AVP-VP Project Finance Originations

Join a growing project finance platform with hands-on responsibility across origination, structuring, execution and credit. Work on complex infrastructure and energy transactions from initial underwriting and modelling through diligence, documentation, credit approval and financial close.

Client Details

Our client is a global commercial banking institution with an established track record financing infrastructure and energy assets internationally. The firm is continuing to expand its Americas infrastructure and project finance capabilities, with a focus on building a credible primary lending platform that can structure, underwrite, arrange and close transactions alongside leading sponsors and developers.

Description

The AVP/VP will join the Infrastructure & Project Finance team in New York and play a hands-on role originating and executing transactions across infrastructure, energy transition and adjacent real assets throughout the Americas.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the origination of new opportunities with sponsors, developers, infrastructure corporates and investors
• Structure, arrange, negotiate, document and close project finance transactions
• Own transaction execution workstreams including diligence, adviser coordination and issue resolution
• Build and maintain detailed project finance models, including sensitivities and downside scenarios
• Analyse sizing, covenant, reserve and broader structural considerations
• Lead technical, legal, insurance, tax and market diligence processes
• Prepare and defend credit submissions to internal committees
• Work closely with internal coverage, risk, legal, compliance and operations teams
• Coordinate with external advisers, lenders and other transaction counterparties
• Support pipeline development and broader sponsor coverage

Profile

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• 5-10 years of experience in project finance, structured finance or infrastructure lending/advisory
• Strong hands-on project finance modelling capabilities
• Experience across transaction structuring, underwriting, diligence and execution
• Strong understanding of credit, structural and documentation risks
• Ability to run sensitivities and downside cases and translate findings into financing decisions
• Experience preparing and presenting credit submissions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with the US project finance sponsor ecosystem and diligence process
• Exposure to capital markets, private placements or project bonds is advantageous
• Exposure to multilaterals, ECAs or public-sector counterparties is also beneficial

Job Offer

Base compensation $150,000, bonus 30% - 60%.

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