Investment Manager
Iungo capital is currently
looking to hire an investment manager based in Kigali-Rwanda, Kampala-Uganda,
and Nairobi-Kenya who has a passion for being hands-on, on-site, and end-to-end
involved with SMEs, to help them become investment ready, support the overall
investment execution process, and/or posterior to assist them in maximizing
growth, scaling operations, improving business performance and realizing their
impact potential. More specifically, we are looking for professionals who can
take responsibility of some of the following tasks –line with their experience,
preference and ambitions.
Tasks & responsibilities
- Screen potential businesses for investment, based on various
operational, financial, and ESG criteria.
- Interact with local partners and pipeline feeder organizations.
- Conduct in-depth credit appraisal analysis based on current
assets and potential future income.
- Create financial projection models for income, balance sheet
and cash flow.
- Conduct profitability analysis of overall business and
business units.
- Prepare investment documentation.
- Support the investment negotiation process.
- Support the deal execution process.
- Identify potential co-investing business angels
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in business administration, economics,
finance/accounting, or engineering.
- Management consulting or tangible investment experience;
either having worked with a major accounting/consulting organization or
investment company.
- Intensive knowledge and understanding, preferably by
experience, of some of the following business domains: operations,
financial and risk management, accounting, management controls.
- Knowledge of the East African SME sector; specific
understanding of the agribusinesses and/or (light) manufacturing sector in
the region will be considered a plus.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team, with an
entrepreneurial drive.
- Abilities to establish a mixture of empathy, trust,
confidentiality and straightforwardness, paramount to help the
entrepreneur to see things more clearly from a different view-point.
- Excellent feedback, interpersonal and communication skills
- Creativity and flexibility to interact with entrepreneurs to
offer individualized services.
- Problem solving and strategic planning abilities; analytical
skills and attention to detail; good numerical skills.
- And finally, commitment and self-motivation are key to be
part of an organization that takes skin in the game. You enjoy seeing the
results and impact of your work, making a difference in the environment
that surrounds you.
Conditions
- We offer a competitive salary and a challenging job in the
impact investment sector, in an international and diverse environment,
with a lot of responsibilities and opportunities to influence the
development of our organization, contributing to sustainable change. We
aspire a joint future in the long term.
How to apply
Are you interested? You
can apply by sending your 1-page application letter and max. 2-page CV to career@iungocapital.com,
specifying with “investment manager” and desired country location in the
subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
