DEBT STRUCTURER (FUNDRAISING)

DEBT STRUCTURER (FUNDRAISING) 

Company Profile: Candi is a dedicated PV focused renewable energy company for businesses across Asia and Africa. We bring together international capital, through our Swiss-based platform, and local expertise in order to provide a unique offering to this unserved sector. In doing so, Candi aims to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets. www.candi.solar

Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Debt Structurer who will help Candi to lead the revolution of Solar. The successful applicant will be working on fundraising and structuring our local debt in India. Given that Candi is taking Solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking.

Specifically, the job involves taking a prominent role in the following, as part of a Capital Structuring team:

• Assume full responsibility for all existing and future debt facilities, including overseeing lender relationships, preparing reports, and ensuring data management and compliance
• Handle the preparation, review, negotiation, and execution of legal documentation with lenders
• Manage transactions, stakeholders, processes and any aspect requiring attention in order to bring transactions to a successful close
• Conduct financial, structural, and legal analyses on transactions to develop optimal debt solutions
• Prepare and manage financial models required for transactions and reporting 

Location: Gurgaon, Mumbai, Mohali, Bangalore or Pune (combined with working from home)

Hours: Full time.

Job Requirements:

• 3-6 years of experience in fundraising, financial structuring or M&A within a financial institution or corporate environment
• Proven expertise in managing debt facilities, including full ownership of reporting and compliance requirements, as well as effective data management
• Strong understanding of the local lender market, with in-depth knowledge of industry-standard lender terms
• Assist with the negotiation of terms with lenders, the preparation and finalisation of term sheets and the negotiation and closing of finance documents
• An affinity for numbers and quantitative analysis, with a high level of comfort in working with financial models
• Experience in the renewable energy industry
• Being good at juggling multiple transactions and projects at the same time
• Being at ease with coordinating and interacting with various stakeholders (internal and external)
• A track record of thriving in a fast-paced environment and an ability to work towards and hit KPIs
• Being a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Being very comfortable working in the digital realm, using tools such as Microsoft Office / Google suite and other remote working tools
• Excellent written and spoken English required, additional languages are a plus
• A degree in finance, business, law or related qualifying experience

Working Culture:

• You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment:

• Less is more
• Empathy before ego
• Authenticity, no matter what
• Get it done as one 

• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• Candi is an equal opportunities employer.

Candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop Solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where hybrid working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified Candidates will be contacted.