Job Description
- The Infrastructure Fund (IF) announced by the President in September 2018 addresses the need for a dedicated blended financing facility for infrastructure programme projects. The aim of the IF is to transform public infrastructure financial provisioning using “blended” finance - combining capital from the public and private sectors and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)/Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). This will be dedicated to meeting the financing requirements for hybrid projects.
- The mandate of the Infrastructure Fund has been captured in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Treasury, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), and the DBSA entered into on 17 August 2020.
- The Senior: Fund Specialist (IF) is responsible for supporting the execution of the asset management and treasury functions, which include physical asset management, monitoring and evaluation of financing instruments, facilitating the mobilisation and crowding-in of capital through the structuring, distribution, and syndication of financial instruments in both primary and secondary capital markets.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Outputs
- Support the the Infrastructure Fund’s (IF) strategic intent and progressively contribute a robust portfolio of projects, leading to improved funding and implementation opportunities.
- Support the monitoring and evaluation activities of physical infrastructure assets and financing instruments.
- Develop infrastructure investment model, strategies, tools, and products focused on core, stable cash-flow generating infrastructure assets.
- Monitor and provide recommendations to maintain and improve the financial sustainability, stability, and operational effectiveness of the Infrastructure Fund.
- Manage treasury operations including payments, liquidity, and cash management for the Infrastructure Fund.
Investment and Portfolio Management
- Implement, moipresent reports, memoranda, and strategic documents for executive committees, boards, and key stakeholders.
Treasury, Liquidity and Fund Operations
- Manage the design, implementation, and monitoring of blended financing mechanisms for identified infrastructure projects.
- Maintain and build relationships with intermediaries, including rating agencies, global asset managers, and coinvestors.
- Manage accounting reporting, budgeting processes, and financial systems such as SAP.
- Drive the development and execution of the IF’s asset management strategy.
- Advance research and enhance the identification of refinancing and capital mobilisation opportunities.
- Manage liquidity, capital structure, and balance sheet health of the Infrastructure Fund.
- Oversee funding operations, debt issuance processes, and related financial reporting.
Stakeholder Relations and Engagement
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and project operators
- Network and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to enhance the mandate of the IF.
Key Measurements of Outputs
- Effective monitoring, evaluation and portfolio management.
- Adequate controls and implementation of the accounting and treasury function.
- Effective syndication and distribution of IF assets.
- Value of infrastructure catalysed.
- Value of private & public sector partnerships and funding.
- Crowding in of capital.
- Effective liquidity and investment management.
- Issuance of capital market instruments
- Clean Audit.
- Expertise & Technical Competencies
Minimum Requirements
- A Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance/Engineering/Mathematic/ Statistics/Business Science/Actuarial or equivalent.
- A Post Graduate Qualification.
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience including in portfolio management of project finance/listed and/or unlisted capital market instruments.
- Proven track record in managing finance, investments or assets on a portfolio basis.
- Demonstrated excellence in the field of finance and structuring of financing instruments.
- In-depth understanding and knowledge of finance and accounting, asset management, risk management and portfolio strategy knowledge and skills including understanding of systems such as SAP.
Desirable Requirements
- A postgraduate qualification CA(SA), CFA, MBA Engineer, Actuary.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Detail Orientation
- Reviews all relevant information or aspects of a situation before taking action or making a decision.
- Pays close attention to details that are important to others to make sure they are right.
- Verifies that work has been completed according to the standards and procedures.
Planning and Organising
- Uses time management procedures effectively.
- Can exercise independent judgement regarding all planning and organising issues.
- Uses specialised software to plan and manage own time.
- Plans and manages multiple priorities and deadlines.
Adaptability
- Is able to operate in a rapidly changing and increasingly unpredictable environment.
- Gives thought to scenarios impacting the world of work and the world of business.
Written Communication
- Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs in clear concise language.
