Engagement Manager: Transport & Infrastructure Advisory - Western Cape

ENGAGEMENT MANAGER:
Transport & Infrastructure Advisory - Western Cape, South Africa

Competitive Package on Offer based on Qualification and years of relevant experience

Our client is a highly reputable global consulting firm shaping the future of transport infrastructure across Africa and beyond. We are seeking a solutions‑oriented, strategic‑thinking Engagement Manager (Transport & Infrastructure Advisory) who possesses strong financial acumen.

You will provide financial analysis and financial modelling to support the delivery of projects within the Transport Practice, while leading the project team and contributing to the overall direction of the projects.

One would describe you as an entrepreneurial thinker who can conceptualise complex problems, identify key quantitative variables and their interrelationships, and accurately translate these into MS Excel or other quantitative software tools.

Further, you are adaptable to changing needs and comfortable operating in a complex, fast‑paced and sometimes uncertain environment.

• Defining client problems concisely, in simple terms, and developing hypotheses to identify solutions, working collaboratively with clients.
• Leading or coordinating finance‑related and general quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify suitable solutions, including quantitative research methodologies, development of business cases, feasibility studies, business plans and strategies, financial model development and evaluation, and in‑depth financial and risk analyses.
• Financial structuring, developing financing strategies and securing finance.
• Initiating and/or facilitating discussions with clients to elaborate on project solution proposals.
• Leading or coordinating the development of high‑quality project deliverables, including slide decks, financial models or financial reports.
• Presenting findings to clients, partners and senior decision‑makers in government, development finance and the private sector with a high level of confidence.
• Managing cross‑functional and geographically dispersed teams tackling complex business, financial, economic and social challenges for clients.
• Cultivating and managing relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Managing stakeholders, both in the formal and informal sectors that the Company works with and assisting the clients in doing the same.
• Managing subcontractors, including overseeing the delivery of high‑quality deliverables by these parties.
• Developing knowledge products on topics in the sectors that the Company works in.
• Supporting project management and administration, to comply with client or company requirements and standard procedures.
• Making an active contribution to developing new business opportunities, building on current project work and through proposal development.
• Contributing to practice and company‑wide strategic initiatives.
• Mentoring and managing junior staff where applicable.

• A graduate qualification in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Actuarial Science or Economics.
• Track‑record of academic excellence.
• 5 to 7 years’ experience in finance or management consulting/advisory.
• Exposure to a broad range of financial analysis and financial modelling‑related projects with a demonstratable track record of high performance, such as project or infrastructure finance, financial structuring, public sector financing, investment banking, business planning, project financial modelling and accounting.
• Good exposure to research, analysis, synthesis and problem‑solving.
• Strong numeracy capabilities, with excellent Excel abilities.
• Thinking logically and independently.
• Leadership or entrepreneurial aptitude.
• Track record of leading teams.
• Interdisciplinary interests and skills.

• Post‑graduate qualification in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Actuarial Science or Economics.
• Understanding of annual financial statements and related accounting standards.

• Numerical excellence and an ability to understand and translate logic into calculation language.
• The ability to work backwards from the client’s output expectations through the…