Project Development Director ( Solar / Hybrid Energy / Offsite / Finance / PPA ) – Cape Town, South Africa

Reference Number: 322 04 23 MW

Job Description:

Our client, a renewable energy service provider is seeking a Project Development Director who will drive offsite energy transactions and project development for African industrial clients, initially in South Africa and Nigeria. The incumbent will be responsible for translating financial and legal advice into the commercial structure of energy services contracts with private off takers and advising on land acquisition agreements, supplier agreements, and joint development agreements with developer partners where necessary. Furthermore, the incumbent will ultimately be responsible for summarizing the next steps at each stage to match industrial electricity demand to offsite renewable supply, facilitating project financial close and start of construction.  The ideal incumbent will have global experience and be adept at working across multiple jurisdictions with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Collate and assess inputs from subject matter experts from other company teams to navigate contracting for complex power purchase transactions and portfolio acquisitions, especially multi-stakeholder transactions.
• Take a holistic view of commercial, financial, legal, and tax constraints to support Business Development in negotiation tactics.
• Perform in-depth financial analysis to develop the appropriate strategy for executing a given project transaction.
• Manage transaction documentation, deal structuring, and commitments across multiple deal contracts, working alongside support from internal and external Legal counsel.
• Identify gaps in the company’s value proposition to counterparties and generate new ideas for how to better bridge those gaps.
• Manage in-house deal teams and external counsel and consultants.
• Design and deliver client-ready presentations advocating the company’s desired commercial strategies.
• Advise counterparties on diverse aspects of financial, tax, and corporate structuring concerns.
• Cultivate a wide set of developers and technical partners to originate, develop, and close project opportunities across the company’s geographies.
• Assist Business Development, Investment, ESG, and Operations teams to accurately diligence and report on deal aspects to investors, noting implications for group financial model and portfolio risk.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• 8+ years of experience in project finance, transaction advisory, infrastructure development and/or origination.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, engineering, law or other relevant field.
• Applied understanding of commercial aspects of complex hybrid power projects and PPA structures.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and corporate finance, project finance modeling.
• A strong network among active power project developers, suppliers, and construction partners relevant to the electricity transmission, electricity distribution, or distributed energy industries, especially in South Africa.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to [email protected]

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Mitchill Wernich

Managing Lead: Renewable Energy & Mining

CA Mining

CA Mining will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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