- Is able to determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
- Coaches’ others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
Asset Management
- Exceptional understanding of monitoring and evaluation, finance, structuring and innovation.
- Ability to function under pressure within a “start-up” environment handling multiple priorities.
- Accuracy and high attention to detail.
Commercial Business Acumen
- A good understanding of business and commercial drivers impacting operations.
- An understanding of general commercial strategy and the role of departmental strategy in the broader context of organisational objectives.
- Is comfortable with commercial discussions notwithstanding the absence of a readily identifiable legal component.
- Has the ability to structure or provide advice on legal instruments (e.g., contracts), based on strategic requirements.
Legal and Regulatory Policy Knowledge
- Knowledge of applicable legislation and the legal policies and procedures pertaining to relevant laws.
- Knowledge of topics such as procurement laws, claims, financing agreements, financial laws, etc.
- Knowledge and ability to enforce conditions and provisions of contracts, grants, agreements and leases.
- Ability to understand legal rights and responsibilities and the possession of authority to make legal decisions.
- Protects the organisation’s legal rights, utilizing a broad knowledge base of all major legal disciplines.
Presentation Skills
- Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter etc.).
- Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.
Procurement Services
- Articulates and prepares required documents and related elements of the procurement request including terms and conditions for the sourcing, selection and award process.
- Receives, safeguards, opens, records, tracks, assesses compliance with terms.
- Develops relationships by effective resolution of complaints and concerns.
- Prepares effective correspondence, questions and reports, statements of circumstance and briefing notes.
Risk Identification & Assessments
- Diagnoses significant and emerging risks to which the business is exposed.
- Advises on applicable aspects of legal risk identification and assessment.
Solution Focused
- Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
- While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
- Evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions after they have been implemented and identifies needed changes.
Knowledge of Contracts
- Identify contractual issues related to monitoring and evaluation.
- Has an in-depth knowledge of the legal framework and appropriate regulation. Ability to apply this to develop appropriate contractual terms, conditions and documentation.
- Identifies and resolves risk and liability.
Negotiation Skills
- Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
- Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
- Is able to take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
- Is able to place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of IF.
Financial Acumen
- Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
- Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
- Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
- Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximize revenues and control costs.
Reporting & Communication
- Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
- Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
- Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
- Is able to determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
- Coaches others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
- Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
- Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
- Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.
Required Personal Attributes
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
Customer Service Orientation
- Tries to understand the underlying needs of sponsors and matches these needs within the project risk framework
- Utilises the feedback received by sponsors, in order to manage new and/or improve existing services / products that relate to their on-going needs.
- Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.
Self-awareness and Self Control
- Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
- Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
- May apply special techniques or plan ahead of time to manage emotions or stress
- Discipline and Rigor to ensure highest standards of governance are maintained
Teamwork and cooperation
- Promotes a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
- Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
- Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
Strategic and Innovative Thinking
- Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
- Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
Decisiveness
- Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing
- Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular
- Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions
Driving delivery of results
- Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business
- Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the programme
- Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs and makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost-benefit analysis.
- Based on cost-benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature
Goal Oriented and Solution Driven
- Has an understanding of how immediate tasks contributed towards broader goals and structures activities accordingly.
- Focuses on solutions and goes beyond merely recognising a problem.
Systems Thinking
- Views legal matters as an integral part of broader operations and avoids addressing matters in isolation.
- Is able to recognise patterns and interconnectivity between various matters which are seemingly disconnected.
Decisiveness
- Acts promptly to address urgent needs, quickly taking those decisions which need to be taken.
- Assesses available information to reach a clear view of key options and select the best option at the time.
- Thinks on their feet when necessary.
- Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal procedures to fit a specific situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals.
Impact and Influence
- Includes careful preparation of data for presentation.
- Makes two or more different arguments or points in a presentation or a discussion.
Achievement Orientation
- Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
- Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
- Makes specific changes to systems and processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.
- Formulates own objectives and action plans in order to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.
Closing Date
2026/03/20
Gmail
Yahoomail