Senior Financial Advisor

About This Role

Overview:

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards. Responsibilities:

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior Financial Advisor, seconded to our Client from government sector in Doha, Qatar.

You will be leading financial advisory for PPP project development and procurement, driving structuring, financial modelling, and stakeholder engagement through to financial close.

We envisage success in this role to include;* Leading financial advisory for the procurement of PPP delivery partners.

• Managing end-to-end PPP project development and procurement activities.
• Leading PPP structuring, preparing financial feasibility frameworks, and conducting financial due diligence, tariff modelling, risk analysis, and financial modelling.
• Managing and engaging with transaction advisors and stakeholders on financial and commercial aspects of PPP project documentation.
• Reviewing financial and market components of key studies including needs assessment, option analysis, and business case development.
• Developing and reviewing financial components of RFQ/RFP documents, including bidder instructions and financial evaluation criteria.
• Assessing macroeconomic and financial risks within project agreements, including payment mechanisms and financial schedules.
• Leading the preparation and updating of financial sections of procurement documents. Leading workshops related to bid preparation and procurement processes.
• Supporting the Authority’s Project Manager in bidder interactions on financial matters.
• Coaching and guiding the Authority’s PPP team to achieve project objectives.
• Engaging with project owners and key stakeholders (e.g., Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Industry) on financial and market-related matters.
• Assessing PPP model options and recommending preferred commercial structures.
• Leading the development of payment mechanisms in coordination with technical advisors.
• Managing the evaluation of financial proposals and supporting preferred bidder selection.
• Leading negotiations with preferred bidders through to financial close.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships and ensuring alignment across entities.
• Developing and promoting programme and project-related financial policies.
• Ensuring compliance with targets and governance requirements.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include a minimum of 20+ years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years in PPPs and transaction advisory, partnered with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Project Management, Commerce, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or equivalent from a recognized institution. Additional Requirements:* Possessing a Chartered or Professional Certification from an internationally recognized institution will be highly desired.

• Demonstrating strong expertise in financial modelling, project finance, and PPP structuring.
• Preparing high-quality reports, presentations, and communications for senior stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships within large organizations and with external stakeholders.
• Making sound, impartial decisions and managing multiple stakeholder perspectives effectively.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.