Fieldstone Recruits 01 Sénior associates

Fieldstone Recruits 01 Senior Associate or Vice President

Fieldstone is an independent investment bank and financial services provider in the energy and infrastructure sectors globally, and a market leader in Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm has an exceptionally strong reputation in emerging markets and is very much considered to be a leading advisory firm by clients, industry observers, and other financial institutions. With offices in London, Johannesburg and Dakar, we have numerous live transactions and a good pipeline of future transactions. We are seeking a Senior Associate or Vice President (depending on seniority and background of the applicant) to join our team and immediately start work on live transactions.

This opportunity will allow a high performing individual with strong experience to lead the day to day execution of transactions within emerging markets working for a top boutique with highly experienced colleagues. The senior associate or vice president would work from Dakar with a team of professionals based in Dakar, London and Johannesburg. The candidate will work closely with the larger team around the world.

At the core of our work, are development-stage project finance transactions in the power and infrastructure sectors and other sectors such as hospitality, real estate, healthcare and industrials. Additionally, our team covers buy and sell-side M&A mandates, export credit advisory, debt refinancing, corporate debt/equity raises, etc.

As a senior associate or vice president, the candidate will:

• actively engage in marketing initiatives through research, networking, and business development opportunities;
• oversee the development of complex financial models by junior team members for project and structured finance transactions;
• review and critically analyze financial accounts and projections;
• undertake valuations of businesses using a variety of valuation methodologies;
• present findings of work to clients in the form of information memoranda, valuation papers, and presentations;
• actively advise in commercial contract and financial document negotiations;
• manage a deal team’s day to day work on transaction;
• manage relationships with counterparties throughout a transaction;
• contribute to discussions in meetings with clients and lead such meetings as occasion may require;
• oversee the preparation of marketing materials and other work product; and
• assist with the development and implementation of skill-improvement initiatives and internal training programs.

Requirements

Preferred candidates will have:

• strong analytical skills and demonstrated proficiency with critical thinking;
• a good understanding of accounting and business fundamentals, demonstrated through a Master degree in Business, MSc, MBA, professional certifications, or participation in the CFA curriculum, or comparable accreditation;
• demonstrated working competence with all aspects of project finance modelling and documentation;
• experience with the full life-cycle of a financing process for an African or emerging market transaction;
• experience structuring financings with development finance institutions, export credit agencies, other public sector financial institutions, and commercial banks;
• experience with PPP transaction structuring;
• exposure to energy-sector, core infrastructure, and / or social infrastructure financings;
• a keen interest and commitment to infrastructure finance advisory, particularly in emerging markets;
• an existing network of relevant individuals across the industry which may include developers, project sponsors, lenders, development finance institutions, and advisors;
• an interest in developing his or her own advisory client base in due course; and
• relevant language skills for executing advisory mandates in markets in which Fieldstone is active, particularly
• French and English.

Interested parties to e-mail CV’s to : [email protected]

Closing date : 23 October 2021.