Project Finance Analyst

**Closing Date for Applications: Thursday 3rd November 2022**

Role Summary

As the State s financial advisor, the NDFA is responsible for providing financial advice to the public sector (including Government Departments, Local Authorities and State Agencies) undertaking major investment projects. The NDFA has a wide remit across multiple sectors and stakeholders including housing, climate action, education, health, transport, justice and communications.

The NDFA is seeking a suitable candidate for a project finance analyst role. The successful candidate will work with peers and senior colleagues engaged with public sector bodies providing financial and commercial advice to assist the delivery of major capital projects and programmes under various forms of delivery including Exchequer funded, PPPs, concessions, and joint ventures.

The successful candidate will also be expected to work on their own initiative in completing assignments and engaging with clients. It is therefore essential that the successful candidate has clearly demonstrated an ability to develop professional working relationships with clients to meet objectives and project delivery requirements. A track record in advisory and/or banking is desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Some of the key tasks the successful candidate will be required to perform include:

1. Project structuring and delivery: support senior colleagues as they assist clients on scoping and developing projects through the full project life cycle. This work may include determining project requirements and objectives, cost benefit / effectiveness evaluations, financial, commercial and risk assessments to inform project structure and delivery.
   
2. Financial modelling: prepare whole life financial models and develop payment mechanisms for infrastructure projects.
   
3. Contract development: support senior colleagues with the preparation of financial requirements for procurement/legal documentation for projects such as pre-qualification questionnaires and tender documents.
   
4. Funding market engagement: support senior colleagues in engaging with prospective capital market/ debt/equity funders for capital projects.
   
5. General advisory work: assist senior colleagues in general financial advisory and evaluation work on behalf of key stakeholders, including financial statement analysis, financial robustness assessments, market analysis and options analysis.
   
6. Reports/memoranda: research and prepare reports/memoranda for senior management on a wide variety of issues.
   

Requirements

Knowledge

• Third level degree.
  
• Chartered membership of relevant professional body or equivalent desirable.
  
• Have at least 3 years post graduate experience.
  
• Previous experience working in financial advisory and/or corporate finance and/or sustainable finance desirable.
  

Skills

• An effective communicator of complex messages (written and verbal).
  
• A positive team member with good interpersonal skills and an ability to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders.
  
• Highly organised with an ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, deal with conflicting agendas and meet deadlines.
  
• Excellent analytical skills, together with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  
• Advanced knowledge of excel and financial modelling desirable.
  
• An ability to develop professional working relationships with stakeholders.
  

Benefits

The client offers excellent benefits including:

• Flexible work options including hybrid working and variable work hours.
  
• An extensive wellbeing programme.
  
• Excellent learning and development opportunities that allow for full career development within the organisation.
  
• A diverse range of initiatives: LGBT+, Gender Matters, Disability Awareness, Sports & Social, Volunteering and lots more.
  
• Reimbursement of annual professional membership fees.
  
• Career Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.