Financial Modeller — Infrastructure & Project Finance

Requirement

Project finance lives or dies on the model. A PPP bid where the waterfall is mis-specified, the debt service cover ratio is calculated on the wrong cash flow line, or the currency mismatch between revenue and senior debt is not properly sculpted will either lose the competition or win it on terms the sponsor cannot survive. A pan-African infrastructure advisory firm is engaging a financial modeller for PPP and project finance mandates across transport, energy and water. The mandates are live rather than hypothetical: bid support for concession competitions, lender-side model audit, refinancing analysis on operating assets, and sponsor-side sensitivity work ahead of financial close. Models are multi-currency by default — most African infrastructure earns in local currency against hard currency senior debt, and the modeller must handle that exposure explicitly rather than assuming it away. Required technical depth includes complex cash flow waterfall construction, debt sculpting to target cover ratios, multi-tranche structures with differing amortisation profiles, and sensitivity and scenario frameworks that lenders will accept without rebuilding. Engagements are scoped from $10,000 for a discrete model audit or refinancing analysis through $30,000 for full bid-stage model build and financial close support.