Associate Project Risk & Credit Solutions

As an Associate in the Project Risk & Credit Solutions team at Sustainability Economics, your role will involve focusing on risk mitigation strategies, credit enhancement mechanisms, and bankability improvements for large-scale infrastructure projects such as AI data centers, clean energy, and sustainable infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing and implementing solutions like guarantees, insurance wraps, blended finance, securitization, and innovative credit structures to attract investors and lenders into projects. Your key tasks and accountabilities will include: - Identifying and analyzing risks across the project lifecycle including construction, operational, market, offtake, and regulatory risks. - Proposing and structuring credit enhancement mechanisms such as guarantees, insurance covers, liquidity facilities, or subordinated tranches. - Understanding all stakeholders involved in the issuance of instruments and analyzing potential risks associated with specific instruments issuance. - Designing structures to improve creditworthiness and rating of project vehicles. - Evaluating blended finance opportunities like concessional capital, guarantees, and green bonds. - Conducting stress testing and scenario modeling to measure the impact of risk mitigants. - Evaluating and interpreting credit ratings from major agencies and understanding their impact on investment decisions. Qualifications required for this role include: - Bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, Law, or Engineering; MBA, CFA, or FRM preferred. - 4-8 years of experience in project finance, credit risk, structured finance, or infrastructure advisory. - Climate-specific financial instruments knowledge is a plus. - Familiarity with credit enhancement tools such as guarantees, wraps, insurance, and blended finance. - Prior exposure to energy, infrastructure, or data center projects desirable. - Strong financial modeling and risk analysis capabilities. Skills that will be beneficial for this role include: - Understanding of credit risk modeling and expertise in credit risk assessment. - Knowledge of international financing structures and capital markets. As part of our team at Sustainability Economics, you can expect a flat hierarchy, ESOPs, group medical coverage, and a gender-neutral parental, marriage, and compassionate leave policy. If you are a self-motivated team player with excellent time management skills and a passion for sustainability, we welcome you to join us in our pursuit for sustainability!,