ENGAGEMENT MANAGER: FINANCE

Elev8; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Elev8 is seeking an Engagement Manager in Transport & Infrastructure Advisory for the Western Cape. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, build financial models, and present insights to clients and government partners.

We value strong numeracy, Excel proficiency, leadership, and the ability to translate complex problems into actionable financial strategies. This role offers a competitive package based on experience.

Qualifications

• Finance or management consulting experience required.
• Experience leading teams and projects.
• Strong academic record.
• Excellent numeracy and Excel abilities.

Responsibilities

• Define client problems and develop hypotheses with clients.
• Lead finance-related analysis and modelling.
• Develop and evaluate financial models and reports.
• Present findings to clients and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior staff.

Skills

Numerical excellence

Strong numeracy

Excellent Excel

Leadership

Team leadership

Strategic thinker

Problem solving

Time management

Communication skills

Adaptability

Education

Graduate degree in Finance

Graduate degree in Economics

Postgraduate qualification in Finance

Accounting or Actuarial Science degree

Tools

Excel

Financial modelling software

Risk analysis tools

Job description

ENGAGEMENT MANAGER: Transport & Infrastructure Advisory- Western Cape, South Africa

Competitive Package on Offer based on Qualification and years of relevant experience

Our client, a highly reputable global consulting firm shaping the future of transport infrastructure across Africa and beyond, is seeking a solutions-oriented, strategic-thinking Engagement Manager (Transport & Infrastructure Advisory) who possesses strong financial acumen to join their dynamic team of skilled professionals within their expanding Transport Consulting Practice in the Western Cape.

You will provide financial analysis and financial modelling to support the delivery of projects within the Transport Practice, while leading the project team and contributing to the overall direction of the projects.

One would describe you as an entrepreneurial thinker who can conceptualise complex problems, identify key quantitative variables and their interrelationships, and accurately translate these into MS Excel or other quantitative software tools.

Further to this, you are adaptable to changing needs, and comfortable operating in a complex, fast-paced and sometimes uncertain environment.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Defining client problems concisely, in simple terms, and developing hypotheses to identify solutions, working collaboratively with clients.
• Leading or coordinating finance-related, and general quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify suitable solutions. This includes:
• Quantitative research methodologies, and qualitative research and problem-solving methodologies, including towards the development of business cases, feasibility studies, business plans and strategies.
• Contributing to the development of financial models and conducting evaluations of financial models.
• Performing in-depth financial analysis.
• Reviewing financial data, spreadsheets, budgets and reports, and translating quantitative information into easily communicable findings or implications.
• Conducting in-depth risk analysis
• Financial structuring, developing financing strategies and securing finance.
• Initiating and/or facilitating discussions with clients to elaborate on project solution proposals.
• Leading or coordinating the development of high-quality project deliverables, including slide decks, financial models or financial reports.
• Presenting findings to clients, partners and senior decision-makers in government, development finance and the private sector with a high level of confidence.
• Managing cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams tackling complex business, financial, economic and social challenges for clients.
• Cultivating and managing relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Managing stakeholders, both in the formal and informal sectors that the Company works with and assisting the clients in doing the same.
• Managing subcontractors, including overseeing the delivery of high-quality deliverables by these parties.
• Developing knowledge products on topics in the sectors that the Company works in.
• Supporting project management and administration, to comply with client or company requirements and standard procedures.
• Making an active contribution to developing new business opportunities, building on current project work and through proposal development.
• Contributing to practice and company-wide strategic initiatives.
• Mentoring and managing junior staff where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A graduate qualification inFinance, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Actuarial ScienceorEconomics.
• Must have a track-record ofacademic excellence.
• 5 to 7 years’ experience in finance or management consulting / advisory.
• Exposure to a broad range offinancial analysis and financial modelling-related projects with a demonstratable track record of high performance in these area is required for e.g.project or infrastructure finance, financial structuring, public sector financing, investment banking, business planning, project financial modelling and accounting
• Good exposure toresearch, analysis, synthesis and problem-solving.
• Must demonstratestrong numeracycapabilities, withexcellent Excel abilities.
• Must be able tothink logically and independently.
• Must demonstrate or have a track record ofleadership or entrepreneurial aptitude.
• Must demonstrate track record ofleading teams.
• Must haveinterdisciplinary interests and skills.

Advantageous:

• A post graduate qualification in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Actuarial Science or Economics.
• Understanding ofannual financial statements and related accounting standards

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Numerical excellenceand an ability to understand and translate logic into calculation language;
• The ability to work backwards from the client’s output expectationsthrough the calculation engine to the necessary input drivers thereto;
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and demonstrable high standards of achievement;
• Strong interpersonal skillsand ability to work in diverse teams as well as independent;
• An energetic problem-solver, who is open-minded with multi-perspective views;
• Interest in working towards a desired outcome on complex and ambiguous client problems;
• Ability toresearch and translate findingsinto products;
• Good time management, with the ability to meet task deadlines within timeframe and budget;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrable ability toclearly break down and explain a complex topicverbally and in writing;
• Must be astrategic thinker with a strong focus on the detail of model developmentbut simultaneously have the ability to capture the broader objective of the assignment;
• Ability to listenand respond to input and diverse perspectives; and
• Ability to adaptand work in a highly pressurized environment.