Role Overview
Responsible for optimizing the company's capital structure and managing the full debt lifecycle at both corporate and project levels.
Key Responsibilities
Capital Structure & Funding Strategy
- Develop and execute optimal funding strategies aligned with corporate and project-level capital requirements.
- Lead funding execution, including corporate bond issuances, private placements, and syndicated or bilateral bank loans.
- Manage long-term liquidity planning to ensure sufficient funding capacity for investments, operations, and debt servicing.
- Proactively identify refinancing opportunities to lower funding costs and extend debt maturity profiles.
Project Finance & Structured Financing
- Structure project financing through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), ensuring non-recourse or limited-recourse financing to protect the parent company's balance sheet.
- Develop and maintain detailed project finance models, including cash flow forecasts and key metrics such as DSCR, LLCR, and Project IRR.
- Support negotiation of key project agreements (EPC, O&M, Offtake/PPA) to ensure appropriate risk allocation among sponsors, contractors, and lenders.
- Manage loan drawdowns in line with construction milestones, CapEx schedules, and financing conditions precedent.
Risk Management & Hedging
- Design and execute interest rate hedging strategies (e.g., Interest Rate Swaps) to manage exposure to floating-rate debt.
- Manage foreign exchange risk for projects with currency mismatches between revenues, debt, and capital expenditures.
- Monitor market conditions and funding benchmarks (e.g., THOR, SOFR) to support informed hedging and funding decisions.
Compliance, Covenants & Lender Management
- Monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with financial covenants, including LTV, Debt-to-Equity, DSCR, and Interest Coverage ratios.
- Act as the primary point of contact for lenders, banks, and financial institutions.
- Prepare and submit compliance certificates, lender reports, and periodic operational and financial updates.
- Support audits, lender reviews, and financing-related approvals.
Qualifications & Skills
- Advanced financial modeling skills, including DCF and full-scale project finance models.
- Strong understanding of loan documentation and financing structures, including LMA-standard agreements.
- Proficiency in Bloomberg, Refinitiv, or similar platforms for market data, pricing, and interest rate benchmarks.
- 510 years of relevant experience in Investment Banking, Project Finance, Corporate Treasury, or Infrastructure Finance.
- Experience in capital-intensive industries such as infrastructure, energy, utilities, or data centers is highly preferred.
- CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and/or FRM (Financial Risk Manager).
