Associate Director - Infrastructure & Capital Project Advisory at Deloitte Consulting

Job Description

Main Purpose of the Job

• The successful candidate will be responsible for originating and executing Infrastructure & Capital Project (I&CP) engagements, providing exceptional leadership to the team and providing business and industry thought leadership.

What you will do

The successful candidate will be tasked with some of the below responsibilities amongst others:

• Lead in the development of Deloitte East Africa Infrastructure & Capital Project Advisory and give meaningful input in the development of the overall strategy for Financial Advisory Service Line.
• Lead implementation of the Deloitte East Africa Infrastructure & Capital Project Advisory Strategy.
• Project finance and modelling: Undertaking project & infrastructure finance advisory, project finance modelling, Infrastructure M&A, deal structuring and negotiation.
• Transaction advisory services: Transaction advisory for Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Private Sector Participation (PSP) projects for large scale projects in transportation, energy and real estate.
• Economic Advisory Services: Developing business plans, feasibility studies and advising clients in raising, investing, optimizing, and preserving capital
• Deal Origination and Business Development: Networking, meetings and proposal preparations to origination of infrastructure advisory opportunities and businesses.
• Lead, coach, up-scale and mentor project execution teams.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc., BBA, B. Comm) in Accounting, Engineering, Business Administration, Economics or equivalent
• A Master’s degree in Finance, Project Management, Business Administration, Economics or related field from a reputable university will be an added advantage
• A recognized Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, ICAEW, CFA Institute or its equivalent will be an added advantage
• General Experience - At least 10 years professional experience in transaction advisory particularly in project finance, financial modelling, privatizations, public private partnerships (PPP) in developing and emerging markets.
• Sector of experience - Transaction experience in a full range of infrastructure sectors including renewable and clean energy, alternative power, oil & gas, transport infrastructure, natural resources and general infrastructure.
• Institution experience - Experience with International Finance Institutions (IFIs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) such as World Bank, IFC, Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), Nedbank, African Development Bank (AfDB) etc. will be an added advantage.
• Regional experience - Experience in the East Africa and Sub-Saharan African region will be an added advantage.

Behavioral competencies

• Have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Possess effective interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Strong client delivery focus.
• Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease.
• Sound problem solving ability.
• Be conflict tolerant.
• Be assertive.

Technical Competencies

• Experience in running end to end Infrastructure & Capital Project (I&CP) engagements.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Proven ability to manage and execute projects.
• Experience in writing and presenting client proposals.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good negotiation skills.