Allied Talent Partners

Designer

• Reset their learning strategy
• Select and set up a fit-for-purpose Learning Management System (LMS)
• Design modern, high-impact learning journeys, emphasizing leadership and management development for mid-career professionals
• Diagnose current state (existing LMS, Engagedly, and current curriculum)
• Recommend and support selection of a new LMS and high-level configuration approach
• Design priority learning journeys and associated content
• Run pilot sessions to validate new learning experiences
• Prepare a structured handover for the future internal L&D hire

Learning Experience Consultant – Curriculum Design Specialist

Accountant

• Manage routine bookkeeping activities including AP/AR processing, transaction posting, and maintenance of accurate accounting records.
• Prepare payment batches for review and execution by the Director.
• Manage vendor and supplier documentation, including verifying supplier statements and following up on outstanding invoices and quotations.
• Perform regular balance sheet and bank reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial data.
• Manage day-to-day communication with client stakeholders, responding to information requests, clarifying financial data, and ensuring a smooth flow of operational accounting support.
• Support the monthly close process through preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, schedules, and variance reviews.
• Prepare routine financial reporting packages and support the Director to ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.
• Support additional scope areas such as payroll processing or tax compliance as assigned.
• Contribute to ongoing process improvements and documentation enhancements across portfolio company finance functions.

Junior Accountant

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Financial assessments and viability analyses for priority projects.
• Review of financial models, including revenue projections, cost structures, and sensitivity analyses, with recommendations for improvement where applicable.
• Recommendations for suitable funding and investment structures tailored to project type and stage.
• Advisory inputs to strengthen investment-readiness and alignment with funder expectations.
• Contributions to project readiness assessments and consolidated portfolio reports.
• Portfolio-level insights and learnings on financing trends, barriers, and lessons from project-level assessments to inform future preparation and pipeline design.

Project Finance Specialist

Consultant

• Conduct due diligence on identified projects and provide holistic viability view, including:
• Review of technical design, additionality, permanence, leakage, legal alignement, robust MRV and co-benefits.
• Assessment of commercial viability and scalability.
• Identification of key technical, regulatory, commercial, and counterparty risks with mitigation recommendations.
• Assess applicable national and international regulatory requirements (Article 6 approvals, host country authorisations, benefit-sharing frameworks, registry requirements).
• Advise on likely timelines, sequencing, and key dependencies for regulatory approvals.
• Identify potential policy risks (e.g. moratoria, rule changes) and recommend engagement strategies with DNAs and government stakeholders.
• Advise on the ease and feasibility of actual project implementation, including:
• Key milestones (project registration, validation, verification, credit issuance).
• Dependencies such as land tenure, community agreements, or offtake commitments.
• Realistic delivery timelines and critical path items.
• Flag bottlenecks that could delay credit issuance or revenue realisation, allowing for more accurate financial modelling.
• Develop or review project and portfolio financial models, ensuring:
• Realistic forecasts of carbon credit generation and issuance schedules.
• Market-aligned assumptions for prices, costs, discount rates, and verification cycles.
• Sensitivity and scenario analyses to inform structuring and risk assessment.
• Aggregate project data into portfolio-level models where needed for financial instrument design.
• Analyse funding requirements for each project stage (feasibility, development, construction, operations) and recommend appropriate instruments (grants, concessional finance, guarantees, equity, debt).
• Advise on structuring solutions such as results-based finance, carbon revenue securitisation, carbon-linked bonds, and blended finance stacks.
• Map potential sources of capital – including local financial institutions (banks, pension funds, insurers), development finance institutions, impact investors, and corporates.
• Recommend strategies to de-risk participation of local capital (e.g. first-loss tranches, partial credit guarantees, revenue floors).
• Identify opportunities to leverage carbon revenues to unlock additional climate finance (green bonds, adaptation-linked instruments).
• Provide input on aligning financing structures with host country climate strategies, benefit-sharing frameworks, and NDC commitments.
• Review ERPAs, benefit-sharing agreements, term sheets, and partnership agreements.
• Ensure alignment between contractual terms, financial assumptions, and delivery milestones.
• Highlight gaps, risks, and negotiation points.
• Prepare and input into IC/Board papers and presentations, including risk matrices, sensitivities, and delivery timelines; ensuring materials are decision-ready and highlight key risks and mitigations clearly.
• Join IC meetings as a subject-matter expert where required.
• Provide insights on pricing benchmarks, methodology updates, and regulatory trends.
• Recommend adjustments to structuring approaches or project prioritisation based on market shifts.
• Provide insights on emerging climate finance opportunities and recommend how the Client can position its carbon initiatives to attract innovative finance (domestic and international).
• Share lessons learned to build institutional knowledge.
• Support sourcing and validation of projects required to anchor specific financial instruments.
• Apply eligibility criteria to select projects with the right scale, credit type, geography, and risk profile.
• Provide gap analysis where pipeline volume or credit profile does not meet instrument design requirements.

