Job offer: Manager - Ports

Our client is a private equity fund with experienced bulge bracket investment bankers at the helm, who have significant infrastructure and African deal-making experience and have worked in global financial hubs. They place a high degree of importance on numeric ability, initiative, and the willingness & ability to take ownership of work and projects.

The Manager will:

• Analyse investment opportunities with a focus on ports against investment criteria and evaluate key drivers and commercial assumptions
• Lead diligence on financial modelling of structures & returns for investment opportunities
• Lead commercial due diligence on investment opportunities, and assist the team in managing and reviewing the work of third party due diligence (e.g. financial and legal)
• Lead preparation of equity syndication & debt financing materials
• Lead the preparation of the Investment Memorandum for review by the Investment Committee
• Develop business specific knowledge and an understanding of how value is created within a business
• Contribute to the sourcing of new investment opportunities
• Lead the team in structuring and managing exits

The ideal candidate will:

• Have at least 6-8 years of infrastructure investments experience with some exposure within ports/airports investments
• They will have had prior Bulge Bracket Investment Banking experience and would have transitioned to either Private Equity or a Corporate Investments role across Ports/ Airports Infrastructure in recent years
• Qualitatively, they will align with their belief and passion for African markets, and will be enthusiastic about a progressive career within the firm
• Have some prior managing experience
• Strong communication skills