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Associate, Project Finance & Portfolio Management
Alcazar Energy Partners
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Mid
Onsite
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Project FinanceFinancial ModelingExcelDSCR AnalysisDebt Service AdministrationCompliance Monitoring
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About the Role
Alcazar Energy Partners seeks an Associate to manage the firm's portfolio of project-financed renewable energy assets post-financial close. The role involves borrower-side administration, compliance monitoring, financial modeling, and lender reporting.
Key Skills for This Role
Project FinanceFinancial ModelingExcelDSCR AnalysisDebt Service AdministrationCompliance Monitoring
Responsibilities
- Own day to day borrower side administration of the firm's project financed SPVs from financial close through construction and into operations.
- Track and manage conditions subsequent, ongoing reporting obligations and information covenants across financing documents.
- Build and maintain CP and CS trackers, gather and package evidence, and drive satisfaction of conditions.
- Prepare and submit utilisation requests, supporting documentation packs, and manage project accounts waterfall.
- Calculate forward and backward looking DSCRs, LLCRs and other lender defined ratios; monitor covenant headroom.
- Coordinate interest rate fixings, EURIBOR/SOFR resets, interest and principal payments, swap settlements.
- Prepare periodic operational and financial reports for lenders and manage day to day lender relationships.
- Work with technical, commercial and ESG colleagues to track project KPIs against base case and lender requirements.
- Keep in life project models current with actuals and updated assumptions; produce forecasts for reporting.
- Review and challenge lender, model auditor and counterparty model outputs for material errors.
- Manage inputs to and outputs from external advisors (LTA, Independent Engineer, insurance adviser, etc.).
- Support refinancings, repricings, top ups and amendment and restatement processes from sponsor side.
Requirements
- 3–6 years of project finance experience, with at least 2–3 years at a developer, IPP, infrastructure fund or sponsor.
- Demonstrable experience administering live project financed SPVs end to end — drawdowns, lender reporting, waivers, consents, CP/CS, debt service, account waterfalls.
- Advanced Excel and strong hands on project finance modelling skills.
- Working knowledge of project finance documentation — CTAs, facility agreements, accounts agreements, intercreditor and security sharing arrangements, hedging documentation, and principal project documents.
- Numerate and accounting literate, with ability to translate technical financial analysis into clear communication.
- Comfortable managing multiple live workstreams in parallel under time pressure.
- A practical, hands on disposition.
- Direct experience of DFI lending practice (IFC, EBRD and similar) is a strong advantage.
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Position Overview
- The Project Finance Portfolio Management Associate sits within the PF team and supports active management of the firm's portfolio of project financed assets post financial close.
- Day to day portfolio oversight of debt financed renewable energy projects is the core of the role, supported by applied financial modelling and analysis.
Responsibilities
- Own day to day borrower side administration of the firm's project financed SPVs from financial close through construction and into operations.
- Compliance monitoring: tracking and managing conditions subsequent, ongoing reporting obligations and information covenants across financing documents.
- CP/CS management: building and maintaining CP and CS trackers, gathering and packaging evidence, driving satisfaction of conditions.
- Drawdown and waterfall administration: preparing and submitting utilisation requests, supporting documentation packs, managing project accounts waterfall.
- DSCR and lock up monitoring: calculating forward and backward looking DSCRs, LLCRs and other lender defined ratios, tracking headroom to distribution lock up triggers.
- Debt service and hedging administration: coordinating interest rate fixings, EURIBOR/SOFR resets, interest and principal payments, swap settlements.
- Lender reporting and engagement: preparing periodic operational and financial reports, managing day to day lender relationships, supporting annual budgets and operating plans.
- Asset management interface: working with technical, commercial and ESG colleagues to track project KPIs against base case and lender requirements.
- Model maintenance and analysis: keeping in life project models current, producing forecasts for board, lender and investor reporting, running DSCR and scenario analysis.
- Model review and governance: reviewing and challenging lender, model auditor and counterparty model outputs, maintaining version control.
- External advisor coordination: managing inputs to and outputs from LTA, Independent Engineer, insurance adviser, model auditor, lender legal counsel and accounts bank.
- Refinancing, amendments and waivers: running selective refinancings, repricings, top ups and amendment and restatement processes from sponsor side.
Qualifications and Skills
- 3–6 years of project finance experience, with at least 2–3 years at a developer, IPP, infrastructure fund or sponsor.
- Demonstrable experience administering live project financed SPVs end to end.
- Advanced Excel and strong hands on project finance modelling skills.
- Working knowledge of project finance documentation.
- Direct experience of DFI lending practice (IFC, EBRD and similar) is a strong advantage.
- Numerate and accounting literate, with ability to translate technical financial analysis into clear communication.
- Comfortable managing multiple live workstreams in parallel under time pressure.
- A practical, hands on disposition.
Relationship Management
- The Associate reports to the Associate Partner/Partner within the PF/Investment team and works in close collaboration with the wider investment, asset management, finance and ESG teams.
- The role offers direct exposure to senior management, lenders and external advisors, and a clear development path into more senior portfolio management and structuring roles.
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