Associate - Data Centre (Project Finance Modelling/Deals)

Capital Executive Search; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Executive Search is assisting a global renewable energy developer to hire an Associate for the deals team in Sydney. The role focuses on owning and building project-level financial models, from feasibility to live financing and debt-raising processes.

You will evaluate project economics from a power-cost perspective, reflect funding sources, and ensure models are robust and auditable across teams including funding, development and FP&A.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in financial modelling teams or the investment team of a renewable energy developer.
• Strong financial modelling background – ideally project finance/greenfield development models, not just corporate or portfolio-level modelling.
• Some exposure to, or strong interest in, power and energy infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining project-level greenfield development models across a growing pipeline of infrastructure and data centre projects
• Evaluating project economics from a power cost perspective — understanding power generation and procurement costs and how they flow through returns
• Reflecting funding sources and capital drawdown/deployment timing within project models
• Keeping models deal-ready as projects move from feasibility into live financing and debt-raising processes
• Supporting the development team on feasibility-stage modelling inputs
• Working closely with the commercial team where model and contract assumptions intersect — full context provided
• Supporting the preparation of investment and reporting materials for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensuring models are well-structured and auditable for stakeholders across funding, commercial, development and FP&A

Skills

Financial modelling

Project finance

Power/energy infrastructure

Job description

Our client is a global developer and operator of renewable-powered data centre and infrastructure projects, growing an already large greenfield development pipeline across multiple markets.

They're looking for an Associate to join their deals team and take ownership of the financial models underpinning that pipeline. This is a modelling-heavy role from day one — every project needs its own project-level model, and you'll be building and maintaining these alongside the existing three-way corporate model (but not running the corporate model).

What you'll be doing:

• Building and maintaining project-level greenfield development models across a growing pipeline of infrastructure and data centre projects
• Evaluating project economics from a power cost perspective — understanding power generation and procurement costs and how they flow through returns
• Reflecting funding sources and capital drawdown/deployment timing within project models
• Keeping models deal-ready as projects move from feasibility into live financing and debt-raising processes
• Supporting the development team on feasibility-stage modelling inputs
• Working closely with the commercial team where model and contract assumptions intersect — full context provided
• Supporting the preparation of investment and reporting materials for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensuring models are well-structured and auditable for stakeholders across funding, commercial, development and FP&A

What we’re looking for:

• Likely 2-5 years of experience within financial modelling teams or the investment team of a renewable energy developer (building/adjusting PF models), an IB touching PF models.
• Strong financial modelling background — ideally project finance / greenfield development models, not just corporate or portfolio-level modelling
• Some exposure to, or strong interest in, power and energy infrastructure
• Working knowledge of capital structures — funding sources and how capital is drawn and deployed over a project's life — gained through project finance, infrastructure advisory, banking, or Big 4 PF advisory
• High attention to detail and comfortable owning a model end-to-end
• A collaborative style — you'll be working across funding, development and commercial teams as the role evolves