Background

Our client is an innovative infrastructure project developer and investor that mobilises private investment in sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. Its investments promote socio-economic development within a just transition to net zero emissions, combat poverty, and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization delivers its ambition in line with its values of pioneering, partnership, safety, inclusivity, and urgency.

The organization offers technical assistance for upstream, early-stage activities and concessional capital; invests in early-stage project development and project and corporate equity through its project development solution; its debt solution is one of the first and most successful blended debt funds in low-income markets; and its guarantees solution provides credit enhancement and local currency solutions to de-risk projects. The organization also supports a growing portfolio of local credit enhancement facilities, which unlock domestic institutional capital for infrastructure financing.

About the role

This role is responsible for finance-related matters for the respective investment teams from the company’s project development solution, the organization, its subsidiaries and projects. Key responsibilities include pre-investment financial review and recommendation, on-going investment support, post-investment financial reporting, valuations management and project disposal/exits while ensuring financial sustainability, efficiency and value for money across the organization’s operations as well as compliance with the local tax/audit regulatory requirements.

The Assistant Projects and Investment Finance Manager will lead the finances at the shareholder level for a number of project companies and/or funds. They will operate in a matrix environment, partnering with subject matter experts, local finance teams, and project leads to deliver commercially attractive investments with transformative social and climate impacts.

The Assistant Projects and Investment Finance Manager will act as an ambassador of the company, displaying and demonstrating the highest ethical and moral standards, while effectively managing and controlling budgets and expenditure in accordance with the Group’s policies and procedures. An affinity with impact investment, particularly relating to gender equity and/or climate change, is advantageous.

Role and responsibilities

Leadership, business partnering, and management reporting

• Act as a finance business partner for specific projects
• Collaborate with the Financial Controlling Team on controlling services and reporting of the organization entities, its subsidiaries, and projects.

Investment Support:

• Provide financial analysis of investment proposals, including valuation matrices and sensitivity analysis, assessing bankability and financial attractiveness.
• Review and analyse project financial models, providing commercially valuable feedback.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative due diligence on prospective and current projects.
• Transaction support, including delivery of CPs and completion accounts
• Assist with the completion of investment company year-end audit processes, working with auditors.
• Monitor and report on project and portfolio financial performance.
• Attend board meetings of operating companies and act as an ongoing financial advisor to the project team

Valuation

• Participate in the valuation of prospective and existing investments, applying IPEV principles in either lead or support capacity. Review, propose, and challenge business assumptions.
• Support the year-end audit process within the company and statutory deadlines with external auditors and their valuation specialists for all relevant project valuation models.

Financial Management & Reporting:

• Review monthly and year-end financial accounts for the organization’s subsidiaries and projects.
• Develop and manage project company cash flow forecasts, feeding up to the organization and the company group reports.
• Manage relationships with developer teams and the company facilities.
• Ensure compliance with local tax and audit regulations.

Qualifications and education requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related field
• Hold a relevant professional qualification, such as a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CMA, etc.)
• Minimum of 3+ years’ post-qualification experience with at least a total of 6-7 years of working experience
• Hands-on experience in a relevant finance role (preferably with around 3-4 years at a Big Four firm) in a dynamic multinational environment, ideally in the infrastructure sector, and Africa and/or Asia regions.
• Prior exposure as a finance business partner or advisor for transaction-related investments and project companies e.g., financial and tax due diligence
• IFRS proficiency with exposure to consolidation or investment accounting dealing with overseas entities.
• Knowledge of Fair Valuation methodologies and experience dealing with overseas entities.
• Strong analytical and (desirable) financial modeling skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, covering proposals, pitches, reports and advice.
• Knowledge of corporate and/or project finance documentation, SPAs and commercial contracts.
• A personal or professional affinity with impact and/or climate investment is highly advantageous

• Act as a finance business partner for specific projects
• Collaborate with the Financial Controlling Team on controlling services and reporting of the organization entities, its subsidiaries, and projects.
• Provide financial analysis of investment proposals, including valuation matrices and sensitivity analysis, assessing bankability and financial attractiveness.
• Review and analyse project financial models, providing commercially valuable feedback.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative due diligence on prospective and current projects.
• Transaction support, including delivery of CPs and completion accounts
• Assist with the completion of investment company year-end audit processes, working with auditors.
• Monitor and report on project and portfolio financial performance.
• Attend board meetings of operating companies and act as an ongoing financial advisor to the project team
• Participate in the valuation of prospective and existing investments, applying IPEV principles in either lead or support capacity. Review, propose, and challenge business assumptions.
• Support the year-end audit process within the company and statutory deadlines with external auditors and their valuation specialists for all relevant project valuation models.
• Review monthly and year-end financial accounts for the organization’s subsidiaries and projects.
• Develop and manage project company cash flow forecasts, feeding up to the organization and the company group reports.
• Manage relationships with developer teams and the company facilities.
• Ensure compliance with local tax and audit regulations.

• Strong analytical skills
• Financial modeling skills (desirable)
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Knowledge of corporate and/or project finance documentation
• Knowledge of SPAs
• Knowledge of commercial contracts

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related field
• Relevant professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CA, CMA, etc.)
• Minimum of 3+ years’ post-qualification experience
• At least a total of 6-7 years of working experience
• Hands-on experience in a relevant finance role (preferably with around 3-4 years at a Big Four firm)
• Experience in a dynamic multinational environment
• Experience in the infrastructure sector (ideally)
• Experience in Africa and/or Asia regions (ideally)
• Prior exposure as a finance business partner or advisor for transaction-related investments and project companies
• Experience with financial and tax due diligence
• IFRS proficiency
• Exposure to consolidation or investment accounting dealing with overseas entities
• Knowledge of Fair Valuation methodologies
• Experience dealing with overseas entities
• A personal or professional affinity with impact and/or climate investment (highly advantageous)