Valar Atomics

advanced nuclear reactors

ProjectFinanceAnalyst

$160–240k Hawthorne, California, United States
The Brief

“Project Finance Analyst at Valar Atomics. Skills: project economics, EVM analysis, capital planning, scenario modeling, financial structuring. Owns project economics and EVM analysis across the program. Partner with Finance leadership on monthly cost reporting and gate financial packages”

What You'll Achieve.

Build and maintain EVM rollups across the Numenor pod and successor pods; Produce the monthly project cost report; Develop and maintain capital plan inputs across the FEL → construction → COD horizon; Run quarterly capital forecasts and cash-flow updates feeding into the corporate plan; Build the long-range capital trajectory across multi-pod replication scenarios; Produce LCOE / unit-cost-of-energy outputs across scenarios for executive and Board review; Support financing-readiness work; Prepare gate financial packages for internal stage-gate reviews and external readouts; Lead financial sections of NRC ESP/COL filings and DOE program submittals where capital cost and financial assurance are in scope.

Industry & Context.

advanced nuclear reactors
Problems you'll solve

variance analysis; scenario modeling

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U. S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years in project finance, infrastructure finance, or corporate development with a project-economics focus, Demonstrated EVM rollup or capital-plan ownership, financial modeling — capex, opex, financing structure, sensitivity, Track record producing executive-grade financial packages under tight deadlines

Nice to Have

Infrastructure project finance bank background — MUFG, BNP Paribas, Mizuho, SMBC, ING, Sumitomo energy desks, Sponsor-side background — Brookfield, Macquarie, KKR Infrastructure, Stonepeak, Global Infrastructure Partners, EQT Infrastructure, Project-finance-focused law firm alumni transitioning in-house, EPC project-finance team background, Director-track potential — comfort growing into PF Director in Phase 2

What You'll Do.

Owns project economics and EVM analysis across the program

Partner with Finance leadership on monthly cost reporting and gate financial packages

Partner with the Cost Estimator on capital plan inputs

Build and maintain EVM rollups

Reconcile actuals against the AACE Class 3–5 estimate baseline

Produce the monthly project cost report

Maintain the cost coding structure (WBS / CBS)

Develop and maintain capital plan inputs

Run quarterly capital forecasts and cash-flow updates

Build the long-range capital trajectory

Build scenario models for capex sensitivity

and offtake economics

Produce LCOE / unit-cost-of-energy outputs

Support financing-readiness work

Prepare gate financial packages

Lead financial sections of NRC ESP/COL filings and DOE program submittals

Coordinate with the Head of Regulatory Affairs on financial-assurance regulatory filings

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Valar's Finance leadership; Partner with the Cost Estimator (MSG-CostE); Partner with MSG-CostE on cost rollups, vendor quote normalization, and contingency methodology; Partner with GS1P-ESM on offtake pricing models and customer-deal economics; Partner with the Head of Regulatory Affairs on financial assurance and decommissioning funding mechanics; Partner with the Project Controller (GS1P-PC) on cost-loaded schedule integration and EVM tooling

Communication Scope

Track record producing executive-grade financial packages under tight deadlines

Process & Methodology

EVM rollups, capital plan ownership, stage-gate reviews

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