Job Title: Investment Director
Role Introduction: Our client, a listed investment company in East Africa, seeks to engage and hire an Investment Director.
Role Introduction: Our client, a listed investment company in East Africa, seeks to engage and hire an Investment Director.
The successful candidate will
be tasked with the management of existing investments.
Role Profile
- Portfolio
management of existing investments across various sectors;
- Supporting the
Managing Director in executing and realising the commercial objectives of
the company strategy across sectors;
- Advising the
Board Investment Committee on formulation of investment objectives for
investee companies;
- Overseeing and
managing the end-to-end investment process of multiple projects and
different stages of the development cycle;
- Formulating
winning strategies;
- Negotiating and
structuring investment transactions;
- Monitoring the
execution of the company’s commercial objectives in active developments
projects / portfolio companies;
- Interacting and
maintaining good relationships with the Management of portfolio companies;
- Driving timely
value realization through third party equity investments and higher
valuation and / or eventual exit;
- Developing and
managing a lean high performance team of junior analysts and associates to
support the company’s day-to-day portfolio management.
Desired Competencies
- Commercially
aware and entrepreneurial with a track record of building and effectively
leading profitable enterprises;
- A highly
networked and influential individual with the ability to cultivate and
retain relationships with a globally diverse group of institutions and
individuals;
- A leader with
proven ability to position and create demand for products and services;
- A no-excuses
individual with demonstrated capacity to successfully execute multiple
projects simultaneously;
- An effective
and ethical leader with a track record of building and leading successful
teams;
- A personable
individual and excellent communicator.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree or higher with a strong analytical or business focus;
- Possession of
professional qualifications in CFA, CPA or ACCA;
- Possession of
an MBA or any other postgraduate qualification in a relevant field would
be an added advantage;
- Minimum Ten
(10) years’ leadership experience;
- Portfolio
management of a private equity portfolio, preferably in Sub-Saharan
Africa;
- Extensive Board
level experience;
- Investment
transactional experience including leading teams in end-to-end investment
/ fundraising / exit processes.
How to Apply
If you are qualified and up
to the challenge visit www.altimaafrica.com/careers.php and apply online by 5pm 15th December, 2016.
