Project Finance Associate
$104,000–$104,000 year
On-siteSan Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Build, maintain, and stress-test project-level financial models across Antora's commercial development verticals. Own economic analysis and underwriting for an active pipeline, partnering with commercial, policy, strategy, and power-supply teams to standardize underwriting processes and ensure market learnings inform deal structuring. Develop templatized models and screening tools for early-stage evaluation, then train developers to use them effectively. Support the investment-committee process by providing structured financial guidance as projects mature from screening to signed term sheets, while contributing to capital-raise efforts to build repeatable financing facilities with preferred investors. Grow toward independently leading due diligence and negotiation on project financings. Requires 3+ years of project finance experience and onsite work in San Jose, CA.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in project finance, energy/infrastructure finance, infrastructure investing, or a development-side finance role
- Demonstrated mastery of project-level financial modeling; building models from scratch and using them to drive real decisions
- Strong grasp of how commercial contracts, offtake agreements, and financing structures shape project economics
- Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment full of innovative deals
- Excellent cross-functional communication; able to advise and enable non-finance partners
- A real passion for analytical and underwriting work; and the ability to teach it
- Work Location: Onsite - San Jose, CA
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience underwriting energy projects
- Background in or exposure to project development, giving you an operator's instinct for how deals actually come together
- Experience building analytical tools/templates adopted by non-finance teams
- International project experience
- Comfort designing or improving repeatable processes (e.g., investment-committee frameworks, underwriting standards)
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