Fractional Chief Financial Officer (Tamarso) at Allied Talent Partners

Job description

The ideal candidate is a senior finance and transaction leader with demonstrated deal closure in frontier markets, strong DFI engagement capability and the practical judgment to build systems that work in a fragile-state operating environment. Deliverables Lead a capital-raising strategy, investor pipeline, information memorandum, data room and term-sheet or mandate process. Build an integrated lender-grade financial model with asset-level modules, DSCR, covenant, liquidity, FX and stress-test analytics. Implement lender-ready finance governance, including treasury policy, cash waterfall, delegations, reporting calendar and board KPI packs. Design HoldCo - AssetCo SPV structures, supporting agreements and implementation plan with external legal counsel. Train the internal finance team and deliver a documented handover package. Requirements Experience Required Senior CFO, VP Finance or equivalent leadership with ten or more years in relevant roles. Blended-finance transaction and DFI/impact-investor engagement experience. Frontier-market finance, governance and capital-raising delivery. Technical Requirements Three-statement and project-finance modelling, DSCR and covenant analytics. Treasury, cash waterfall, SPV/HoldCo structuring and investor data-room management. IFRS and risk management in USD-dominated frontier markets. Language Requirements Fluent English — essential. Somali or Arabic — preferred, not a hard requirement. Soft Skills Comfortable with a highly autonomous advisory CFO mandate. Able to work across investors, management and a lean finance team.