Are you an experienced finance professional with a strong background in a construction company and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, project finance, financial modelling, and transaction execution?
We are looking for a Transaction Manager (PPP) to join our growing team and play a key role in the development, financing, bidding, and delivery of large-scale infrastructure and utility projects.
Position: Transaction Manager (PPP)
Key Responsibilities
- Project Financial Analysis
- Analyze project cash flows, cost structures, tariffs, and financial returns to support investment decisions and assess project viability.
- Financing Strategy & Execution
- Structure, arrange, and manage project and corporate financing solutions, including debt, equity, and bridge financing.
- Financial Modelling
- Develop, review, and maintain robust, bankable financial models for bidding, financing, valuation, and project evaluation.
- Lender Coordination & Financial Close
- Engage with lenders, support conditions precedent and debt disbursement requirements, and facilitate successful financial close.
- Due Diligence & Risk Management
- Conduct financial due diligence, identify key risks and red flags, and recommend practical mitigation measures.
- Bid Management
- Lead financial bid preparation, including pricing, tariff structuring, bid documentation, and compliance with RFP requirements.
- Tariff & Cost Optimization
- Develop strategies to optimize tariffs, levelized cost, funding structure, and overall project financial performance.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Manage financial clarifications and queries from procuring authorities, lenders, investors, and project stakeholders.
- Commercial Negotiations
- Lead and support negotiations with off-takers, EPC contractors, O&M providers, lenders, investors, and other counterparties.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline. MBA, CFA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
- 7-12+ years of experience in project finance, PPP/PFI transactions, infrastructure investments, financial advisory, or transaction management.
- Proven experience in developing, reviewing, and maintaining complex project finance and PPP financial models for infrastructure, utilities, water, wastewater, renewable energy, and power projects.
- Demonstrated experience supporting successful financial close processes, including lender engagement, debt structuring, conditions precedent (CP) management, and debt disbursement coordination.
- Strong track record in raising project finance, equity bridge loans, corporate loans, and engaging with commercial banks, DFIs, ECAs, and other financing institutions.
- Hands-on experience in financial due diligence, model audits, refinancing transactions, acquisition analysis, and investment evaluation for large-scale infrastructure and energy assets.
- Experience in bid preparation and financial bid management for PPP, IWPP, IWP, ISTP, STP, renewable energy, and other infrastructure projects, including tariff development, cost optimization, and lender market sounding.
- Strong understanding of project agreements and financing documentation, including concession agreements, power/water purchase agreements, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, and financing term sheets.
- Proven experience managing commercial and financial negotiations with lenders, investors, procuring authorities, EPC contractors, O&M providers, and other project stakeholders.