Investment Analyst at Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV)

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Investment Manager, you will assist the investment management team in the appraisal and execution of investment opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

More specifically, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Undertake initial screening of enquiries and assessment of applications for investment against KCV investment criteria;
• Undertake targeted research and marketing efforts in order to support the development of a pipeline of new investment business opportunities;
• Assist the Investment Manager with commercial and financial due diligence, performing market research and financial analysis, including review of historic and prospective financial information;
• Contribute to the drafting of investment papers for review by the Investment Manager before submission to Investment Committee;
• Support all aspects of investment portfolio management, monitoring the impact and financial performance of existing investments, reviewing management information and compliance with covenants, and providing investee support; and
• From time to time support the KCV Enterprise Development Manager with all the capacity building and technical support activities to the investee companies.

Job Qualifications

The Investment Analyst we seek will be a self-driven, action-oriented, results-focused professional with a passion for impact investing whilst maintaining a commercial mind-set. You will also have:

• A university degree in the field of finance, business, economics or economic development;
• A CFA/CIFA level certification is an added advantage;
• 2-3 years of relevant work experience in microfinance, investment banking/asset management as an Investment Analyst;
• Previous experience working for an early stage fund would be an added advantage;
• Ability to understand and evaluate company financial statements and accounts;
• Extensive user skills of Microsoft Excel and computer literacy in general;
• Demonstrable experience in financial modeling;
• Demonstrable communication, interpersonal, self-organization and analytical skills;
• Ability to relate sensitively to a wide and diverse range of individuals and organizations.