Job Description

LOCATION: Cape Town or JohannesburgR HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSOur client is one of the pre-eminent private equity infrastructure managers in Africa, having raised greater than USD3.9bn in capital over the last two decades. With offices on the continent, the company has invested in approximately 30 African countries, representing investments across the power, digital infrastructure, transportation and midstream sectors.You will report to the CIO - BRAND NEW ROLEJOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be responsible for directing, coordinating and administrating all aspects of the fund's legal and financial structuring, risk management, capital management and operations at the fund level and within the portfolio companies;
• You will be required to be the custodian of all fund legal agreements and is required to advise on complex structure implementation, transactions, and compliance requirements;
• You will be required to work across all transactions within and in conjunction with advisors, provides thought leadership on the optimal structure of the funds and investment;
• You will be required to direct, coordinate and administer all aspects of the funds financial and legal requirements, risk management, capital management and operations;
• You will be required to play a lead role in structure implementation, managing implementation and changes;
• You will be required to ensure that transactions are optimal and in compliance with investor requirements;
• You will be required to ensure compliance to fund legal documentation including finance agreements across the portfolio (e.g. fund liquidity facilities and guarantees);
• You will be required to work closely with legal and tax, fund accounting, strategic initiatives, CoSec, operations and performance reporting teams;
• You will be required to work closely with the CIO and portfolio manager, IDEAS fund accountant and IDEAS team operations manager and maintains oversight of the full I portfolio;
• You will be required to work closely with the group's operations team to ensure accounting and reporting data and systems are accurate and being used optimally and recommend any improvements;
• You will be required to project management in respect of implementing complex transactions including securing all necessary approvals from investment committee, investors, lenders, regulators and other stakeholders.

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• You have strong leadership skills;
• You have critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
• You are a self-starter / proactive, showing strong action orientation, with excellent organisational, planning and prioritising skills;
• You are able to assume responsibility and accountability for the successful completion of strategic and all other related tasks whilst maintaining a high standard of excellence;
• You have strong financial analysis and modelling skills;
• You have the ability to interpret, understand and use legal agreements;
• You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in English;
• You have a keen eye for detail and a high level of accuracy in your work and be able to perform under pressure;
• You have strong project management skills / ability to see projects completed;
• You have the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines;
• You are excellent at collaborating across the organisation;
• You have solid interpersonal skills, showing an ability to work through influence;
• You are able to operate strategically with hands on knowledge of the areas of responsibility;
• You are able to drive a healthy balance between governance/ compliance and entrepreneurship;
• You have sound decision making abilities;
• You have honed implementation skills;
• You have the ability to take own initiative;
• You are team orientated;
• You have solution orientated bias;
• You have communication and relationship building skills;
• You are able to anticipate, identify and manage risks;
• You have the ability to work both in a team and independently;
• You are reliable, have integrity and display a professional approach;
• You are able to maintain confidentiality of all information, both from internal and external sources.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You have the relevant financial or legal qualification (CA(SA), Legal (LLB), Tax, MBA, BBusSc, etc.);
• You have a minimum of 7 years current, relevant infrastructure, investment banking, private equity, fund management and /or operations experience;
• You have strong network and relationships with legal and financial advisors, investors and banks as well as accounting and operations specialists;
• You have a successful track record of leading project teams with high level stakeholders and qualified professionals;
• You have familiarity with unique disciplines of structuring, negotiating, closing and monitoring transactions;
• You have good working knowledge of key commercial statutes and regulation (e.g. Tax, Companies Act);
• You have a history of repeatedly delivering major and long-term change programmes or strategic initiatives;
• You have previous experience on transactions with complex legal and financial structures.

This is a big meaty role. Huge exposure- great team and superb leadership - CIO is very smart and will give you as much room as you need to do your best work. An awesome role for the new year for a highly skilled individual.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants