Senior Associate, Project Finance

The role

The Senior Associate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to facilitate origination, structure contracts, and optimize project economics. They will execute complex capital financing transactions to support the company's execution.

What you will do

• Build and maintain detailed project-level and portfolio financial models
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses
• Support valuation of structured financing transactions
• Support execution of complex project finance transactions
• Prepare investment materials, term sheets, and presentation decks
• Conduct market and comparable analysis
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align financing structures
• Coordinate with FP&A to assess impact of project-level economics
• Support development of project pipelines and capital deployment strategies
• Interface with potential lenders, investors, and advisors

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in project finance, investment banking, private equity, or corporate finance
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling of levered non-recourse projects
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience with modeling tax equity partnership economics
• Familiarity with government-backed financing mechanisms, tax incentives, or DOE/loan guarantee programs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision plans
• Generous vacation policy
• Holidays

About the company

The Nuclear Company is an AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space. They use a design-once, build-many model to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy.