About the position
A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Lead: Infrastructure Finance Specialist for a fixed term contract.
To lead and guide the structuring, development, execution, and implementation of complex infrastructure finance transactions and sustainable financing solutions that support economic development and infrastructure delivery
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Post-graduate qualification in Development Finance, Finance, Business, Engineering or Economics.
EXPERIENCE:
- A minimum of 10 years of proven experience in project finance, the financial and infrastructure finance environment at a senior professional level.
- Experience in investing in infrastructure in emerging markets, ideally in a diversified portfolio in different sectors of infrastructure (energy, transport, etc.).
- Experience with working on new or innovative projects and programmes, and proven ability to bring ideas from conception to completion.
- Proven experience in project risk identification, management and mitigation.
- In-depth knowledge of the banking sector and financial markets.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure procurement in SA.
- Good understanding of infrastructure investments.
- Demonstrable experience in assessing investment transaction opportunities and projects from early review to bankable debt financing deals.
- Experience with working with deal teams and assigning resources to conclude transactions.
- Proven ability to provide value to transactions for the benefit of and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
- Sound experience in private and public sector investments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the infrastructure planning and development in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).
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Desired Skills:
- Financial and infrastructure finance
- Investing in infrastructure
- Banking sector and financial markets.
