Post Financial Close Transactor

Core Purpose of the Role

The Post-Financial Close Transactor at SolarAfrica is responsible for ensuring compliance with financial and contractual lender and equity provider related obligations post-financial close, monitoring project performance, and preventing defaults by proactively managing lender requirements and stakeholder expectations. The role requires a strong understanding of project finance, legal frameworks, and risk management, as well as exceptional communication skills to liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Position of the job in the organisation

The Post Financial Close Transactor will report directly to the Post Financial Close Transactor.

Principal responsibilities

• Oversee and report on all lender and equity provider related contractual, regulatory, and financial obligations post-financial close.
• Ensure compliance with project finance agreements, shareholder agreements, and lender requirements.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to prevent financial and contractual defaults.
• Oversee project performance during construction and operational phases.
• Identify financial, legal, and operational risks, implementing management-approved mitigation strategies together with the respective teams to ensure project success.
• Work closely with project managers, legal teams, and finance teams to resolve potential issues proactively.
• Prepare and submit lender reports in strict adherence to financing agreements.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with financial covenants and reporting requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between lenders, investors, and internal teams to address compliance matters.
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure accurate reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Provide detailed financial insights to support strategic decision-making and maintain transparency.
• Support external audits and ensure timely resolution of financial discrepancies.
• Work closely with project teams, legal counsel, and senior management to ensure compliance and financial stability.
• Facilitate clear, concise communication between stakeholders, ensuring alignment on financial and contractual obligations.
• Negotiate and resolve contractual disputes while maintaining positive relationships with all parties.
• Assist in fulfilling and monitoring compliance with CSs and CPs required for financial close.
• Ensure legal and financial documentation is accurately maintained and submitted in a timely manner.
• Support the Transactor in reaching Financial Close, including reviewing of legal agreements and other support
• Ensure any post financial close restructures, refinancing arrangements or similar are executed
• Any other job duties associated with this role.

Experience & Skills

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in project finance, infrastructure finance, legal advisory, corporate finance transactions or renewable energy project environments.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Law, Accounting, Economics, Project Management or a related field. A postgraduate qualification such as LLB, CFA, MBA or PMP is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of project finance agreements and structures, lender obligations, covenant compliance, contract management and risk mitigation.
• Experience in renewable energy, infrastructure, wheeling projects or large-scale funded projects is highly advantageous.
• Strong financial modelling, reporting, reconciliation and stakeholder management skills.
• Digitally confident with strong Excel skills and the ability to use reporting, document management and workflow tools effectively. AI experience is not essential, but a technology-savvy mindset is required.
• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel where required.
• ERP / MS Dynamics experience: Advantageous

Specific attributes

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage complex obligations, deadlines and documentation accurately,
• Confident communicator who can engage lenders, investors, legal, finance and project teams professionally.
• Proactive problem-solver who can identify risks early and drive practical solutions before issues escalate.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement in independently managing competing priorities and multiple concurrent workstreams, adapting priorities as required to deliver key objectives within agreed timelines.

Desirable attributes

• Experience in South African renewable energy projects, wheeling structures or funded infrastructure projects.
• Previous exposure to lender reporting, shareholder agreements, SPV structures, audits or regulatory compliance.
• High commercial awareness with the ability to balance compliance, stakeholder expectations and business outcomes.

What Does Success Look Like?

By 3 Months

• I will have developed a clear understanding of the project finance agreements, lender reporting obligations, key covenants and post-financial close deliverables.
• I will have built strong working relationships with finance, legal, project teams, lenders and other key stakeholders.
• I will have begun managing post-financial close obligations, compliance deadlines and lender reporting requirements with supervision.

By 6 Months

• I will be proactively managing post-financial close obligations, compliance deadlines and lender reporting requirements with limited supervision.
• I will be producing accurate reports, reconciliations and compliance updates that support lender, shareholder and internal requirements.
• I will be identifying potential financial, legal or operational risks early and working with the relevant teams to resolve them before they escalate.

By 12 Months

• I will independently manage post-financial close obligations across multiple projects, ensuring reporting, covenants and compliance requirements are met timeously.
• I will be a trusted point of contact for lenders, investors and internal stakeholders on compliance, reporting and contractual obligations.
• I will have improved reporting, documentation and monitoring processes through better use of systems, templates and technology.

Core Values

We hire, reward, and recognise our team against these values. It is imperative that you believe in these values and demonstrate them consistently.

• We are passionate and proud of what we do.
• We communicate candidly, especially when it is difficult
• We take the initiative, share our mistakes, and grow together
• We are dependable and take accountability
• No one person is bigger than the solution - no egos.

We are currently only considering candidates based in South Africa with valid working rights. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from outside the country at this time.