Regional Financial Advisor (Prosper Blue SWIOP-Invest Project)

About the role

GIZ Kenya is recruiting a Regional Financial Advisor for the Prosper Blue SWIOP-Invest Project, which supports sustainable blue-economy businesses and projects across nine Western Indian Ocean countries through a Transaction Advisory Facility. The position is based in Nairobi with occasional travel, from January 2027 to December 2028, and involves managing the Facility's day-to-day operations and client portfolio so that advisory support is well targeted and moves opportunities toward financing.

Key responsibilities

• Manage client intake, screening, onboarding and diagnostics, and agree support plans and milestones with senior consultants
• Manage client progress, portfolio reporting, advisory expenditure and value for money, and recommend continuation, referral, suspension or closure
• Coordinate partnerships with financiers such as impact investors, specialized funds, DFIs, local banks, foundations and development agencies
• Where needed, manage procurement and contracting of service providers, including terms of reference and contracts
• Turn learning from advisory processes into publishable market insights and trends
• Support cross-cutting functions, coordinate with country windows in Mozambique, Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya and Madagascar, and represent the programme at industry events
• Oversee consultant and partner work, implement quality control, and contribute to communications, reporting and knowledge management
• Develop guidelines, procedures and partnership concepts, and support Finance for Nature advisory

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, climate/nature finance, sustainable finance or a related discipline; a postgraduate or professional qualification (e.g. MBA, Investment Management, Banking and Finance) is an advantage
• At least five years of relevant experience, including three in (impact) investment, banking, corporate or project finance, finance-related management consulting or transaction advisory
• Experience assessing businesses or projects for financing, including due diligence, financial modelling and risk assessment
• Experience working outside Kenya in the Western Indian Ocean region is an advantage
• Ability to work independently, multi-task in a fast-paced environment, communicate complex ideas clearly, and speak excellent English
• Conversational French or Portuguese (B1) is an advantage