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This Business Consultancy provides a wide range of strategic and procurement advisory services to clients across a number of market sectors (transport, property, environment). These include: commercial, technical, financial and PPP advice to both private and public sector clients.
They currently have a vacancy for a Director of Financial Advisory Services in Infrastructure & Project Finance, who will lead and develop the consultancy’s financial and structured finance advice in addition to supporting the firms Lenders Technical Advice service. The team already has business and financial modelling capability, which is to be built upon and extended to provide a more comprehensive financial advisory, investment appraisal and structured finance service offering.

Job Purpose.

The Director of Infrastructure & Project Finance role is to some extent a new position, which exists due to the ongoing and rapid expansion of the Business Consultancy team. Currently there is a requirement for further management support and leadership in addition to the provision of high-level skills and expertise as described below.

Core Responsibilities.

a) Expert:
To provide specialist/expert advice to clients (internal and external) on:
•Financial structuring/engineering;
•Project funding and sources of finance;
•Financial modelling and analysis;
•Financial risk management.

b) Manager:
•To manage the delivery of assignments related to financial advice, modelling, analysis and funding.
•To manage, develop and grow a team of financial modellers, analysts and advisors.

c) Business Developer:
•To introduce rapid growth into the business stream through the development of new business with both new and existing clients.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Knowledge & Skills Required.

a) Likely Background:
•Financial Consultant in a mainstream management consultancy or in the specialist finance (or project finance) arm of a mainstream competitor.
•Alternatively acting as project finance advisor within a project finance investment organisation (sponsor), an equity fund or investment bank.

b) Essential Experience:
•Broad exposure to project finance based upon the UK’s PPP and PFI models.
•Having worked as a consultant providing consultancy advice to clients.
•Experience in structured finance and investment appraisal
•Broad exposure to the transportation and infrastructure sectors.

c) Essential Skills/Knowledge
•Quantitative and strategic analysis
•Strong analytical and problem solving skills
•Proven management ability which combines operational effectiveness with the ability to lead and motivate a team.
•Sound project management skills with a focus on delivery.
•Proven business development skills.
•Excellent communication skills (verbally and written) and the ability to communicate complex concepts to an uninformed audience.
•Strong commercial awareness and capability.