Purpose:  
Provide valuation and structuring guidance throughout the business development process and to secure the most competitive sources of funding for projects.  The Financial Advisor will be responsible for leading the financial analysis, valuation, structuring and project financing activities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Finance / Economics based degree or a professional qualification such as CFA, CIMA, ACA, ACCA (or equivalent) or technical qualification/degree (e.g. engineering).
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience (preferably within a sponsor-side AIFA / project finance team or within a bank, financial advisory firm and/or accounting/fiscal advisory firm);
• More than 2 years of experience in a lead role; experience in planning and managing processes
• Proven experience and demonstrable competency with complex financial modelling (including debt modelling)
• Advanced proficiency in excel (incl. understanding and use of basic Macros)
• Experience in supporting the financing efforts for a bid (and/or support a project to financial close) preferable
• Demonstrable prior experience of project financing for power projects in RSA, including: REIPPP, RMIPPP, ESIPPP, and private procurement bidding and financial close processes; or any other country in Africa would be a valuable experience for the role.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Perform valuation and financial analysis/modelling for investments/divestments in compliance with AIFA methodologies;
• Lead the AIFA workstream for the assigned projects: due diligence, debt raising, negotiations
• Advise on risk allocation, appropriate mitigation factors and contingencies, hedging strategy, bankability issues, optimization & tax structuring;
• Prepare and present files for investment decision, including relevant sensitivity analysis ;
• Establish projects’ impacts on financing and accounting at local and Group level ;
• Actively support the commercial process by providing timely insights and advice on the economics and financials of commercial opportunities;