Job Openings at Allied Talent Partners

Role & Responsibilities

Deliverables:

• Support the advancement of an existing pipeline of off-grid solar investment opportunities
• Lead and coordinate due diligence workstreams across commercial, financial, and impact areas
• Develop and refine financial models to support live transactions, including scenario and risk analysis
• Prepare high-quality investment memoranda and credit papers for Investment Committee review
• Support portfolio monitoring and performance tracking across active investments
• Contribute to internal reporting on pipeline status, risks, and fund performance

Requirements

Experience required:

• Demonstrated experience in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or impact investing
• Track record of executing transactions including due diligence and deal structuring
• Exposure to renewable energy and/or infrastructure investments
• Experience working in emerging or frontier markets Academic background in finance, economics, business, engineering, or a related field

Technical requirements:

• Advanced financial modelling, valuation, and investment analysis capability
• Strong investment judgment in high-risk, emerging market contexts Ability to assess credit risk, scalability, and commercial viability of early-stage businesses
• Experience integrating impact considerations into investment decision-making
• Ability to navigate regulatory, political, and operational complexities

Soft skills:

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building capabilities
• Clear and structured communication, including investment narrative development
• High degree of ownership and ability to operate independently within lean teams
• Resilience and adaptability in ambiguous and resource-constrained environments
• Strong alignment with mission-driven work

Additional information about desired profiles:

• Candidates should demonstrate a strong interest in energy access and climate-focused investments, with the ability to balance commercial and impact objectives in frontier markets, and quickly contribute to execution across active transactions.

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Role & Responsibilities  
Deliverables:  

Design and facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement workshops across target countries to: 

• Validate research findings and ecosystem analysis. 
• Surface implementation opportunities and ecosystem constraints. 
• Align stakeholders on program priorities and strategic direction. 
• Support collaboration and partnership development activities. 

Develop workshop materials and engagement approaches, including: 

• Workshop agendas and facilitation plans. 
• Stakeholder mapping and participation strategies. 
• Presentation materials and discussion guides. 
• Documentation and reporting templates. 

Coordinate engagement with key ecosystem stakeholders, including: 

• Financial institutions, insurers, and insurtechs. 
• Government and regulatory stakeholders. 
• Agricultural intermediaries and producer organizations. 
• Development partners and implementation organizations. 
• Community and participant representatives. 
• Ensure stakeholder engagement approaches are inclusive, participatory, and reflective of the perspectives and lived experiences of underserved populations, particularly young women participants. 
• Facilitate structured discussions, consensus-building activities, and collaborative dialogue processes across diverse stakeholder groups. 
• Document workshop proceedings, stakeholder insights, agreed actions, and follow-up recommendations in standardized reporting formats. 
• Collaborate with the broader technical team to integrate stakeholder feedback and ecosystem insights into program recommendations, strategic outputs, and final reporting. 

Requirements  

Experience required: 

• Demonstrated experience facilitating stakeholder engagement processes and multi-stakeholder workshops across sub-Saharan Africa. 
• Proven experience supporting development, financial inclusion, agricultural, resilience, or ecosystem-development programs. 
• Experience engaging with diverse stakeholder groups, including government institutions, financial-sector actors, development partners, community organizations, and private-sector stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated experience designing participatory consultation and facilitation approaches within complex program environments.
• Experience supporting ecosystem coordination, partnership development, or collaborative strategy processes. 
• Experience contributing to multi-country advisory, research, or program implementation assignments. 
• Experience operating across Anglophone and Francophone African markets, including collaboration with local partners and facilitation across diverse stakeholder contexts. 

Technical requirements: 

• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation capability across diverse institutional and community settings. 
• Ability to design and manage inclusive and participatory workshop processes aligned to program objectives. 
• Strong understanding of ecosystem coordination and multi-stakeholder engagement dynamics within development and financial inclusion programs. 
• Ability to synthesize stakeholder inputs, workshop outcomes, and consultation findings into structured recommendations and reporting outputs. 
• Familiarity with facilitation methodologies, participatory engagement techniques, and collaborative problem-solving approaches. 
• Strong written and verbal communication capability across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups. 

Soft skills: 

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-management capability. 
• Strong facilitation, moderation, and communication skills. 
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics and differing perspectives professionally and constructively. 
• Strong organizational and coordination capability across multiple activities and stakeholder groups. 
• Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams. 

