Associate Manager - Business Modelling

Job description:

JOB PURPOSE:

To be responsible for the development and implementation of financial models for project financing, corporate financing and other various projects for EGA and related entities. Update financial models and provide financial information as required by lenders; track of project actual cost spent and coordinate due diligence effort including liaising with advisors; prepare and present business case for new projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Financial Models

• Working independently with the operation teams develop, deliver, and implement financial models and financials modelling tools for project financing, corporate financing and other projects.
• Responsible for ensuring the availability and adequacy of data used in the models is of sufficient quality (acceptable by the banks) by establishing procedures for collecting information and building appropriate checks and controls.
• Responsible for providing good quality, timely and easy to understand financial advice to operational teams, in a way that non specialists can readily understand.
• To update financial models on periodic basis to keep up-to-date results available.
• Implement scenarios and present to management for decision making.

Project Financing Coordination and Project costing

• To coordinate due diligence process of project; liaising with financials and technical advisors to update the financing model.
• Supports and works with project technical teams / managers who lead strategic planning, business analysis and other internal consulting projects that drive high impact improvements and lead to profitable growth of Project;
• Participates in the analysis of actual results, drawing conclusion, by closely working with the project team, EGA business research team and line manager to assists in establishing robust business cases.

Presentations and reporting

• Develops strategic presentations, proposals and analysis for both internal and external audiences as requested by management;
• Prepares, gathers and synthesizes information to assist in monitoring, tracking and refining them in coordination with relevant business areas.

Lenders’ Requirements

• Provides the necessary financial information as required by Lenders including periodic convent computation as and when required by the Management and Lenders.

Support Project Management / Strategic initiatives execution

• Proactively provides special project support and other job-related duties as assigned by updating / maintaining relevant analysis and presentations as needed;
• Works closely with EGA business analysis function to ensure alignment of long-term financial requirements and performance.

Relationships Management

• Develops and maintains effective business relationships specifically with potential customers, multi-user infrastructure co-users, commercial and financial institutions and with all relevant external / internal entities such as consultants, process owners of the asset, and all other sections with highest standards of business ethics, whilst promptly attending to all critical issues in-order to ensure the services required by the corporation are delivered in the most effective manner.

Policies, Processes & Procedures

• Prepare financial models user guide and terms dictionary to allow easy access to models and readily understanding of models to non-specialist.

AUTHORITY/ DECISION MAKING:

• Thinking within established policies, procedures, standards and precedents; this person does represent finance at a senior level on the project teams;

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting or equivalent
• Post graduate management qualification (ie ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CFA).

Minimum Experience:

• 5-8 years of experience in financial modelling and dealing with financing activities in a reputable organization;
• An in-depth understanding of financial modelling and a working knowledge of accountancy
• Knowledge of workflow/process mapping & of industry best practices.

Skills:

• Ability to analysis complex information including numerical analysis, present key conclusions and withstand challenge from internal and external audiences
• Ability to use a number of financial modelling software packages
• Strong problem solving skills
• Delivering high quality decisions to a demanding schedule
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work and collaborate with a number of multi-disciplinary projects or teams
• Ability to deal with people at all levels and join up thinking strategically
• Ability to communicate complex issues, written and verbal, to non-specialists
• Self-motivated and able to manage own workload
• Working with a high degree of autonomy A thorough understanding of the importance of data integrity
• Excellent communications and inter-personal relations skills
• Ability to work independently and with others at all levels with the organization.

To be responsible for the development and implementation of financial models for project financing, corporate financing and other various projects for EGA and related entities. Update financial models and provide financial information as required by lenders; track of project actual cost spent and coordinate due diligence effort including liaising with advisors; prepare and present business case for new projects.