AVP/VP Infrastructure & Project Finance
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
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
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
Base compensation $150,000, bonus 30% - 60%. Contact Lauren Van Manen Quote job ref JN-102026-7127223