Relevant experience (8-12 years) gained in corporate roles, Advisory firms, Debt Syndication, Fund-raising, Project Finance, regulatory finance, PPP, Infra SPV's or similar deal experience in the relevant sector/ propositions (as applicable)

Mandatory technical & functional skills:

- Have ability to deal with ambiguity and to put in place frameworks and structure

- Have Mentored, Coached, Appraised Junior team members

- Develop and review complex infrastructure financial models including PPP/PFI, project finance and regulatory finance models

- Be skilled in financial modelling and financial analysis

- Have prior experience into project financing, regulatory finance, debt syndication, bond financing, infrastructure deal advisory

- Build scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate business risks and opportunities.

- Translate business plans into detailed financial forecasts, incorporating market trends and operational metrics.

- Develop and maintain robust financial models to support strategic business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

- Create integrated three-statement models (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with dynamic assumptions.

- Have prepared infrastructure models from scratch and have significant experience into model reviews

- Have practical knowledge of financing structures, particularly debt and equity finance and other types of project-based financing

- Have experience of PPP/PFI transactions or exposure of working on one or more infrastructure sector/sub sectors like Power, Transport, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Property/Estates or Utilities, etc

- Have an ability to interpret and present outputs from financial models to support the commercial advice to onshore/client

- Have good working knowledge of accounting and financial statements

- Financial analysis and interpretation, in particular DCF methods

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align financial models with strategic goals.

- Present financial insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders in a clear, actionable format.

- Have commercial awareness

- Have strong analytical skills and strong written, communication and presentation skills

- Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

- Have creativity in pictorial representation of data, preparing decks for client presentations

- Having familiarity with data analysis tools like Python/R/Alteryx and visualization tools like Power BI/ Qliksense /Tableau would be an advantage

Roles & Responsibilities

As an Associate Director in our team, you will be responsible, amongst other things for:

- Delivering Client Engagements:

- Lead and deliver end-to-end infrastructure modeling projects

- Drive and implement the design and structuring the outputs (financial models) and its delivery

- Perform lifecycle analysis and forecasting, feasibility analysis, business case and market analysis

Business Development:

- Secure additional work for the current engagement or for related opportunities

- Support Client onshore teams on business development initiatives, including preparation of proposals and expressions of interest

- Actively build and manage the relationships and interface with Global Client Infrastructure teams and other deal advisory professionals

- Expand the portfolio of Global Infrastructure practices that KGS Infrastructure Commercial Advisory services team works with

Practice Development:

- Develop growth plan and strategy for Infrastructure Commercial Advisory services

- Strengthen existing services and add new services relevant to the market

- Create recruitment strategy for Infrastructure Commercial Advisory services

- Train and mentor managers and contribute to the overall skills enhancement and experience of the team

- Set up processes to manage modelling risks and ensuring Client's quality and risk management procedures are completed to the appropriate standard

- Pro-actively keeping up to date in your field of profession on a global level

- Contributing to thought leadership and knowledge management to support practice development

Educational Qualifications

- MBA / PGDBM from a leading Indian/International educational institution

- Professional certifications like CFA/CA would be an advantage