Projects and Investment Finance Manager

About the role

This role is responsible for finance-related matters for the respective investment teams of PIDG’s project development arm (“InfraCo”), its subsidiaries and projects. Key responsibilities include: pre-investment financial review and recommendation, on-going investment support, post-investment financial reporting, perform valuations and support project disposal/exits; whilst ensuring financial sustainability, efficiency and value for money and complying with local tax and audit regulatory requirements.

The role is a leadership one. They will manage a small number of finance professionals who will deliver similar outputs to the manager. They will lead the finances at shareholder level for a number of investments and/or funds. They will partner with subject matter experts and project leads, as well as local finance teams, to deliver commercially attractive investments with transformative social and climate impacts.

The Projects and Investment Finance Manager will act as an ambassador of PIDG, 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

• Manage, mentor and coach up to four qualified team members, operating in a matrix environment.
• Act as finance business partner to an assigned InfraCo departmental head and for specific projects, helping to forecast and manage annual budgets and business plan.
• Collaborate with the Financial Controlling Team on controlling services and reporting of InfraCo 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 PIDG and statutory deadlines with external auditors and their valuation specialists for all relevant project valuation models.

Financial Management and Reporting:

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

Qualifications and education requirements

• Educated to degree level.
• Hold a relevant professional qualification, such as a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CMA etc.),

Skills

• 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

Experience

• 10+ years’ post-qualification experience including at least 3 years small team leadership experience of high-performing qualified individuals, and operating in a matrix environment.
• Hands-on experience in 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 Valuations methodologies and experience dealing with overseas entities.

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