Manager

PAXON GROUP

Paxon is a leading advisory firm providing financial and commercial advice on projects across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
We specialise in the design and delivery of innovative financial solutions for major infrastructure and real estate projects. Our people are innovative, creative and experts in delivering value-enhancing advice.
Paxon s strength is in financial, transaction and PPPs (Public Private Partnerships) advisory for social infrastructure projects. We ve advised on over US$130 billion of projects over the last 20 years.
Paxon has market-leading expertise in infrastructure sectors including health, education, housing, real estate, urban renewal and land activation, corrections, sport and recreation, renewable energy, water, ports and airports.
We offer a full range of advisory services including:
- Financing and structuring of projects
- Infrastructure development, structuring and procurement
- Financial modelling, analysis and independent reviews
- Business case and feasibility study development
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- PPPs
- Unsolicited proposal development, and
- Transaction management.

The Role
Due to continued growth, Paxon requires a Manager to join our team in either the GCC (UAE or KSA) or Australia.
The Paxon team provides financial and strategic advice to a range of public and private organisations. We work closely with decision makers to develop, finance and transact key infrastructure and PPPs projects.
As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to engage with clients and stakeholders across the Middle East and Asia Pacific, providing expert advice and leadership in various aspects of infrastructure development and financing, including:
- Project finance modelling for PPPs, utilities and other infrastructure projects
- Structuring of projects and ventures, including commercial and financial structures and arrangements
- Project financing in the GCC and Australia

Requirements
To be successful in this role, you must:
- Have approximately 5 years' extensive experience in building bankable project finance models for PPPs, utilities and other infrastructure projects.
- Have experience building project finance models in the GCC.
- Be able to build bankable project finance models from end-to-end.
- Be familiar with project finance practice, custom and requirements in the GCC.
- Have relationships with potential clients and project finance banks.

Key Skills
The role is suited to candidates with:
- Extensive project finance modelling skills
- Experience in GCC project finance markets
- Excellent communication skills
- Arabic professional language preferable
- Excellent proficiency in business English
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Negotiation skills and the ability to navigate discussions to achieve desired outcomes
- Excellent analytical and research skills, and
- Advanced document writing and presentation preparation skills.