Technical Carbon Markets Consultant

• Support origination, due diligence, and structuring of early-stage project development investments (USD 3–15 million range).
• Conduct financial modeling, transaction analysis, and risk assessment for greenfield infrastructure projects.
• Assist with preparation of investment memos, due diligence materials, and presentations.
• Participate in negotiations with sponsors, lenders, and government partners.
• Support capital-raising and investor due diligence processes.
• Contribute to the establishment of the fund’s internal investment systems and processes.
• Collaborate with the CEO and Investment Director to ensure coordinated project execution and knowledge sharing

Senior Investment Associate – Interim

• Lead origination, structuring, negotiation, and execution of project development investments (USD 3–15 million range).
• Build a robust pipeline of infrastructure opportunities aligned with the fund’s green investment mandate.
• Work directly with project sponsors, developers, and governments to advance projects to bankability.
• Provide technical and strategic leadership to the small initial team, mentoring and guiding junior professionals.
• Support capital-raising activities and investor due diligence processes.
• Represent the fund externally in negotiations and partnerships.
• Contribute to the establishment of investment systems, processes, and internal governance as part of the fund’s early operational phase.
• Collaborate closely with the CEO and the Senior Investment Associate to ensure smooth coordination and execution.

Investment Director – Interim

Supply Chain

• Design end-to-end procurement and supply chain operating model, including policies, governance, and controls.
• Recommend and configure a fit-for-purpose ERP/procurement solution (Odoo) to support procurement, warehousing, fleet, and logistics.
• Establish vendor management and sourcing strategies to manage high-volume equipment procurement (poles, meters, transformers).
• Assess existing warehousing facilities and fleet operations and design an optimised national rollout strategy.
• Define warehouse layout, equipment requirements, safety procedures, and inventory control systems.
• Develop durable logistics processes to support 100+ vehicles and dispersed field teams nationwide.
• Develop a practical 12–18 month implementation roadmap with clear milestones.
• Mentor the Head of Supply Chain and junior staff to strengthen capabilities and embed best practices.
• Document systems, procedures, and policies to ensure long-term sustainability.
• Report to Senior Management and support delivery of a landmark electrification public-private partnership in Burundi.

Procurement and Supply Chain Expert

• Provide full-time commercial and financial due diligence support for SME Lending Unit transactions across East and Southern Africa, reporting to the Investment Manager – SME Lending Unit.
• Prepare screening papers summarizing country, sector, and competitive context.
• Conduct initial borrower KYC (constitutive documents, IDs, licenses) and manage borrower data rooms.
• Perform preliminary and detailed financial analysis: review historical financial statements, calculate key ratios, assess projections, test sensitivities, and evaluate assumptions.
• Engage with borrower management teams; document findings from interviews, inspections, and market visits; join investment officers on site visits.
• Track progress against DD checklists, follow up to secure complete information packages, and provide feedback on gaps or inconsistencies.
• Incorporate cross-functional inputs (ESG, impact, legal, risk) into analyses.
• Draft commercial and financial sections of credit proposals, develop risk/mitigant narratives, and build screening papers into full credit proposals aligned with templates.
• Take primary drafting responsibility post-DD to free investment officers to progress other deals.
• Provide flexible support for sector deep-dives (e.g., clean cooking), support handover to portfolio management, and contribute templates or tools to strengthen unit capacity.

Investment Due Diligence Associate

Security Engineer

• Strengthen company systems, ensure data integrity from product scan through PayGo events, and build secure integrations with Odyssey.
• Focus on platform hardening, API and data flow reliability, and incident management.
• Collaborate with company tech teams and the Independent Verification Expert to ensure system outputs meet verification and audit requirements.
• Produce an inception note within 2 weeks outlining objectives, current-state assessment plan, integration/security blueprint, and workplan.
• Map platforms and perform systems & integration assessments for each company; produce gap analyses (Months 1–2).
• Design security & access-control frameworks including role-based access, authentication, audit trails, logging/monitoring, incident response, backup/recovery, anti-tamper controls, and threat/risk models.
• Define/implement API specs, validation, error handling, schema mapping to Odyssey, data quality tests, versioning, and automated monitoring.
• Provide implementation support and produce SOPs, runbooks, admin checklists, training modules, and knowledge transfer (Months 2–5).
• Provide rolling integration & security updates, progress notes, document open risks and mitigations, and handoff points to IVE.
• Deliver a handover dossier at Month 6 with architecture docs, API specs, security configurations, maintenance roadmap, and training materials.

