PROJECT FINANCE STRUCTURING SPECIALIST – INFRASTRUCTURE

Fempower Personnel; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Fempower Personnel is seeking a Project Finance Structuring Specialist for a leading Development Finance Institution in Midrand, Gauteng.

The role requires a seasoned project/infrastructure finance professional who can develop bankable financing structures capable of attracting capital and progressing towards financial close, with hands-on experience in PPPs, limited-recourse finance, and complex debt/equity structures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or related field.
• 8+ years' experience in Project Finance / Infrastructure Finance.
• Experience structuring infrastructure transactions and progressing to financial close.
• Strong understanding of limited-recourse project finance and risk allocation.
• Ability to translate financial models into financing structures.

Skills

Project Finance

Infrastructure Finance

Financial modeling

Negotiation

Risk allocation

Intercreditor terms

PPP structures

Local currency funding

Debt structuring

Equity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or related field

Job description

PROJECT FINANCE STRUCTURING SPECIALIST – INFRASTRUCTURE

Midrand, Gauteng | Permanent

Fempower Personnel is searching for an accomplished Project Finance Structuring Specialist for a leading Development Finance Institution.

We are looking for a seasoned Project/Infrastructure Finance professional who understands how to take an infrastructure project and develop a bankable, investable financing structure capable of attracting capital and progressing towards financial close.

What we're looking for:

• Relevant Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or related field

• Minimum 8 years' experience in Project Finance / Infrastructure Finance

• Proven experience structuring infrastructure transactions

• Demonstrable involvement in transactions progressing to financial close

• Strong understanding of limited-recourse project finance

• Ability to interrogate financial models and translate model outputs into appropriate financing structures

• Experience structuring and/or working with:

  • Senior and mezzanine debt

  • Equity

  • Blended finance

  • Concessional funding

  • Guarantees and credit enhancement

  • PPP structures

  • Local-currency funding

• Strong understanding of risk allocation between sponsors, lenders, EPC contractors, O&M providers, government and other project parties

• Experience negotiating with developers, lenders, DFIs, government and advisors

• Exposure to term sheets, intercreditor arrangements, common terms agreements and security structures

• Infrastructure exposure across energy, water, transport, ICT and/or PPPs

Candidates may come from commercial banks, DFIs, infrastructure developers/sponsors or transaction advisory environments, provided they have genuine hands-on Project Finance structuring experience.

Water infrastructure Project Finance experience will be particularly advantageous, although strong Project Finance experience across other infrastructure sectors remains suitable.

If you can demonstrate infrastructure transactions that you have personally structured, negotiated and helped progress towards financial close, we would like to hear from you.

Closing date: 31 August 2026