Senior Investment Specialist – Project Finance – Johannesburg

<strong>Have a top-shelf skillset but wish your career involved working on more meaningful projects within Southern Africa? </strong><br><br>We’re looking for a <strong>Senior Investment Specialist</strong> to join our client, a well-known, major player in the financial sector, in their offices in Cape Town. Their diverse portfolio includes elements of <strong>digitisation, energy transition urbanisation, and transport and logistics across several southern African countries.</strong><br><br>Your extensive experience in both the <strong>project finance and investment spheres</strong> of the <strong>infrastructure sector</strong> has made you an expert in <strong>deal origination and stakeholder engagement</strong>.<br><br>You are stellar at bringing deals together, applying a softer touch in negotiations with your <strong>existing network of clients</strong> to <strong>develop and manage principal transactions</strong> and <strong>investment opportunities. </strong><br><br><strong>Ready to use your expertise in projects that matter? Apply now! </strong><br><br><em>Interested in finding out more about AltGen and want to receive updates on new industry-relevant job roles? Then follow our </em><a href="https://bit.ly/AltGenLi"><strong><em>LinkedIn page</em></strong></a><em> and subscribe to our </em><a href="http://eepurl.com/hENwn5"><strong><em>mailer</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong><br><br><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong><ul><li>Proactively identify and secure transaction opportunities to drive business growth</li><li>Actively contribute to the creation of principal transaction proposals and secure the necessary internal endorsements</li><li>Oversee transactions through our client’s process, ensuring the coordination and prioritisation of tasks, managing input from advisers, and maintaining client relationships in line with protocols and procedures</li><li>Independently lead negotiations on specific transactions with third parties, transaction counterparties, external advisers, co-investors, debt providers, and other stakeholders</li><li>Provide expert advice to internal committees regarding transactions</li><li>Assist the Strategic Initiatives team with sector knowledge and transaction updates</li><li>Thoroughly address investor queries related to transactions, portfolio companies, and sectors.</li><li>Independently manage co-investment processes, engaging co-investor peers to achieve successful outcomes</li><li>Engage in peer discussions on financial and operational performance with senior management at assets to identify, structure, plan, and deliver significant operational improvements</li><li>Represent our client and contribute value on the boards of investee companies</li><li>Manage relationships between our client’s, assets, co-investors, and finance providers, including designing and managing corporate governance frameworks, management incentive plans, transition plans, risk management assessments, strategy, and budget negotiations</li><li>Participate in mentoring and managing less experienced team members</li></ul>