Intern – Project Finance AMEA Power 2026-04-20T12:28:02+00:00
Intern – Project Finance
Position Intern – Project Finance
Reporting to Director – Project Finance
Location Dubai, U.A.E.
Position Purpose
Support the Project Finance team in financing activities, financial modeling, and structuring investment opportunities while gaining practical experience in project finance.
Responsibilities
Support the financing for AMEA’s projects
- Build knowledge of market trends and lender appetites for relevant project types and locations
- Learn and assist market sounding and debt raising processes in respect of projects pursued
- Learn and assist the due diligence requirements and approval process by banks
- Learn and assist financial modeling and analytical support for discussions with various stakeholders: Internal (e.g. work streams, Executive Management Team); and External (e.g. co-developers/shareholders and Lenders).
- Learn and understand the contractual framework used in renewable energy non-recourse project transactions
- Learn and understand the key taxation principles applicable to international project finance transactions
Assist in analysis and structuring of projects
- Assist in structuring financial model and documentation to satisfy investors and lenders
- Assist in managing external advisors and consultants for due diligence
- Learn and understand financial optimization in tariff setting exercises
- Contribute to risk analysis of prospective and current projects
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
- Understanding of the financing principles and lending arrangements
- Plus: relevant work experience (multinational organization / major bank / power developer / established advisory)
- Plus: Understanding of the various power generation technologies / water desalination
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, finance, engineering or a related subject
- Plus: Any CFA training or certification, any financial modelling training or certification.
Technical Skills
- MS Excel – advanced
- Financial Modeling – intermediate
- MS Office Suite – expert
- Must: can demonstrate the ability to model budgets and forward-looking projections in Excel
- Must: ability to put together quickly a presentation in PowerPoint and a Memo in Word
- High level of presentation and argumentation skills
- Plus: VBA / Power BI experience and skills
- Languages
English – fluent spoken/written at a professional level
French – Preferred