Senior Manager Debt Fundraising and Project Finance

Location: Lower Parel, Mumbai (Work from Office)

Reporting To: SVP Finance

About the Company:

We are a PE-backed, fast-growing education infrastructure platform that owns, develops, and manages large-scale educational assets across India. The organization partners with leading educational institutions to build and operate high-quality infrastructure and has established a significant presence across multiple cities through a diversified portfolio of education-focused real estate assets.

Backed by a reputed global private equity investor, the company is on a strong growth trajectory and offers professionals the opportunity to work on complex financing transactions in a high-growth environment.

About the Role:

We are looking for a finance professional to lead debt fundraising and project finance activities for a portfolio of education infrastructure assets operating across multiple legal entities.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role that offers end-to-end ownership of debt transactionsfrom lender sourcing and financial modelling to documentation, disbursement, and post-closure compliance. The role works closely with senior leadership and provides significant exposure to lender negotiations and structured financing.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Debt Fundraising and Lender Management:

- Lead debt raising for term loans, project finance, construction finance, LRD, and working capital facilities.

- Build and manage relationships with banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions.

- Prepare lender presentations, information memorandums, and due diligence responses.

- Negotiate commercial terms including pricing, tenure, security structure, covenants, and other financing documentation.

- Manage loan drawdowns and coordinate disbursements.

2. Financial Modelling and Credit Support:

- Develop and maintain project finance and three-statement financial models.

- Perform debt sizing, DSCR analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modelling.

- Prepare CMA data and financial projections for lenders.

3. Transaction Execution:

- Coordinate valuations, title due diligence, TEV studies, legal opinions, and other lender requirements.

- Manage security creation, charge registration, mortgage documentation, and regulatory filings.

4. Covenant Monitoring and Compliance:

- Monitor financial and non-financial covenants across all borrowing facilities.

- Prepare lender compliance reports and certificates.

- Coordinate with credit rating agencies for annual reviews and surveillance.

Candidate Profile:

Must Have:

- CA or MBA (Finance) from a Tier-1 institute.

- 57 years of experience in debt fundraising, project finance, corporate banking, or structured finance.

- Hands-on experience in negotiating debt facilities rather than purely relationship management.

- Experience closing term loan and working capital transactions in the 25100 crore range.

- Strong financial modelling and advanced Excel skills.

- Good understanding of lender documentation, security creation, and financing processes.

Preferred:

- Experience in real estate, infrastructure, hospitality, healthcare, or education infrastructure.

- Exposure to construction finance and Lease Rental Discounting (LRD).

- Experience working with multi-entity business structures.

- Prior experience with banks, NBFCs, or corporate treasury/project finance teams.

Ideal Background:

- Candidates from corporate banking, project finance, structured finance, treasury, or corporate finance teams within banks, NBFCs, or mid-to-large organizations in real estate, infrastructure, hospitality, healthcare, or education sectors will be a strong fit.