Project finance analyst

Key Responsibilities

Sales Operations & Project Modeling (Front End)

Build, update, and maintain project-level financial models in Excel for prospective and active development opportunities.

Run return simulations and sensitivity analyses (IRR, NPV, DSCR, payback) across varying assumptions for pricing, incentives, financing, and production.

Support the sales and origination process with pro formas, pricing scenarios, and deal summaries for internal review and client-facing materials.

Own deal file management—organize, name, version, and maintain project documentation, contracts, and supporting data in a consistent, auditable structure.

Prepare inputs and materials for investment and partner decision meetings.

Operational Asset Management (Back End)

Oversee a portfolio of operating assets, tracking production, availability, and financial performance against underwritten assumptions.

Produce recurring operational and financial reporting (monthly/quarterly) for internal stakeholders, partners, and investors.

Maintain support criteria—compliance checklists, warranty and O&M documentation, reporting calendars, and key performance thresholds.

Flag performance variances and support root-cause analysis and corrective actions with the operations team.

Feed real operating results back into the modeling assumptions used for future deals.

Cross-Functional & Support

Serve as a data and reporting resource across the project lifecycle, ensuring consistency between underwritten and actual figures.

Continuously improve model templates, file structures, and reporting workflows.

Support ad hoc analysis requests from the Managing Partner and deal team.

Required Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in financial analysis, project finance, sales operations, or asset management—ideally in energy, infrastructure, or real estate.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills (this is the core competency of the role): comfortable building models from scratch, structuring cash flows, and running scenario/sensitivity analyses.
• Strong command of financial metrics: IRR, NPV, DSCR, cash-on-cash, and payback.
• Meticulous file and data management habits; disciplined with version control and documentation.
• Exposure to clean energy, renewables, or power project development.
• Familiarity with tax incentives, PPAs, and project financing structures.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication for remote collaboration with a U.S.-based team.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field.
• Reliable home-office setup and willingness to overlap with U.S. business hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience preparing investor- or partner-facing reporting packages.
• Comfort with data/BI tools (Power BI, Google Sheets) and CRM or project-tracking systems.