Project Finance Associate

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San Jose, CA, USA
In-Office
104K-125K Annually
Mid level
Energy • Appliances
The Role
Own underwriting and economic analysis for a growing pipeline of energy infrastructure projects. Build, maintain, and stress-test project-level financial models; create templatized screening tools; support investment committee and capital-raise efforts; partner with commercial, policy, and power-supply teams; and grow to lead due diligence and negotiation on project financings.
Summary Generated by Built In

Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid. Our thermal batteries turn low-cost electricity into always-on heat and power, without supply-constrained critical minerals or multi-year construction timelines.

We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and work with humility and openness. We are committed to building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

  Position Summary

Antora’s Project Finance team sits at the center of turning a rapidly expanding commercial pipeline into financed, executed projects. We're looking for a project finance professional to join a small, high-leverage team and own the economic analysis and underwriting behind this growing deal pipeline.

You'll bring 3+ years of project finance experience and the judgment to hit the ground running, underwriting complex energy and infrastructure deals, partnering with commercial development teams across verticals, and helping build the standardized tools and processes that let Antora underwrite consistently as we scale. Over time, you'll grow into leading project financing yourself.



Roles & Responsibilities
  • Build, maintain, and stress-test project-level financial models across Antora’s commercial development verticals. 
  • Own economic analysis and underwriting for an active and growing pipeline, providing critical modeling bandwidth to the Project Finance team.
  • Partner closely with commercial development, policy, strategy, and power-supply teams to standardize how projects are underwritten and ensure market learnings flow back into deal structuring.
  • Develop templatized models and screening tools for the commercial teams, and train developers to use them effectively for early-stage evaluation.
  • Support the investment-committee process, providing structured financial guidance as projects mature from early screening to signed term sheets and beyond.
  • Contribute to the broader capital-raise effort as Antora builds repeatable financing facilities with preferred investors.
  • Grow toward independently leading due diligence and negotiation on project financings over time.
 Key Qualifications
  • 3+ years of experience in project finance, energy/infrastructure finance, infrastructure investing, or a development-side finance role.
  • Demonstrated mastery of project-level financial modeling; building models from scratch and using them to drive real decisions.
  • Strong grasp of how commercial contracts, offtake agreements, and financing structures shape project economics.
  • Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment full of innovative deals.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication; able to advise and enable non-finance partners.
  • A real passion for analytical and underwriting work; and the ability to teach it.
 Additional Qualifications Desired
  • Direct experience underwriting energy projects 
  • Background in or exposure to project development, giving you an operator's instinct for how deals actually come together.
  • Experience building analytical tools/templates adopted by non-finance teams.
  • International project experience
  • Comfort designing or improving repeatable processes (e.g., investment-committee frameworks, underwriting standards).

Work Location:  Onsite - San Jose, CA

Salary Range:  $104,000 USD - $125,000 USD

Salary Basis:  Annual

Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements.

In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off.

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 When it comes to stopping climate change, we need everyone. We believe that having a diversity of backgrounds and experiences strengthens all of us, and we strive to create an environment where every one of us is empowered to create meaningful change.


 

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of experience in project finance, energy/infrastructure finance, infrastructure investing, or development-side finance role.
  • Demonstrated mastery of project-level financial modeling, including building models from scratch and using them for decision-making.
  • Strong understanding of how commercial contracts, offtake agreements, and financing structures shape project economics.
  • Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication; able to advise and enable non-finance partners.
  • Passion for analytical and underwriting work and ability to teach it to others.
  • Direct experience underwriting energy projects.
  • Background in or exposure to project development (operator's instinct for deal formation).
  • Experience building analytical tools/templates adopted by non-finance teams.
  • International project experience.
  • Comfort designing or improving repeatable processes (investment-committee frameworks, underwriting standards).
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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
26 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Antora Energy is electrifying heavy industry with zero-carbon heat and power. We make it possible and profitable to fully rely on renewable energy for industrial processes. Antora Energy's thermal energy storage soaks up excess solar and wind electricity and uses it to heat blocks of carbon so they glow like inside a toaster. This thermal energy is then delivered to customers as electricity or industrial process heat up to 1500°C, on demand. In short, Antora Energy turns sunshine and wind into 24/7 heat and power, cheaper than fossil fuels. Our future hinges on heavy industry. Antora Energy’s technology eliminates the need to burn fossil fuels for industrial heat and power, the biggest source of greenhouse gasses on earth. We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and build with humility and openness. Join our team and do the most fulfilling and impactful work of your life on climate change.

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