Manager, Advisory (Project Finance & Commercial)

AECOM•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

AECOM Advisory is seeking a Manager to support its global Advisory business, with a focus on commercial infrastructure advisory engagements. The role develops, leads, and manages client engagements, advising public- and private-sector clients across the infrastructure and built-environment value chain. Work may include project feasibility and investment decision support, procurement strategy, commercial structuring, transaction execution, and delivery support. Example engagements include public-private partnership procurements, affordable housing procurement, capital-program funding and financing strategies, and commercial and financial due diligence for infrastructure projects. The Manager builds client relationships, manages engagement delivery and stakeholder input, adapts analytical approaches to client needs, and oversees teams of Consultants and Senior Consultants across interdependent workstreams. The role may advise on project funding, financing, and delivery strategies; develop and review business cases, feasibility studies, value-for-money analyses, and economic cost-benefit analyses; build blended funding plans and finance models; support procurements and transactions through financial close; and advise on commercial structures and risk allocation. The Manager also contributes to business development through proposal support, pitch materials, and client research. The position is part of a collaborative, global consulting team and offers opportunities to coach junior colleagues and contribute to work intended to address complex infrastructure and community challenges. Recruitment is for Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Austin, or Chicago. Newly hired employees must attend in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office. Sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 5 years of commercial advisory, project finance, management consulting, project development, or similar experience.
Strong interpersonal skills, a client-service mindset, and ability to act as a trusted adviser.
Ability to collaborate with internal teams across geographies and business lines.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, remain poised under pressure, and respond to iterative feedback.
Self-directed, anticipatory, and responsive approach to work.
Outstanding attention to detail.
Exceptional numerical reasoning and quantitative skills.
Strong analytical, logical-reasoning, and structured problem-solving skills, including ability to address ambiguous problems and process large volumes of client information.
Strong commercial acumen and informed point of view, with interest in enterprise challenges and understanding of client industries and contexts.
Strong verbal communication and narrative-development skills, including ability to convey insights to C-suite and senior-management audiences.
Collegial team-player able to work in a small, diverse consulting team.

Nice To Haves

MBA or another master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Management, Management Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
Financial-modelling and investment-appraisal experience, including Excel-based models, cash-flow analysis, sources and uses of funds, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and assessing infrastructure-project feasibility.
Ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative risk assessments for complex infrastructure budgets and schedules using Monte Carlo simulations, Reference Class Forecasting, or parametric modelling software such as @RISK.
Data-science analytical skills and familiarity with public datasets such as BLS, BEA, NAICS, ACS, and other geographically defined socioeconomic datasets.
Experience with geospatial datasets and software such as ArcGIS.
Domain expertise in Transit & Rail, Surface Transport, Water Infrastructure, Social Infrastructure, Ports, Real Estate, Energy & Utilities, or Digital Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Develop, lead, and manage client engagements throughout the engagement lifecycle, building client relationships and securing client buy-in.
Coordinate and manage input from regional leadership, Directors, Principals, Client Account Managers, and technical experts, identifying delivery choices, considerations, and risks related to scope, client satisfaction, and commercial constraints.
Tailor established analytical frameworks and methodologies to client needs and, with leadership, develop new approaches for novel client challenges.
Advise clients on funding, financing, and delivery strategies for capital projects and programs, including P3/PPP, concessions, and alternative delivery.
Build and review financial cases for projects, including business cases, feasibility studies, value-for-money analyses, and economic cost-benefit comparisons of delivery options.
Develop blended funding and financing plans combining public and private sources, such as grants and loans, municipal debt, availability payments, revenue concessions, and private equity.
Build and run project finance, corporate finance, and asset models, including scenario and sensitivity analyses.
Support procurement and transactions through financial close, including procurement strategy, RFQ and RFP documents, market soundings, bid and developer-proposal evaluations, and negotiation support.
Advise on commercial structuring and risk allocation in project agreements in collaboration with legal, technical, tax, and valuation specialists.
Write and own the quality of memos, reports, board and executive presentations, and financial analyses.
Outline, supervise, and quality-control delivery teams of 2–5 Consultants and Senior Consultants across multiple interdependent workstreams.
Coach and mentor junior staff in core consulting skills.
Support Capture Managers with proposal responses, including narrative and technical-solution development, pricing, team definition, subcontractor engagement, internal risk review, and compliance procedures.
Create pitch decks and define AECOM Advisory’s value proposition.
Research client contexts and apply commercial judgment to client needs and budgetary requirements.