Analyst, Finance

Caturus Management Services • Houston, TX

78d

About The Position

This individual will join a small, highly visible financing team responsible for arranging and executing project finance debt and construction equity. This capital is critical to the success of the business and will enable the construction of Commonwealth’s LNG export terminal. This role will be involved in financial modeling, data room and diligence management, and coordination of the overall financing process. The Analyst, Finance will report to the VP, Finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or similar degree.
• 2+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in investment banking or project financing required
• Prior experience building new models from scratch
• Modeling debt, proforma projections, financial statements, and valuations in Excel
• Model various equity structures including equity waterfall
• Establish and review of virtual data rooms
• Creation of debt and/or equity offering memos
• Investment / credit memos etc.
• Experience reviewing and commenting on energy and financing related documentation, including: Loan documentation, partnership agreements, sale and purchase agreements, commodity purchase agreements (e.g. power, LNG etc.), equity contribution agreements, etc.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously and proactively manage workload by seeking additional support as needed.
• Presentable to external investors, bankers, and executive leadership with the ability to speak extemporaneously about familiar topics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a propensity for attention to detail and ability to work in a time-conscious and time effective manner with minimal supervision.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders at various levels within and external to the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge/Experience with set-up and maintenance of financing and/or M&A transaction processes
• Familiarity with the energy industry, industry themes, trends and drivers of LNG sector.
• Preference for some direct LNG experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating, modifying and manipulating Excel models to inform company leadership decisions, financial advisors, sensitivity testing, and presentations to third parties.
• Conduct monthly review and analysis of assigned projects to determine if there are any budgetary risks.
• Perform detailed financial analysis and cash flow modeling of the projects.
• Responsible for reviews of draft documentation and reports.
• Conduct due diligence flows to lenders consultants, bankers, lawyers, technical teams.
• Work closely with leadership, staff and advisors to summarize and present complex qualitative and financial information into materials for investors, lenders and the executive team to make decisions.
• Will help review documents and models to assist in identification of commercial considerations and contribute their financial and technical acumen.
• Analyze project data to produce standard and ad-hoc reports
• Responsible for FP&A, including budgeting and forecasting to manage capital draws from banks and investors, and overall corporate liquidity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level