Project Finance & Infrastructure - Director​/Senior Director; NY

Position Title:

Project Finance & Infrastructure - Director / Senior Director (NY)

Entity:
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC

Employment Type:
Full-time

Location:
New York, New York, United States

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is seeking a Director or Senior Director to join its Project Finance & Infrastructure Ratings team within the Project Finance & Infrastructure group. The successful candidate will lead and oversee new rating assignments and ongoing surveillance across a range of project finance and infrastructure sectors.

The role carries senior analytical responsibility for complex and high-profile transactions, including development of rating recommendations, leadership of rating committee discussions, and oversight of portfolio surveillance. The successful candidate will also provide sector and methodological leadership, maintain senior-level relationships with market participants, mentor and develop analytical staff, and contribute to the strategic growth of KBRA’s Project Finance & Infrastructure franchise. This position is based in KBRA’s New York City office.

• Lead the analysis of complex and high-profile new rating assignments and oversee ongoing surveillance across project finance and infrastructure sectors, including renewable energy, conventional power, transportation, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, and public-private partnerships (PPPs).
• Provide senior analytical oversight of project cash flows, financial models, transaction structures, legal and contractual frameworks, engineering and technical considerations, and other material credit factors.
• Direct the review and challenge of sponsor financial models and the development of independent analytical cases, sensitivities, and downside stress scenarios.
• Lead the assessment of construction, operational, counter party, regulatory, market, refinancing, and other material project risks and determine their impact on credit quality.
• Develop final analytical recommendations and chair or serve as lead presenter for rating committees on complex project finance and infrastructure transactions.
• Review and provide senior analytical oversight of rating reports, press releases, surveillance reports, and other rating-related publications.
• Oversee surveillance strategy for an assigned portfolio, ensuring timely identification and assessment of material credit developments and appropriate rating actions.
• Lead senior-level analytical interactions with issuers, project sponsors, developers, lenders, institutional investors, financial advisors, and other market participants.
• Lead analytical coverage of one or more project finance and infrastructure sectors and identify emerging risks, structural developments, and market trends.
• Lead or make significant contributions to the development and enhancement of rating methodologies, criteria, analytical frameworks, and processes, while promoting analytical consistency across the team.
• Develop and publish sector research, market commentary, and thought leadership.
• Represent KBRA at conferences, webinars, investor meetings, and other industry events.
• Mentor and develop Analysts, Senior Analysts, Associates, and Associate Directors and support recruiting, training, and talent development. Contribute to strategic initiatives and the continued development of KBRA’s Project Finance & Infrastructure platform.

• Bachelors degree required
• Lead complex and high-profile new rating assignments across project finance and infrastructure sectors, including renewable energy, conventional power, transportation, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, and public-private partnerships (PPPs).
• Provide senior analytical oversight of project cash flows, financial models, transaction structures, legal and contractual frameworks, technical considerations, and key construction, operational, counter party, regulatory, market, and refinancing risks.
• Direct the review and challenge of sponsor financial models and the development of independent analytical cases, sensitivities, and downside stress scenarios.
• Develop final analytical recommendations, lead rating…