Senior Investment Associate - Renewable Energy - Kenya

Reference: INV/KENYA/2025/FIN_1749210091

Senior Investment Associate - Renewable Energy - Kenya

  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Type: Full-time
  • Sector: Renewable Energy

Overview

We are currently supporting a leading player in the renewable energy sector to identify and hire a Senior Investment Associate. This position is based in Nairobi and offers the opportunity to be part of a high-impact team focused on scaling clean and reliable power solutions across East and West Africa.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving both strategic and operational financial initiatives, including corporate fundraising, project financing, financial modeling, asset management, and business strategy development. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with a passion for energy and infrastructure to work on complex, high-value transactions and actively shape Africa's energy future.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Structuring and Fundraising

  • Support equity and debt investor processes, including due diligence, Q&A, and transaction execution

  • Assist with the structuring of corporate and project-level debt, including local currency and HoldCo debt

  • Contribute to the development of strategies around capital deployment and drawdown management

  • Support structuring of non-commercial guarantees and ensure compliance with investor disbursement criteria

Financial Modelling and Investment Analysis (Core Focus)

  • Lead the development, enhancement, and audit of dynamic financial models used for investment decisions, fundraising, and performance monitoring

  • Collaborate closely with commercial, technical, and legal teams to ensure model assumptions are robust, accurate, and aligned with operational realities

  • Act as the internal expert on financial modeling, ensuring tools are maintained to best-in-class standards for sensitivity analysis, scenario testing, and investment approvals

  • Support the preparation of investment memos and presentation materials through detailed modeling insights and outputs

  • Provide advanced financial analysis to support capital planning, pricing strategies, and reinvestment decisions

Strategic Finance and Asset Management

  • Contribute to long-term capital structure strategy (e.g., debt/equity ratios, FX risk, treasury policy, lender engagement)

  • Track project asset performance and provide financial insight into improvement initiatives

  • Assist in financial operations for live projects and support cross-functional projects requiring in-depth financial input

Corporate Strategy and Special Projects

  • Provide input into strategic planning across distributed generation and C&I segments

  • Support financial structuring for new entities and entry into new markets

  • Lead or contribute to company-wide special projects with a strong financial lens

Candidate Profile

Experience and Expertise

  • 2-4 years of experience in investment banking, project finance, private equity, or infrastructure advisory, ideally within the energy or utilities sectors

  • Demonstrated track record of building, maintaining, and auditing complex financial models for infrastructure or energy-related investments

  • Strong understanding of infrastructure finance fundamentals including PPAs, EPC/O&M contracts, and concessional frameworks

  • Experience working with international banks, DFIs, investment funds, or financial advisory firms in emerging markets

  • Solid project management capabilities with experience in cross-functional team environments

Skills and Attributes

  • Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills with deep Excel proficiency; VBA, Python, or financial modeling certifications are a plus

  • Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and attention to detail

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

  • Fluent in English; French is an advantage

  • High integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, self-motivation, and a collaborative approach

How to Apply

To express interest or learn more, please submit your CV along with a short cover note highlighting your financial modeling experience and exposure to energy transactions.

ewi is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. ewi is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

$45,000.00 - $60,000.00
Per annum
USD45000 - USD60000 per annum

Nairobi

Full Time

Added 06/06/2025
Reference: INV/KENYA/2025/FIN_1749210091

Senior Investment Associate - Renewable Energy - Kenya

Nairobi
Full Time

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