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About the Role

This role is responsible for the structuring, underwriting, and negotiation of tax credit insurance solutions covering renewable energy investment tax credits. The Underwriter will serve as a key point of contact for brokers and tax advisors, managing submissions from intake through bind with a high standard of technical rigor and execution quality.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and evaluate tax credit insurance submissions, including review of tax counsel opinions, memoranda, project documentation, ownership and transfer structures, and diligence reports.
• Assess and underwrite renewable energy tax credit risks, including qualification, transferability, recapture exposure, and basis risk.
• Review and understand the client's motivation for procuring coverage, the role insurance plays in the transaction, and the coverage structure required to support deal execution.
• Prepare and negotiate non-binding indication letters, policy terms, binders, and endorsements in coordination with our carrier partner.
• Participate in underwriting conference calls and manage deal timelines with brokers, tax advisors, and transaction counsel.
• Perform independent tax research to assess novel or complex risk positions and present findings and conclusions to senior underwriters and management.
• Manage the underwriting process from submission through bind, including selection of and coordination with outside tax counsel where applicable.
• Contribute to the development and ongoing refinement of underwriting guidelines, submission criteria, and pricing benchmarks.
• Adopt a highly customer-focused approach to origination, working with transactional liability brokers, tax equity investors, and tax credit transfer marketplaces.
• Engage in cross-functional interactions with senior management, data scientists, and underwriting support staff.
• Collaborate with a team of experienced renewable energy veterans committed to solving a critical bottleneck that is holding back the adoption of renewable energy.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of renewable energy tax credits and the structures used to monetize them, such as partnership flips, sale-leasebacks, and direct transfers.
• Experience evaluating tax risk in M&A, tax equity, or tax credit transfer transactions.
• Ability to translate risk judgment into clear, defensible underwriting decisions.
• Ability to negotiate policy language, indication letters, and binder agreements with commercially and legally sophisticated counterparties.
• Ability to quickly synthesize large volumes of information and develop a thesis.
• Ability to clearly articulate proposals with supporting data.
• Bias towards action and willingness to take initiative in a startup-like environment.
• Ability to independently lead and manage projects.
• Experience working with outside parties and/or brokers to foster mutually beneficial relationships and build a book of business.
• Willingness to travel to meet with brokers, carriers, renewable industry leaders, stakeholders, and team members.

Skills

• Tax expertise
• Underwriting
• Deal experience
• Negotiation
• Critical thinking
• Operational capability
• Self-starter
• Relationship management

Location

• Remote
• Los Angeles, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• West Hartford, CT
• Miami, FL
• Atlanta, GA
• Chicago, IL
• Boston, MA
• New York City, NY
• Philadelphia, PA
• Addison, TX
• Houston, TX

Work Type

• Remote
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• JD, CPA, or LLM is a plus

Salary/Compensations

• $180,000 - $250,000 per year + annual target bonus

About the Company

• kWh Analytics is insuring the energy transition by underwriting property insurance and revenue firming products for renewable energy assets.
• Our proprietary database of 300,000+ zero-carbon projects and $150B in loss data supports advanced modeling, insights, and precise risk assessment for renewable energy, mixed energy, and low-carbon projects.
• In March 2026, Beazley, a leading specialty insurer, agreed to acquire kWh Analytics.
• Beazley believes that the global energy transition is a significant strategic growth opportunity and is focused on underwriting the complex risks that will enable the transition.
• kWh Analytics will add scalability and enhance Beazley’s capabilities in modelling, underwriting and risk management across renewable energy portfolios.

Equal Opportunity

• kWh Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees.