Cape Town City Centre: ENGAGEMENT MANAGER: Transport & Infrastructure Advisory

About the Role

We are seeking a solutions-oriented Engagement Manager (Transport & Infrastructure Advisory) to join our dynamic team of skilled professionals within our expanding Transport Consulting Practice in the Western Cape. As a key member of our team, 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Contributing to the development of financial models and conducting evaluations of financial models.
• Performing in-depth financial analysis.
• Reviewing financial data, spreadsheets, budgets and reports, and translating quantitative information into easily communicable findings or implications.
• Conducting in-depth risk analysis
• 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.

Requirements

• A graduate qualification in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Actuarial Science or Economics.
• Must have a 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 in these areas is required.

Qualifications

No additional qualifications mentioned.