Digital Platforms and Data Security Architect – End-to-End RBF Systems

Analyst

• Conduct due diligence on greenfield projects, including site assessments, grid connection analysis, and early-stage project evaluation
• Consolidate and analyse information for project teams, providing research and evaluation to support decision-making
• Assist in preparing investment committee materials, project information memoranda (PIMs), and teasers
• Support due diligence processes, including review of project agreements (PPAs, EPC, O&M, SPAs, JDAs)
• Build and improve techno-commercial financial models in Excel to support project evaluations (tariff analysis, wheeling, demand matching, savings)
• Run sensitivity analyses and scenario testing, including stress-testing of assumptions
• Review and update development budgets through to COD and validate assumptions and outputs in financial models
• Prepare and maintain project schedules, coordinating across technical, commercial, legal, and financial teams
• Ensure timely progress of project milestones by managing stakeholder inputs and support efficient execution of live DG projects
• Participate in key industry events and perform risk assessments across financial, commercial, political, and environmental dimensions
• Ensure compliance with governance, regulatory, and risk frameworks and maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry developments

Distributed Generation Analyst, Renewable Energy

• Act as the CFO’s right hand and senior finance leader for a Southern African renewable energy business.
• Consolidate and interpret group-level financials and ensure IFRS compliance.
• Prepare and consolidate detailed budgets and forecasts aligned with strategic objectives.
• Challenge and validate inputs from stakeholders and provide technical and business advice.
• Review and stress-test financial models to support business and investment decisions.
• Oversee timely preparation of internal and external monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Conduct variance analysis, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable insights.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors in planning and execution of audits.
• Develop and maintain financial governance frameworks, policies, and procedures across finance, tax, treasury, reporting, management accounting, supply chain, and insurance.
• Monitor emerging accounting guidance, prepare IFRS interpretations, and support implementation of new IFRS.
• Monitor group and project-level debt covenants and mitigate finance-related risks.
• Ensure optimal tax structuring, liaise with Group Tax, and prepare tax packs.
• Coordinate with Group Treasury to optimise cash management, financing, and liquidity; lead cash flow and financial planning.
• Lead major initiatives including ERP implementation, acquisitions, and other group-level projects.
• Partner with operational teams, business development, M&A, and senior leadership on financial modelling and scenario planning.
• Provide tax and accounting advisory and maintain relationships with auditors, financial institutions, and external advisors.
• Drive standardisation and simplification of processes and embed best-practice systems; mentor and build capacity in the finance function.

Finance Manager

• Designing RBF frameworks for renewable energy and infrastructure in Francophone markets
• Advising governments, DFIs, and private investors on contract design and disbursement mechanisms
• Embedding climate, gender, and inclusion metrics in performance-based programs
• Supporting independent results verification and reporting in bilingual contexts

Results-Based Finance Expert

Recruitment

• Recruit and source French-speaking experts for fixed-term, deliverables-based projects across Africa
• Translate and develop French-language role descriptions, outreach messages, Terms of Reference, project briefs, and candidate profiles
• Maintain accurate expert pipelines and talent pools within internal systems (e.g. ATS, CRM)
• Manage candidate outreach, communications, and process updates with the Talent Acquisition team
• Manage the ATS and ensure SLA compliance; take ownership of assigned roles from sourcing through placement
• Support onboarding and coordination of Francophone experts and clients
• Develop and translate project documentation, including statements of work and contracts, while maintaining accurate CRM records
• Partner with the Account Manager to track project progress, coordinate schedules, and manage client communications
• Conduct interviews, create consultant profiles, and ensure a seamless, positive recruitment experience aligned with client requirements
• Act as key liaison for Francophone clients and consultants and collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition and Project Delivery teams

Talent Acquisition and Project Delivery Specialist, French Speaker

Risk

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is a mission-driven, not-for-profit talent marketplace focused on solving the human capital bottlenecks slowing down sustainable development efforts in emerging economies, with an initial focus on Africa. ATP connects vetted, experienced, context-relevant professionals to high-impact opportunities in energy access and sustainable development – strengthening local capacity and fuelling economic vitality. We specialize in fixed-term, deliverable-driven engagements – from interim leadership and generalist projects to niche technical expertise – handling project scoping, talent vetting and matching, contracting, payroll, and compliance so that our clients can focus on impact.;Client: Our Client, with support from the World Bank, is implementing the Access to Electricity and Digital Economy for Enhanced Community Resilience in Sudan Project, under the wider ASCENT Program. This initiative aims to expand access to sustainable energy and digital services across fragile and conflict-affected states.;Project: To support this effort, the client seeks a consultant to develop a fit-for-purpose, internationally benchmarked Environmental and Social (E&S) Risk Management Guidance Note, aligned with the World Bank ESF, IFC Performance Standards, and best practices in DFIs. The guidance note must be acceptable to World Bank specialists to clear a Condition Precedent (CP) for effectiveness, beginning with Sudan and extending to other facilities in fragile and conflict zones. The consultant will also provide practical tools, templates, and procedures that the client can apply across its portfolio. This is a remote role, with the possibility of a wrap-up visit to Nairobi, and the consultant will be encouraged to draw on a support resource or define a team structure to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.