Job title: Senior Transactor
Industry: Renewables
Skills: Legal Financial Commercial
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Cape Town, WC
Job published: 14-07-2025
Job ID: 35247

Job Description

Location: Cape Town, V&A Waterfront

Type: Full-time

 

Overview

Join a leading renewable energy IPP involved in bringing large-scale energy projects to financial close. This role sits within the Transactions Team and plays a key role in managing legal, financial, and commercial workstreams to move projects from Preferred Bidder stage through to Financial Close.

 

What You’ll Do

  • Support the Transactions Manager and Head of Transactions on all aspects of deal execution.
  • Lead the appointment of advisors and coordination of due diligence processes.
  • Assist in the structuring of transactions and acquisition of secondary market opportunities.
  • Manage the Conditions Precedent (CP) Checklist and ensure timely delivery of all CP obligations.
  • Coordinate inputs from cross-functional internal teams to meet project timelines.
  • Oversee the negotiation and review of legal agreements in collaboration with the Legal Affairs team.
  • Support financial model reviews and credit approval processes in conjunction with the CIF department.
  • Engage with lenders on deal terms and coordinate inputs from their legal, technical, and insurance advisors.
  • Prepare and manage transaction-related documentation from review to implementation.
  • Support tender submissions and documentation for development-stage projects.

 

What We’re Looking For

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in project finance, banking & finance, or infrastructure teams.
  • Direct experience in renewable energy projects and financial close processes.
  • Proven exposure to legal negotiation and financial model reviews.
  • Bachelor’s degree in law, Finance, or Commerce.
  • Strong understanding of transaction structuring and CP management.
  • Experience working with lenders and legal/technical advisors.
  • Fluent in English (read, write, and speak).

 

What We Offer

  • Be part of a dynamic IPP leading renewable project execution in South Africa.
  • Exposure to complex, high-value transactions across solar, wind, and BESS technologies.
  • Collaborative and driven team culture in a mission-led environment.
  • Strategic influence and involvement in the full deal lifecycle.

 

Should you not hear back from us within 14 days, your application was unsuccessful.