Project Finance Analyst

Valar Atomics • Hawthorne, CA

8h • $160,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Valar Atomics is developing a fleet of advanced nuclear reactors across the U.S. Project economics, including capital plans, EVM rollups, gate financial packages, and scenario models, are central to internal decision-making and external financing discussions. The Project Finance Analyst will be responsible for project economics and EVM analysis throughout the program, with a clear path to grow into the Project Finance Director role. This position involves partnering with Valar's Finance leadership on monthly cost reporting and gate financial packages, and collaborating with the Cost Estimator on capital plan inputs.

Requirements

• 5+ years in project finance, infrastructure finance, or corporate development with a project-economics focus.
• Demonstrated EVM rollup or capital-plan ownership.
• Strong financial modeling skills (capex, opex, financing structure, sensitivity).
• Track record producing executive-grade financial packages under tight deadlines.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

Nice To Haves

• Infrastructure project finance bank background (e.g., MUFG, BNP Paribas, Mizuho, SMBC, ING, Sumitomo energy desks).
• Sponsor-side background (e.g., Brookfield, Macquarie, KKR Infrastructure, Stonepeak, Global Infrastructure Partners, EQT Infrastructure).
• Project-finance-focused law firm alumni transitioning in-house.
• EPC project-finance team background.
• Director-track potential — comfort growing into PF Director in Phase 2.

Responsibilities

• Earned-value management and cost reporting: Build and maintain EVM rollups (CPI, SPI, ETC, EAC, variance analysis) at the WBS/cost-account level. Reconcile actuals against the AACE Class 3-5 estimate baseline. Produce monthly project cost reports with variance commentary, drivers, and action items. Maintain the cost coding structure (WBS/CBS) in coordination with the Project Manager and Project Controller.
• Capital planning and forecasting: Develop and maintain capital plan inputs across the FEL, construction, and COD phases. Run quarterly capital forecasts and cash-flow updates for the corporate plan. Build the long-range capital trajectory for multi-pod replication scenarios.
• Scenario modeling and financial structuring: Build scenario models for capex sensitivity, financing structure (debt/equity/DOE LPO/customer pre-funding), and offtake economics. Produce LCOE/unit-cost-of-energy outputs for executive and Board review. Support financing-readiness work, including model documentation, audit-trail discipline, and version control.
• Gate financial packages: Prepare gate financial packages for internal stage-gate reviews and external readouts. Lead financial sections of NRC ESP/COL filings and DOE program submittals related to capital cost and financial assurance. Coordinate with the Head of Regulatory Affairs on financial-assurance regulatory filings.
• Reporting cadence: Provide weekly project cost flashes, monthly project cost reports, quarterly capital forecast updates, and per-gate stage-gate financial packages.
• Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate with Cost Estimators on cost rollups and contingency methodology. Partner with ESM on offtake pricing models. Work with the Head of Regulatory Affairs on financial assurance and decommissioning funding. Coordinate with the Project Controller on cost-loaded schedule integration and EVM tooling.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
• Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders
• The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed