Associate Director, Project Finance, Infrastructure Development, Singapore

Aurex Group is a specialist recruitment firm focusing on the Energy and Infrastructure sectors that works with leading companies across the globe to attract top talent.

Company Overview:

Our client is an APAC-HQ'ed infrastructure investor, developer, and asset manager. It is a leader in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects across the globe. Its portfolio consists of over SGD $30 billion+ of assets under management (AUM) globally with $15B+ in Asia Pacific and diverse assets including hospitals, waste water treatment, metro rail, roads, schools, and convention centers.

Position Overview:

MUST BE CURRENTLY BASED IN SINGAPORE. NO OVERSEAS RELOCATION BUDGET.

Join a leading, global infrastructure investor and developer focused on PPP projects as Associate Director of Project Finance supporting APAC and ME . This is a newly created position in Singapore, so you will be joining in a fresh position where you will have the ability to set the procedural standards for the Southeast Asia team and make a lasting impact on the business during a time of fast growth. You will be working directly under the Country CEO who is one of the most professional and well-networked Project Finance professionals in Singapore.

Working in a primarily development-focused company, you will be responsible for leading and supporting both debt and equity project finance for greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Leverage existing relationships with banks, development funds, ECAs, private equity, insurance companies, and other lenders to source suitable project financing
• Work with senior management to prioritize approaches to various lenders
• Guide and oversee the analyst/associates in both Singapore and abroad who will produce financial models for you; stress test their models
• Coach and mentor junior team members and be part of the hiring process as the team expands
• Identify and mitigate risks including regulatory, forex, insurance, sanctions, etc
• Negotiate complex financial terms and structuring arrangements for infrastructure transactions
• Manage transactions through the research, due diligence, structuring, credit and documentation stages
• Manage external service providers including technical due diligence, legal, and E&S consultants as well as lender's commercial and technical teams

Requirements:

• Likely 8-15 years of overall work experience
• Experience working with new-build (greenfield or brownfield) infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia such as hospitals, wastewater treatment, metro rail, roads, schools, and convention centers
• Experience with infrastructure projects in the Middle East also a plus
• Buy-side experience primarily
• Debt & equity project finance experience
• Must be comfortable working in a start-up environment where you will be hands-on as analyst/associate support may be a few time zones away and not readily available when you need it

MUST BE CURRENTLY BASED IN SINGAPORE. NO OVERSEAS RELOCATION BUDGET. SINGAPOREANS AND PRS HIGHLY PREFERRED.

Please note: this is an Infrastructure Development company, not a bank or Big 4 consultancy. The title of Associate Director at 8+ years of work experience is typical for this industry.

Job posted by: Amy Marietta, Consultant, Aurex Group EA 18S9493 | R1878463