Senior Fund Specialist

Our client, a leading development finance institution, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Fund Specialist (IFISA) to support strategic infrastructure financing, asset management and treasury operations. This role offers an exciting opportunity to mobilise capital, optimise investment portfolios and contribute to sustainable infrastructure development through innovative financing solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee infrastructure investment portfolios, ensuring effective asset management, monitoring and performance evaluation.
• Develop financial models, investment strategies and innovative financing instruments to attract public and private sector capital.
• Manage treasury operations, including liquidity, cash flow, funding structures and capital management.
• Conduct investment analysis, asset valuations, risk assessments and financial reporting.
• Support the structuring, syndication and execution of infrastructure financing transactions.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, sound governance and effective stakeholder engagement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Science, Actuarial Science or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline, Portfolio Management or Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation, portfolio management, project finance or listed/unlisted capital market instruments.
• Proven experience in investment management, asset management and structuring financial instruments.
• Strong financial modelling, analytical, risk management and commercial skills.
• Sound knowledge of financial regulations, governance frameworks and financial systems such as SAP.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and strategic decision-making abilities.
• CA(SA), CFA or MBA qualification would be advantageous.

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