AECOM

Innovation Financial Manager

AECOM • $120K — $150K *
Sacramento, CA 95823In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree with 10+ years of relevant experience and 2 years in a leadership role.
  • Strong background in finance, economics, or public policy, with an MBA or quantitative master's preferred.
  • Experience with large infrastructure transactions, including P3s and major grants.
  • Public sector consulting expertise is preferred.
  • Advanced proficiency in financial modeling techniques, including risk analysis and cash flow assessments.
  • In-depth knowledge of federal credit and discretionary grant programs, especially for passenger rail.
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying complex financial concepts to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and stress-testing of financial models for alternative delivery projects.
  • Assess financial implications of risk transfer and performance regimes in project deliveries.
  • Collaborate on value-for-money assessments between alternative and conventional delivery methods.
  • Prepare financial inputs for project agreements, including affordability and evaluation criteria.
  • Analyze blended funding strategies from various sources including Cap-and-Trade and federal grants.
  • Construct capital stack scenarios aligning funding with construction timelines and cash flow needs.
  • Advise executive leadership on financial strategies through briefings and board materials.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance options.
  • Paid time off and leave policies.
  • Flexible work options and well-being resources.
  • Employee assistance programs and travel insurance.
  • Retirement savings plan with service recognition awards.
  • Opportunity for employee stock purchase plan participation.
Full Job Description
Job Description

AECOM is seeking an Innovation Financial Manager for one of our offices in Sacramento, CA.

This role leads the financial strategy and quantitative analysis supporting alternative delivery, funding, and commercial optimization initiatives for significant infrastructure programs. Reporting to the CFO, the role develops complex financial models and value-for-money analyses to guide executive decisions on procurement, capital structuring, and risk allocation, while collaborating with internal leadership, funding partners, and external stakeholders.

Lead Financial Modeling for Alternative Delivery and Innovative Procurement
  • Develop, maintain, and stress-test financial models that evaluate alternative delivery structures, including Public-Private Partnerships (P3), progressive design-build, and co-development agreements
  • Quantify the financial implications of risk transfer, payment mechanisms, and performance regimes across delivery options
  • Partner with the Commercial Advisor on value-for-money (VfM) assessments that compare alternative delivery against conventional delivery baselines
  • Produce procurement-stage financial inputs for project agreements, affordability ceilings, bid evaluation criteria, and negotiation positions

Drive Alternative Funding and Capital Stack Strategy
  • Analyze and recommend blending strategies across Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds, Proposition 1A bond proceeds, federal formula and discretionary grants (including FSP, CRISI, and Mega), and alternative debt instruments such as RRIF, TIFIA, and Private Activity Bonds
  • Build multi-year capital stack scenarios that align funding availability with construction package sequencing and program cash flow requirements
  • Develop the financial analyses and briefing materials that support federal grant applications, state funding requests, and capital market engagements
  • Track market conditions, peer agency transactions, and emerging financing tools relevant to passenger rail and large public infrastructure

Develop Revenue and Monetization Models
  • Build and maintain models that forecast farebox, ancillary, and concession revenues across operating scenarios
  • Evaluate transit-oriented development (TOD), station-area land monetization, joint development, and air-rights opportunities
  • Quantify revenue risk, ramp-up assumptions, and sensitivity to demand and macroeconomic variables for use in program and corridor-level decisions

Advise the CFO and Executive Leadership on Financial Strategy
  • Translate model outputs into briefings, Board materials, and decision memos for the CFO, the CEO, and the Board of Directors
  • Coordinate with the Office of Federal Initiatives, Legal, Program Delivery, and the Enterprise Risk and Controls Branch on integrated financial recommendations
  • Represent the CFO's office in working sessions with external financial advisors, underwriters, federal agencies, and oversight bodies as assigned
  • Support the development of standards, playbooks, and analytical tooling that make financial evaluation repeatable across future procurements


Qualifications

Minimum requirements:
  • BA/BS + 10 years of relevant or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership

Preferred Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy, or a closely related field. MBA, MPP, or a master's degree in a quantitative discipline preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in project finance, infrastructure investment banking, public sector financial management, P3 advisory, or commercial advisory on megaprojects
  • Demonstrated experience leading or substantially contributing to at least one large infrastructure transaction, such as a P3, design-build-finance procurement, federal credit program loan, or major discretionary grant award
  • Public sector or government consulting experience strongly preferred
  • Advanced financial modeling proficiency, including risk-adjusted discounted cash flow, Monte Carlo simulation, capital stack waterfalls, and value-for-money analysis
  • Working knowledge of federal credit programs (RRIF, TIFIA, PABs), federal discretionary grant programs relevant to passenger rail, and California state funding sources including Cap-and-Trade and Proposition 1A
  • Strong command of P3 commercial structures, including availability payment, revenue risk, and hybrid models
  • Ability to translate complex financial analyses into briefings and recommendations that non-financial executives, board members, and elected officials can act on
  • Strong written communication and presentation skills, with comfort presenting to executive and board-level audiences
  • Ability to work across program delivery, legal, federal initiatives, and external advisor teams to build consensus on financial recommendations
  • High proficiency in Excel and standard financial modeling tooling. Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or Python for financial analytics is a plus.


Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Learn more about AECOM
Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
NASDAQ
ACM
* Ladders Estimates

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