Job description
The key purpose is to create a sustainable impact through serving entrepreneurs in the SME sector with risk capital and business support. Helping them realise their full business potential and achieve long- term success. The investment manager delivers tangible value to the SME clients and by doing so, achieves financial and impact returns on his / her transactions.
Note: The successful candidate will have a good track record or expert experience analysing credit / financial statements and bringing on board new business.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, develop and maintain deal referral networks
- Measure and report on the effectiveness of such networks
- Analyse and thoroughly verify and cross reference key assumptions underpinning the business plan
- Build the financial model and conduct a proper risk assessment
- Structure viable transactions in line with the investment and pricing policy and product parameters.
- Draft high quality, focused and concise screening and finance reports that allow for efficient decision making within agreed time frames
- Restructure transactions that are viable and hand over those that are no longer viable
- Manage collateral and insurance policies
- Collect and record impact data and ensure data integrity, in line with the impact data strategy and policy
- Track performance of portfolio companies against the business financial plan. Identify any negative trends and deviations from the client’s operational and financial plan
- Keep abreast of all government legislations and regulatory requirements which may affect the operations of the portfolio companies
- Support the client in developing and implementing a robust business plan, financial plan and risk assessment and mitigation plan
- Project analysis and deal structuring
Requirements: Qualification and Skill
- Extensive experience bringing on board new business / clients / funds
- Experience in project analysis and deal structuring
- No less than 4 years Investment or finance experience in SME investment and demonstrated track record in investing or financing SMEs
- Advanced degree required
- MBA is preferred, as well as CFA or ACCA
- Excellent financial and analytical skills i.e. credit analysis, financial statements etc. This will be tested
- Good credit management skills
- Written and spoken fluency in English essential
- Must currently reside in Port Harcourt
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