Project Finance and Treasure Lead

Esyasoft specializes in delivering AI-powered technology and analytics solutions, contributing to global energy transition projects through innovative and data-driven approaches. Our core expertise lies in the digital transformation of utility grids. As we expand our presence in Azerbaijan, we are seeking an Project Finance and Treasure Lead. This role requires overseeing project finance, budgeting, cash flow management, treasury operations, financial reporting and ensuring effective financial control of projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Project financing and lender coordination

• Act as the day-to-day finance contact for lenders and financing advisers, coordinating information requests, due diligence submissions and responses with internal owners.
• Prepare financing presentations, financial analyses and supporting schedules; evaluate proposed facility terms and their impact on project cash flows and financing costs.
• Maintain the financing action tracker, data room and document register. Coordinate conditions precedent and subsequent, drawdown requests and supporting evidence with Legal, Accounting and Group Treasury.
• Track facility availability, utilisation, repayment schedules, interest, fees, reporting deadlines and other finance obligations; escalate issues early.

Financial modelling and project analysis

• Maintain and develop integrated project financial models covering capex, operating costs, acceptance and billing, collections, working capital, taxes, VAT, debt and equity funding.
• Update models using actual results and approved forecasts; maintain clear assumptions, version control, reconciliations and model checks.
• Analyse debt service capacity, DSCR, reserve requirements, financing costs, project returns and funding gaps. Run sensitivities for delivery and acceptance delays, collection timing, VAT recovery, interest rates and foreign exchange.
• Explain the commercial implications of model outputs and recommend practical actions to management.

Cash flow and treasury coordination

• Prepare and maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast, refreshed weekly, and a monthly funding forecast covering implementation and future debt service.
• Integrate procurement and payment schedules, installation and acceptance milestones, customer collections, tax payments and financing flows into one consistent forecast.
• Coordinate funding requests, shareholder funding requirements, drawdown timing and reserve funding with Group Treasury; analyse forecast versus actual cash movements.
• Monitor currency and interest rate exposures and support approved treasury arrangements with Group Treasury. Coordinate payment priorities with Accounting and management within delegated authority.

Lender reporting and financial control

• Prepare periodic lender reporting packs, covenant calculations and compliance certificate drafts, supported by reconciled financial and operational information and required approvals.
• Maintain a covenant and reporting calendar; forecast compliance headroom and flag potential shortfalls before they arise.
• Provide management with concise reporting on liquidity, funding needs, debt service, covenant headroom, forecast changes and actions required.
• Reconcile model and lender reporting data to Accounting records and coordinate financing-related audit requests. Maintain an auditable record of submissions and approvals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field relevant to contract and project management.
• CFA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA or financial modelling qualifications are advantageous.
• 7 + years of relevant finance experience, including at least 3 years of direct involvement in project or infrastructure finance, project modelling or administration of structured debt facilities.
• Hands-on ownership of a project finance model and direct experience preparing financial information for lenders. Able to amend model logic, trace cash flows and diagnose errors independently.
• Practical understanding of debt drawdowns, repayment and interest schedules, DSCR, covenants, reserve accounts, conditions precedent and lender reporting.
• Practical understanding of debt drawdowns, repayment and interest schedules, DSCR, covenants, reserve accounts, conditions precedent and lender reporting.
• Strong cash forecasting and working capital skills, with an understanding of how project delivery, contractual acceptance, billing and collections affect liquidity.
• Confident Excel and reporting skills, including reconciliation of quantities, tracking of outstanding items and basic receivables analysis. Comfortable using ERP and workflow systems.
• Excellent Azerbaijani and English (written and verbal); Russian is a plus.

Why Esyasoft Holding?

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