Additional information about desired profiles: 

• Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated experience facilitating high-level stakeholder engagement processes within financial inclusion, insurance, agricultural development, or climate resilience initiatives across Africa. Experience facilitating inclusive consultations involving women, youth, and underserved populations will be highly advantageous. Professional working proficiency in English and French will be strongly preferred. 

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Role & Responsibilities  
Deliverables:  

• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the organisation’s current financial position, including liquidity, cash runway, cost structure, working capital requirements, financial risks, operational sustainability, and key financial constraints to growth. 
• Develop and own a financial strategy and stabilisation roadmap that establishes a clear pathway to EBITDA-positive performance by Q1 2027 and net cash positivity within two years, including defined milestones, performance indicators, ownership structures, and implementation priorities. 
• Update and enhance the existing financial model while establishing robust forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance management frameworks that improve financial visibility, accountability, and decision-making across the organisation. 
• Lead capital planning and fundraising readiness activities, including funding strategy development, capital allocation planning, financing scenario analysis, investor readiness requirements, and preparation of a fundraising roadmap aligned to growth objectives. 
• Establish board-level financial reporting, governance, and performance monitoring frameworks that strengthen oversight, improve accountability, and support informed strategic decision-making. 
• Assess existing finance systems, reporting tools, and operating processes, and implement or recommend fit-for-purpose solutions that improve financial visibility, efficiency, scalability, and decision-making capability. 
• Build a sustainable finance function through mentoring, coaching, capability assessment, delegation frameworks, knowledge transfer, and development of practical operating disciplines that can be maintained beyond the engagement. 

Requirements  

Experience required: 

• Proven experience serving as a Chief Financial Officer, Fractional CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent senior financial leadership role. 
• Demonstrated success leading financial stabilisation, turnaround, restructuring, profitability improvement, or cash preservation initiatives. 
• Experience developing and executing long-term financial strategies that support organisational growth and sustainability. 
• Experience leading capital planning, fundraising preparation, investor engagement, or financing activities. 
• Experience establishing financial planning, governance, and performance management disciplines within growing organisations that lacked mature strategic finance capabilities. 
• Experience advising boards, investors, shareholders, or funding stakeholders on strategic financial planning, capital allocation, and organisational performance. 
• Experience operating within emerging-market environments is advantageous. 
• Experience within transport, logistics, mobility, maritime, infrastructure, or other asset-intensive sectors is advantageous. 

Technical requirements: 

• Strong expertise in cash flow management, liquidity planning, working capital optimisation, and financial sustainability planning. 
• Ability to design and implement robust financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance management frameworks. 
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to evaluate profitability drivers, operational economics, investment decisions, and growth opportunities. 
• Demonstrated capability to develop and maintain financial models that support strategic planning, scenario analysis, capital planning, and fundraising activities. 
• Strong understanding of governance, internal controls, risk management, and board-level financial reporting. 
• Ability to assess finance systems, processes, and operating models and implement scalable improvements appropriate for a growing organisation. 
• Ability to design practical finance operating models, governance structures, and management reporting frameworks suitable for a small but scaling organisation. 
• Ability to translate strategic financial objectives into practical implementation roadmaps with measurable milestones, ownership structures, and performance metrics. 

Soft skills: 

• Ability to build credibility quickly and operate as a trusted adviser to boards and senior leadership teams. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across management, governance, funding, and investor stakeholder groups. 
• Pragmatic and hands-on leadership style with a strong focus on execution and measurable outcomes. 
• Strong mentoring and coaching capability with a demonstrated ability to build confidence, capability, and ownership within developing finance teams. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts for diverse audiences. 
• Sound judgement, resilience, adaptability, and professional integrity. 
• Collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams. 

Additional information about desired profiles: 

• The preferred candidate will be comfortable stepping into an organisation with limited strategic finance capability and quickly establishing the frameworks, disciplines, and decision-support processes required to support growth.  
• The successful individual will combine strategic financial leadership with a practical implementation mindset and a strong commitment to capability transfer.  
• Experience working with development finance institutions, infrastructure investors, or similar funding stakeholders will be beneficial. 

Working arrangement 

Location: 

• Kisumu, Kenya (initial on-site phase), transitioning to a hybrid/fractional support model thereafter, subject to business requirements. 

Travel requirements: 

• Periodic travel within Kenya and other operating locations as required for stakeholder engagement, operational reviews, and implementation support.