Project Finance Associate H/F

CFAO

Location not stated · Africa projects

Role type

Infrastructure & Project Finance

Experience

Associate

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Summary

Support the financing and investment of African renewable-energy projects with AEOLUS, through CFAO’s infrastructure careers portal. The associate will own financial modelling, contribute to lender negotiations and investment decisions, and monitor the performance of operating project companies.

About the role

AEOLUS develops, invests in and manages independent power projects in Africa. The role spans development, financing execution and portfolio monitoring in a small entrepreneurial organisation. It offers progressively broader ownership of project-finance workstreams, with exposure to banks, development-finance institutions, export-credit agencies and joint-venture partners. The advert does not establish a duty station.

Key responsibilities

Build project-finance models, size debt and analyse cash waterfalls, covenants, returns and sensitivities.

Compare financing proposals and support negotiations with banks, DFIs and export-credit agencies.

Coordinate advisers, model audits and conditions precedent through financial close and initial drawdown.

Assess new IPP developments and acquisitions, including the bankability of project agreements.

Prepare investment-committee materials and monitor budgets, debt service and shareholder distributions.

Key requirements

Hands-on professional experience in project-finance cash-flow modelling and strong Excel skills.

Understanding of debt sizing, financial covenants, financial statements and corporate finance.

Strong written and spoken English, analytical accuracy and ownership of multiple workstreams.

Renewable-energy or infrastructure finance experience, African-market exposure and model-audit experience are preferred.

French or other languages relevant to African markets are advantageous.

The employer does not state the work location, a minimum number of years or a closing date. Confirm the duty station through the official application process.