Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with originations of deal flow and investment opportunities
• Assume an investment execution and investment responsibility role within the team
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, external service providers and all internal stakeholders
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate and develop investment opportunities to close in accordance with the AIIM policies procedures and relevant good practice
• Take ownership of investment committee slide decks
• Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for complex transactions
• Build out and/or provide oversight of project finance models
• Conduct risk analysis and review of financial statements and valuations
• Provide oversight of bid documents and presentations
• Apply industry/product knowledge to contribute meaningfully to deal origination and ongoing asset management
• Identify and escalate any relevant transaction dynamics to Fund Head
• Actively engage with AIIM asset management and operations teams, including ESG, in term of deal execution requirements and see those through
• Engage in fundraising activities including preparation of materials, joining meetings and investor diligence trips, and ongoing reporting to investors
• Be an active and value-adding participant in deal meetings and proactively pick up work generated in those meetings
• Be an active and value-adding member of the team in general
• Manage the analysts/associates in the team such that they can develop to their full potential

Skills & Experience

• Relevant Qualification (e.g. Honours Financial or Engineering degree)
• Significant international experience in climate investing plus transaction experience in Africa – 5+ years of direct deal doing experience and / or working in a relevant climate business development organization
• Demonstrable passion for early-stage business development in the climate space
• Well networked, with solid relationships in order to set up for origination work – bankers, lawyers, advisors
• Financial acumen – the capacity to demonstrate knowledge of and insight into financial principles and processes and identify inconsistencies in data
• Good working knowledge of key commercial statutes and regulations as well as a general commercial orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrable organisational, planning and prioritising skills
• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills
• Strong attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy and ability to perform under pressure
• Well-developed project management skills/ability to see projects completed