equity capital
• Oversee the development and execution of Excel financial models to support tax equity transactions and other capital funding activities
• Execute tax equity and financing transactions from initial investor engagement through  negotiations, document review, due diligence, and closing
• Oversee reporting associated with Palmetto Finance to key financial stakeholders