Global Head, Structured Export & Project Finance

Alstom; Île-de-France; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global scope

Executive leadership

Strategic impact

Job summary

Alstom in Saint-Ouen is seeking a visionary Head of Structured Export and Project Finance to shape financing strategies for large mobility projects. You will lead the Structured finance function globally, overseeing project finance, export finance, and related risks.

You will build a high-performance team, manage relationships with ECAs, banks and DFIs, and negotiate with lenders and equity partners, while driving transformations and digitalization across geographies.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in finance, business, engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ years of leadership experience in structured project finance, including equity investment.
• Experience both in export finance and PPP is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to establish strong relationships with customers, financial stakeholders (ECA, banks, DFIs), policy makers, and internal business leaders and ability to lead negotiations with ECAs, IFIs, lenders, and equity partners
• Fluent in English and French, with strong strategic, communication and negotiation skills.
• Seasoned team leader, with an appetite for transformation and digitalization

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sound and innovative project financing strategies to support the business and our clients.
• Lead structuring and execution of export, project finance, and PPP deals through financial close, and oversee asset management.
• Lead risk management related to in particular to client creditworthiness and key financial contractual clauses linked to funding resilience – risk evaluation and trade, insurance instruments implementation.
• Provide structured, innovative, and pragmatic thought leadership externally and internally.
• Inspire and lead a team to deliver complex financing structures across multiple geographies.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Structured finance

Negotiation

Bilingual English/French

Risk management

Digitalization

Education

Postgraduate degree in finance, business, engineering or equivalent

Job description

Alstom in Saint-Ouen is seeking a visionary Head of Structured Export and Project Finance to shape financing strategies for large mobility projects. You will lead the Structured finance function globally, overseeing project finance, export finance, and related risks.

You will build a high-performance team, manage relationships with ECAs, banks and DFIs, and negotiate with lenders and equity partners, while driving transformations and digitalization across geographies.