Senior Private Capital Engagement Leader – Infrastructure Finance

NABE; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT1 Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Business and Economics Principal to provide senior-level project-finance, infrastructure, energy, market, and investment analysis for the Navy’s private-capital engagement. The role supports DASN (DIB) and DON initiatives to strengthen shipyards, ports, and critical infrastructure through robust financial modeling and strategic insights.

The candidate must have a financial SME background, experience with complex financing, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, business, public policy, energy, infrastructure, operations, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in infrastructure finance, energy markets, project finance, industrial economics, management consulting, corporate strategy, capital-project development, infrastructure investment, or related fields.
• Demonstrated direct experience supporting or executing infrastructure financings, energy transactions, project financings, public-private partnerships, capital-project investments, facility-recapitalization efforts, or comparable strategic infrastructure transactions.
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or auditing project-finance models used to evaluate construction-period and operating-period cash flows, capital expenditure requirements, operating expenses, financing structures, debt capacity, debt-service coverage, loan-life coverage, repayment profiles, tariff or offtake structures, project returns, and downside scenarios.
• Advanced project-finance modeling proficiency, including nonrecourse and limited-recourse financing structures, debt sizing and sculpting, debt-service coverage analysis, loan-life coverage analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct project-finance, infrastructure, energy, market, and investment analysis in support of DASN (DIB) infrastructure and energy priorities.
• Assess how capital investment, financing structures, energy availability, infrastructure condition, logistics capacity, supply-chain dependencies, and market conditions may affect defense production, industrial capacity, resilience, readiness, and sustainment.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, market assessments, project-finance analyses, executive decision materials, stakeholder-engagement products, and draft recommendations for Government consideration.
• Build, maintain, document, and update transparent and auditable project-finance models supporting Government review of potential infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, logistics, shipyard, port, and facility-recapitalization investments.
• Develop and analyze construction-period and operating-period cash-flow models, capital expenditure requirements, operating expenses, financing structures, debt sizing, debt sculpting, debt-service coverage ratios, loan-life coverage ratios, repayment profiles, tariff structures, offtake arrangements, project returns, and sensitivity and downside scenarios.
• Analyze nonrecourse and limited-recourse financing structures; debt capacity; capital structures; project revenue; financing assumptions; counterparty considerations; and market, construction, operational, regulatory, supply-chain, and investment risks.
• Research and analyze infrastructure developers, energy companies, utilities, lenders, investors, manufacturers, logistics providers, port operators, shipyards, contractors, and other market participants relevant to Government-directed industrial-base initiatives.
• Assess infrastructure and energy opportunities related to shipyard modernization, ports, manufacturing facilities, energy generation, grid modernization, fuel logistics, facility recapitalization, public-private partnerships, supply-chain resilience, and industrial-capacity expansion.
• Prepare financial assessments, analytical findings, potential mitigation options, and draft recommendations for Government review and consideration.
• Support Government-led project-development and stakeholder-engagement activities by preparing analyses, briefing materials, stakeholder profiles, market research, meeting materials, coordination products, and follow-up documentation.
• Identify financial, market, project-development, construction, operational, supply-chain, counterparty, and investment risks; document analytical assumptions, data limitations, dependencies, and potential mitigation options for Government review.
• Coordinate analytical products and supporting information with DASN (DIB) directorates, ASN (RD&A) offices, DON acquisition organizations, naval systems commands, Department of War stakeholders, interagency organizations, and other Government-approved points of contact, as directed by the Government.
• Support occasional executive engagements, industry meetings, investor discussions, utility engagements, site visits, technical reviews, and time-sensitive taskers associated with infrastructure and energy initiatives.

Skills

Infrastructure finance

Energy markets

Project finance

Industrial economics

Management consulting

Corporate strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/economics/engineering

Job description

ACT1 Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Business and Economics Principal to provide senior-level project-finance, infrastructure, energy, market, and investment analysis for the Navy’s private-capital engagement. The role supports DASN (DIB) and DON initiatives to strengthen shipyards, ports, and critical infrastructure through robust financial modeling and strategic insights.

The candidate must have a financial SME background, experience with complex financing, and the ability to translate