The Organization

Our client is an established financial institution with a successful track record in Asia.

They're building out their Singapore-based investment team to support growing deal flow and pipeline management.

What the Role Involves

You'll be doing the groundwork that makes complex deals happen:

Research & Deal Flow

• Monitor what's happening in target markets-new policies, emerging sponsors, competitive dynamics
• Hunt for investment possibilities through sector mapping and partner conversations
• Build your own network of project developers, consultants, and local players
• Separate genuine opportunities from noise-there's no shortage of either

Number Crunching

• Model projects under different scenarios-what happens if construction delays, if tariffs change, if currency moves
• Figure out if deals actually work financially and where the risks hide
• Challenge assumptions from sponsors and advisors who may be overly optimistic
• Translate technical and commercial complexity into clear recommendations

Getting Deals Across the Line

• Manage the messy middle-coordinating lawyers, engineers, environmental specialists, and everyone else needed to close
• Draft investment recommendations for senior leadership and governance committees
• Track what's promised versus what's delivered as projects move forward
• Handle the administrative machinery that keeps transactions moving

Stakeholder Juggling

• Interface with government counterparts who may be new to private infrastructure
• Work with co-investors who have different priorities and timelines
• Keep internal colleagues informed-nothing worse than surprises at the eleventh hour

Who Thrives Here

Your Background

• at least 5 years in roles touching infrastructure-could be advisory, banking, development institutions, project development firms, or utilities
• Exposure to markets in Asia strongly preferred
• You've built financial models that actually got used for decisions (not just academic exercises)
• Comfortable reading engineering reports, legal agreements, or market studies even if you're not an expert in any

Your Skillset

• Excel proficiency that goes beyond basic formulas-you can build integrated models with debt sculpting and returns waterfalls
• Writing skills matter here-you'll be translating technical complexity for non-technical decision-makers
• Politically savvy enough to navigate multi-party situations where everyone has their own agenda
• Languages beyond English are useful but not essential

Your Mindset

• Genuinely interested in why some countries have reliable power and others don't (and how to fix that)
• Comfortable with ambiguity-deals in frontier markets rarely follow textbook patterns
• Entrepreneurial instincts-you see gaps and figure out solutions rather than waiting for instructions
• Realistic about development challenges without being cynical

What Makes This Different

Most infrastructure finance roles are either pure advisory (you recommend then move on) or pure asset management (you inherit closed deals). This role spans the full arc-find it, analyze it, structure it, negotiate it, close it, monitor it.

You'll see both the glamorous parts (negotiating with ministers, presenting to boards) and unglamorous reality (chasing due diligence reports at midnight, reconciling conflicting legal opinions). The organization values substance over polish.

Practicalities

• Expect 20-30% travel-due diligence trips, site visits, stakeholder meetings
• Team operates in Singapore but projects are region-wide
• Mix of remote flexibility and in-office collaboration
• Reporting line is to regional investment leadership

If you are interested in this role, please send us your updated resume today to nicole@licoresources.com quoting reference number A02892. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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Job Reference No: A02892
EA Licence No.: 13C6733
EA Registration No.: R1333454