Senior Finance Expert - Energy Access Programme (Malawi)

About the role

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is recruiting a Senior Finance Expert for a client's energy access programme in Malawi under Mission 300. The role provides strategic financial leadership and advisory support, focusing on financing approaches, the financial viability of interventions and the mobilisation of capital. It is a 12-month fixed-term engagement with periodic travel within Malawi.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of financing strategies, financial frameworks and approaches to support delivery and scaling of energy access interventions
• Lead financial analysis and structuring of programme priorities, including costs, risks, funding gaps and financial sustainability
• Advise on financing mechanisms such as public funding, private sector participation and blended finance
• Support engagement with government, development partners and financial stakeholders to align financing approaches and inform investment mobilisation
• Support capacity building and institutional strengthening by advising counterparts on financial planning, structuring and sustainable funding models

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in energy finance, infrastructure finance or financial advisory
• Demonstrated experience in financial structuring and analysis of energy or infrastructure projects and programmes
• Experience advising on financing strategies within donor-funded or multi-partner programmes
• Proven experience working with government, development partners and financial stakeholders

Required skills

• Financial analysis, cost modelling and financial structuring
• Understanding of public funding, private participation and blended finance
• Ability to assess financial viability, sustainability and affordability of interventions
• Familiarity with energy access sector dynamics and financing constraints in emerging markets
• Strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, communication and reporting