Senior Fund Specialist

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA); Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Senior Fund Specialist for the Infrastructure Fund. The role involves supporting asset management, evaluating financing instruments, and mobilizing capital to enhance public infrastructure financing. Ideal candidates should be skilled in asset management and financing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of asset management and treasury functions.
• Monitor and evaluate financing instruments.
• Facilitate mobilization of capital through structuring financial instruments.

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.