Infrastructure Transactor

Date: 18 Feb 2026

Location:

Sandton, Gauteng, ZA

Company: Sanlam Group

Who are we?

Sanlam Investment Group
The Sanlam Investment Group is uniquely equipped and positioned to deliver on its purpose of empowering generations to be financially confident, secure and prosperous. Through our vast in-house expertise and strategic partner networks, we can access all asset classes across the globe, private and public, actively and passively managed, to develop investment solutions that are in our clients’ best interests and have a positive impact on society. Backed by the Sanlam Group’s balance sheet, the Sanlam Investment Group has a true competitive advantage in its ability to invest alongside clients, particularly in private markets where impact investing drives the agenda.

The Sanlam Investment Group is one of the largest, most diversified financial services and investment firms in Southern Africa with assets under management and administration of more than R2 trillion. It is a B-BBEE level 1 contributor and one of the largest black-empowered asset managers on the African continent.

Sanlam Alternative Investments (SAI)
The purpose Sanlam Alternative Investments (SAI) business is to help build the African continent and make a real sustainable difference in the emerging economies in which we operate in, aligning to the Sanlam Group’s mission of financial inclusion. The SAI business has a broad range of capabilities that include Private Equity, Specialised Finance, Property, Infrastructure and Partnerships. Sanlam is the biggest non-banking financial institution on the continent, operating in Africa for over 100 years.

What will you do?

To assist in expanding the Project Finance and Infrastructure investment business, within South Africa and Africa, for SAI and Sanlam, including:

Identify, assess and structure infrastructure investments for SAI, Sanlam Group and Sanlam third party clients; the investments could be in debt instruments and/or in equity instruments.
Ongoing deal management and optimisation of the infrastructure portfolio.
Provide a specialised infrastructure investments expertise function to the Sanlam Group.
Assist in management of third-party infrastructure investment funds.

What will make you successful in this role?

Deal making (i.e. origination of debt-related transactions) including:

Identifying new opportunities, structure, negotiate terms and execute transactions
Development and building of new client relationships in order to originate new transactions
Preparing credit applications investment proposals and credit updates and attend credit meeting to support deals
Compile written proposals to clients of funding proposals including making marketing presentations to clients and replying to client
Prepare term sheets to clients that form the basis of legal agreements to be drafted
Financial Analysis: Expertise in financial modelling of transactions and preparing cashflow projections.
Market Insight and Economic Analysis: Strong understanding of economic indicators, market dynamics, and industry trends impacting the energy and infrastructure investment landscape
Ability to liaise with various internal departments (legal, credit risk, treasury, regulatory, exchange control, etc.), and external advisors (lawyers, Auditors, tax advisors, technical advisors etc.) as is necessary to implement deals
Interacting with other financial institutions and syndication partners in implementing syndicate or club type transactions
Reviewing and commenting on various legal agreements and relevant transaction documents
Management of deals through the full transaction life cycle up to maturity

2. Group interaction and functions

Ongoing interaction within the Debt team
Ongoing interaction with Sanlam Group, the Sanlam Investment cluster and other clusters – assisting in obtaining Group Buy-in
Be a centre of expertise for Sanlam Group

3. Portfolio management of invested transactions

Ongoing management of invested transactions

Qualification and Experience

Have completed a CA (SA), CFA, relevant Honours or Master’s qualification
Have at least 2 – 5 years’ relevant experience in the South African market in an origination role
Have Infrastructure and Project Finance origination and deal structuring experience
Have experience in CPI linked instruments
Infrastructure and Project Finance deal experience

Knowledge and Skills

Negotiates deals with third parties and will present proposed deals to the Credit Committee.

Investment Industry Knowledge

Relationship Management

Product Knowledge

Personal Attributes

Organisational savvy - Contributing through others

Manages complexity - Contributing through others

Business insight - Contributing through others

Financial acumen - Contributing through others

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others

Customer focus - Contributing through others

Drives results - Contributing through others

Collaborates - Contributing through others

Being resilient - Contributing through others

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensure a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.