Job Purpose/Mission 

The Corporate finance analyst will be part of the EEA Funding team under the supervision of the Head of Funding (3 team members). She/He will work closely with all the country finance teams based in the 9 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as other heads of departments (Customer Finance, FP&A, Grants, etc). The position holder will have a key role in order to structure fundraising for Solar-home-systems (SHS) and Mini-grids (MG) projects in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as to monitor the subsidiaries’ liquidity position. In the highly interesting position, you will deal with external stakeholders with important responsibilities as follows:

External debt funding:

• Negotiate with pool of impact investors, DFIs, debt providers to settle a large corporate facility to support the next years development of Engie Energy Access activities.
• Build financial model of renewable projects with inclusion of debt sizing (DSCR, cash flow waterfall, sensitivities, DDM)
• Prepare internal committees to get approval on financing from Executive Committee
• Drive due diligence process including the constitution and maintenance of data room, on-site visits and due diligence Q&A
• Lead the closing of the financing by completing the CPs.

Liquidity and Cash management

• Oversee and monitor the liquidity and cash position of the Sub-Saharan subsidiaries (9 countries and 15 legal entities)
• Ensure ENGIE Energy Access affiliates are correctly funded (follow-up and implementation of shareholder loans and equity injections)
• Lead approval of internal fundings from Engie Corporate Finance team
• Monitor the short-term cash forecasts at global level and local level.
• Develop new tools to effectively manage cash across the different subsidiaries (cash pooling)
• Identify and mitigate liquidity risks linked to convertibility and FX risks.
• Manage relationships with banks and financial institutions.
• Collaborate with various departments (customer finance teams, head of finance in the countries, FP&A teams, Grants teams)

Requirements

Experience and skills 

• At least 5 years of experience in project or structured finance in commercial/investment bank, development finance institution, transaction advisor or in the finance team of a project/asset owner
• Advanced quantitative and analytical skills
• Good knowledge of Pack Office, especially Excel (knowledge of VBA is a plus)
• Entrepreneurial spirit and collaborative nature
• Capable of advancing multiple work streams simultaneously and able to prioritize the different timelines.
• Project management skills and enthusiasm for new projects
• Rigorous and well-organized
• Experience working in developing countries is preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Understanding of rural BOP markets in Africa
• Ability to interact with multicultural teams, counterparts, and stakeholders.

Language(s):

• English
• French is a plus.