Project Finance Manager - Execution

Terraformation

8d • $120,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Terraformationâ ms mission is to accelerate global forest restoration as a critical climate solution, enabling high-quality, large-scale, and financially sustainable projects worldwide. The Project Finance (PF) team plays a central role in enabling this mission by securing and structuring the capital needed to launch and scale restoration projects. The Project Finance Execution Manager will directly advance this mission by driving project and acquisition financings from term sheet through close, ensuring rigorous due diligence, effective risk allocation, and seamless coordination across internal experts and external partners. This role strengthens Terraformationâ ms ability to execute complex transactions efficiently while supporting the teamâ ms transition toward investor sales and long-term asset partnerships.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project finance experience, such as natural resources, power, renewable energy, forestry, or carbon.
• Execution experience of project finance transactions with limited supervision, including investor-facing responsibilities.
• Capable of building and/or interacting with financial models for analyzing and quantifying risk.
• Contract negotiation skills, including risk allocation across key project documents.
• High attention to detail, strong numeracy skills, and ability to thrive under deadline pressure during closings.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and ability to work across time zones and tight deal deadlines.
• Team player with a can-do attitude.
• Bachelorâ ms degree in a quantitative, financial, or technical discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at a project developer or project capital provider.
• Experience working on projects in Africa and/or Asia.
• MBA

Responsibilities

• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders as you lead the execution of project financing transactions from term sheet through closing, including due diligence, and document negotiation.
• Manage cross-functional collaboration with project developers, ecology and carbon teams, legal, tax, and other technical consultants to ensure transactions progress smoothly.
• Review and negotiate project finance transaction documents and project contracts to effectively assign risk and align stakeholders.
• Interact with and interpret the financial model to quantify project risks, and support contract negotiation positions.
• Coordinate closing processes, manage deadlines, and adapt to evolving deal parameters with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Build strong working relationships with counterparties, project partners, and potential investors.
• Collaborate with team members across time zones, including some irregular hours aligned with deal needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees