Final-year internship in project finance credit risk

CasablancaPublished on 4 November 2026

Assess project finance risks and produce a risk grid and a stress-test model.

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Job description

This internship takes place in the team that manages credit commitments for the group's African subsidiaries. The topic: credit risk assessment applied to project finance, meaning loans repaid by the future revenue of the project financed.

You study the risks weighing on a project: economic and financial assumptions, investment costs, construction timelines, forecast revenue, the strength of sponsors and the guarantees provided.

You deliver a risk assessment grid and a stress-testing model that measures repayment capacity with ratios such as DSCR and LLCR over the life of the loan. A solid grounding in corporate finance is expected.

What you'll do

Learn credit risk assessment as applied to project finance
Study the risks tied to economic and financial assumptions, investment costs, construction timelines, forecast revenue, sponsors and guarantees
Deliverable: a risk assessment grid
Deliverable: a stress-testing model including the DSCR and the loan life coverage ratio (LLCR)

Who they're looking for

Final-year Bac+5 student in finance
Solid knowledge of corporate finance

Prepare your interview

Learn what Banque Populaire does, the sector it works in and the projects on its website.
Go through each task listed here and work out why the team needs it done.
Prepare a real example for each task, then tie it back to what the company does.

See the full method and a sample answer (in French)

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