Investment Manager Agrofinance at Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM)

Job description

The person will be based out of the Nairobi office.

Assignments

• Identify investment debt prospects in Africa in the agro value chain and with a special focus towards companies or association related to smallholder’s farmers.
• Lead the due diligence of possible prospects with the purpose of preparing an investment proposal to the investment committee.
• Lead the negotiations of investment conditions looking forward in obtaining the best return on investment for the funds.
• Present and defend proposals before the investment committees to obtain its approval.
• Lead the closing of transactions, together with the legal area (contracts), to assure that the conditions agreed are included in the documents.
• Lead the investment monitoring in order to assure quality in the investment portfolio and the credit repayment.
• Monitor the investment debt pipeline in order to assure the execution of the portfolio goals.

Requirements

• Master´s degree in finance or economics with specialty in agro or Agronomist with special degree in finance
• Technical domain of debt / loan investment; bilingual in English & French, other languages such as Portuguese would be an advantage ; good IT user skills ( excellent knowledge of MS Office)
• 3 to 5 years of experience in working in the agricultural value chain ideally in investments and/or Technical assistance. Deep knowledge of the African agriculture context.