Job Details

We’re looking for a professional with experience in infrastructure finance technical advisory who will act as a senior advisor in our infrastructure finance advisory team.

1.   Role Description:

• Reporting to the Infrastructure Finance Advisory Discipline Lead.
• Collaborating with the Discipline Lead and providing support in developing and cultivating targeted client relationships and managing select key client accounts.
• Following up leads, identifying business opportunities and preparing proposal submissions.
• Developing new and maintaining existing relationships with allocated client accounts;
• Acting as advisor or lead advisor on infrastructure finance, technical advisory commissions or Advisory commissions
• Acting as project manager and being responsible for managing project budgets and resource planning;
• Taking own initiatives or contributing in wider team Advisory initiatives to improve products and services;
• Ensuring at project level that business management systems and procedures are adhered to.

2.     Candidate Specifications: 

Infrastructure finance specific attributes:

• Minimum of 5 years’ infrastructure finance technical advisor experience in Africa across one or more sectors;
• Experience as lead transaction advisor or lead technical advisor in Public Private Partnership Projects or other type infrastructure finance transactions;
• Knowledge of one or more of MPAMOT’s core infrastructure areas (Energy, Water, Transport, Built Environment);
• Good knowledge of infrastructure finance technical advisor services in at least one of the following:
  • project structuring and procurement;
  • pre-financial close due diligence;
  • construction and operations monitoring.
• Knowledge of infrastructure finance technical advisor services in at least one of the following:
  • project structuring and procurement;
  • pre-financial close due diligence;
  • construction and operations monitoring.
• In-depth knowledge of at least two of the following:
  • Facilities management;
  • Lifecycle management and lifecycle costing;
  • Construction supervision;
  • Construction contracts;
  • Service contracts / Service level agreements;
  • Payment mechanisms;
  • Project finance construction and operations securitization.
• Good understanding of risk and risk management principles;
• Experience of working with and advising commercial banks, IFI’s, DFI’s, equity partners in infrastructure finance risk management related matters is desirable.

General attributes: 

• Master's Degree from a technical engineering and/or financial background;
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills;
• Strong analytical agility and problem-solving skills;
• Detail oriented, organized and able to meet tight deadlines;
• Self-motivated, results driven, prefers to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment;
• Proven prioritization, time management and project management skills;
• Ability to project manage complicated commissions with multiple stakeholders;
• Fluency in English.

Behavioural Competencies: 

• Personal drive;
• Evidential team working and management;
• Problem solving;
• Initiating action;
• Seeking to improve personal knowledge.