Funding and Financing Strategy Service Lead

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Funding and Financing Strategy Service Lead for our Washington, D.C. office.  The following locations will also be considered: Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, Boston, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and open to other offices.  Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. 

WSP USA’s Advisory Services professionals are dedicated to developing business and operational solutions in all areas of management, investment, and development throughout the entire business life cycle. We offer our clients a unique combination of infrastructure expertise and management consulting leadership to help them determine how best to develop assets and cost-effectively deliver services.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Come join us and help shape the future!

The Funding and Financing Strategy Service Lead is a senior leadership position within the Economics, Finance and Grants team, which offers great opportunities for professional growth. You will co-lead a group of 20+ professionals and experts in their fields and manage 8-10 staff directly. You will work directly public and private organizations across the country to fund and finance their infrastructure projects and initiatives, driving both project delivery and business development for the group. 

 

Your Impact

• Manage 8-10 employees
• Co-lead the Funding & Financing Strategy Service Group
• Manage and oversee the development financial models
• Overseeing and performing quantitative analyses and data analytics
• Analyzing financial needs and opportunities for transportation agencies
• Analyzing project and program funding and financing options
• Researching funding and financing industry trends
• Evaluating funding and financing alternatives and priorities
• Developing the business case for infrastructure investments
• Overseeing the development of reports, memorandums, and client ready documentation
• Lead client meetings and workshops
• Tracking, reviewing, and interpreting federal legislation and guidance
• Providing strategic support in all phases of infrastructure planning and project development
   

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Proven experience managing staff
• Strong understanding of inflation and cost drivers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated research skills and experience
• Ability to think creatively, work independently, and deliver high quality work with minimal oversight
• Ability to lead teams, synthesize problems, and communicate point of view and analytical results
• Manage time efficiently while supporting multiple projects in parallel
• Proven experience in transportation, infrastructure, and related sectors
• Significant experience using Microsoft Office’s suite of applications and their higher level capabilities
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Finance, Planning, Public Policy or related disciplines
• Familiarity with Federal Transit Administration and/or other US Department of Transportation funding and financing programs such as the Capital Investment Grants Program (CIG); Section 5307, 5337, and 5339 formula programs; other discretionary grant programs; and federal financing programs such as TIFIA and RRIF
• Familiarity with financial aspects and challenges of energy, water and other infrastructure
• Strong understanding of federal and state-level infrastructure policy and funding
• Strategic planning experience

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $122,700 - $218,680

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $122,700 - $205,260

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
 

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