Transaction Lead
Reference: JN -082026-87342_1788242982
Job Description
The Transaction Lead will take ownership of renewable energy and BESS transactions from PPA negotiation through to financial close, coordinating the legal, technical, financial and commercial workstreams required to successfully complete each transaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage renewable energy and BESS transactions through to financial close.
- Lead PPA negotiations with customers, utilities and offtakers.
- Coordinate legal, technical and financial workstreams and transaction timelines.
- Work with project development teams to ensure land, permitting and other requirements are ready for financial close.
- Manage transaction budgets, milestones and key deliverables.
- Support debt financing processes and liaise directly with lenders through to fulfilment of Conditions Precedent.
- Work closely with technical teams on project timelines, pricing and design.
- Review financial modelling outputs and engage with financial modellers on key assumptions.
- Manage external legal advisers, consultants and other transaction stakeholders.
- Lead transaction due diligence and identify key commercial and execution risks.
- Prepare transaction materials and presentations for investment committee and senior management.
- Maintain strong relationships with lenders, funders, offtakers, advisers and public-sector stakeholders.
- Support participation strategy relating to SAWEM and SAPP.
- Coordinate multiple workstreams to ensure transactions remain on track and progress efficiently towards financial close.
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years' renewable energy experience, with direct exposure to PPA negotiations and/or financial close on utility-scale projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Law, Economics, Commerce or a related field.
- Strong understanding of project finance and renewable energy transactions in South Africa.
- Experience working with financial models and modelling outputs.
- Strong understanding of the South African energy market and regulatory environment.
- Knowledge of SAWEM and SAPP advantageous.
- BESS transaction experience advantageous.
- LLB candidates with strong commercial and transactional experience are encouraged to apply.
Key Skills
- Transaction and project management
- Commercial negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Project finance
- PPA negotiation
- Financial close
- Due diligence
- Financial modelling
- Risk management
- Strong commercial judgement
- Excellent communication and coordination skills
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
Transaction Lead
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