Job Title: Assistant Projects & Investment Finance Manager
Date Posted: 24/06/2026
Job Type: Contract
Employer: Corporate
Staffing
Industry: Finance
Salary: Competitive
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 30/06/2026
Reporting
to: Projects and Investment Finance Manager,
Travel
required Limited, as required on a need-to-basis,
Position
type: 9-12 months contract,
Our client is an innovative infrastructure project developer and investor that mobilises private investment in sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
Its investments promote socio-economic development within a just transition to net zero emissions, combat poverty, and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization delivers its ambition in line with its values of pioneering, partnership, safety, inclusivity, and urgency.
The
organization offers technical assistance for upstream, early-stage activities
and concessional capital; invests in early-stage project development and
project and corporate equity through its project development solution; its debt
solution is one of the first and most successful blended debt funds in
low-income markets; and its guarantees solution provides credit enhancement and
local currency solutions to de-risk projects. The organization also supports a
growing portfolio of local credit enhancement facilities, which unlock domestic
institutional capital for infrastructure financing.
About the role
This
role is responsible for finance-related matters for the respective investment
teams from the company’s project development solution, the organization, its
subsidiaries and projects. Key responsibilities include pre-investment
financial review and recommendation, on-going investment support,
post-investment financial reporting, valuations management and project
disposal/exits while ensuring financial sustainability, efficiency and value
for money across the organization’s operations as well as compliance with the
local tax/audit regulatory requirements.
The
Assistant Projects and Investment Finance Manager will lead the finances at the
shareholder level for a number of project companies and/or funds. They will
operate in a matrix environment, partnering with subject matter experts, local
finance teams, and project leads to deliver commercially attractive investments
with transformative social and climate impacts.
The
Assistant Projects and Investment Finance Manager will act as an ambassador of
the company, displaying and demonstrating the highest ethical and moral
standards, while effectively managing and controlling budgets and expenditure
in accordance with the Group’s policies and procedures. An affinity with impact
investment, particularly relating to gender equity and/or climate change, is
advantageous.
Role and responsibilities
Leadership,
business partnering, and management reporting
- Act as a finance business partner for specific projects
- Collaborate with the Financial Controlling Team on controlling
services and reporting of the organization entities, its subsidiaries, and
projects.
Investment
Support:
- Provide financial analysis of investment proposals, including
valuation matrices and sensitivity analysis, assessing bankability and
financial attractiveness.
- Review and analyse project financial models, providing commercially
valuable feedback.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative due diligence on prospective
and current projects.
- Transaction support, including delivery of CPs and completion
accounts
- Assist with the completion of investment company year-end audit
processes, working with auditors.
- Monitor and report on project and portfolio financial performance.
- Attend board meetings of operating companies and act as an ongoing
financial advisor to the project team
Valuation
- Participate in the valuation of prospective and existing
investments, applying IPEV principles in either lead or support capacity.
Review, propose, and challenge business assumptions.
- Support the year-end audit process within the company and statutory
deadlines with external auditors and their valuation specialists for all
relevant project valuation models.
Financial
Management & Reporting:
- Review monthly and year-end financial accounts for the
organization’s subsidiaries and projects.
- Develop and manage project company cash flow forecasts, feeding up
to the organization and the company group reports.
- Manage relationships with developer teams and the company
facilities.
- Ensure compliance with local tax and audit regulations.
Qualifications and
education requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related field
- Hold a relevant professional qualification, such as a qualified
accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CMA, etc.)
- Minimum of 3+ years’ post-qualification experience with at least a
total of 6-7 years of working experience
- Hands-on experience in a relevant finance role (preferably with
around 3-4 years at a Big Four firm) in a dynamic multinational
environment, ideally in the infrastructure sector, and Africa and/or Asia
regions.
- Prior exposure as a finance business partner or advisor for
transaction-related investments and project companies e.g., financial and
tax due diligence
- IFRS proficiency with exposure to consolidation or investment
accounting dealing with overseas entities.
- Knowledge of Fair Valuation methodologies and experience dealing
with overseas entities.
- Strong analytical and (desirable) financial modeling skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, covering proposals,
pitches, reports and advice.
- Knowledge of corporate and/or project finance documentation, SPAs
and commercial contracts.
- A personal or professional affinity with impact and/or climate
investment is highly advantageous
How to Apply
If
you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualifications and
experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title in the email subject
(Assistant Projects and Investment Finance Manager) to: vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 30th
June 2026.
NB:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not receive any
communication from us within two weeks of your application, kindly consider
your application unsuccessful. We appreciate your interest and thank you for
applying.
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