Investment Manager at Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV)

Job Summary

The Investment Manager will be actively involved in all aspects of investing and will contribute to the overall vision and direction of KCV as a member of the management team. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Investment Manager will participate in development of the KCV investment strategy and will be tasked with its execution to ensure KCV’s sustainability and achievement of the agreed upon growth plans.

Key Responsibilities

More specifically, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Investment Analysts and manage all internal processes of communication and coordination regarding investment opportunities in order to prioritize, build consensus for investments and achieve set goals;
• Originate transactions of interest to KCV through an active and structured industry focused deal sourcing strategy;
• Manage the due diligence process;
• Prepare propositions, presentations and reports for the investment committee;
• Deal execution including valuation, structuring and negotiating terms, management of advisors through to completion;
• Participate in management of existing portfolio of direct investments;
• Represent KCV during events and conferences and provide thought leadership in VC and clean-tech domains to increase KCV brand/mission awareness;
• Identify potential investor networks and corporate/strategic investors within target industry verticals with the capability to invest; and
• Establish and deepen relationships with venture capital/private equity firms and intermediaries.

Requirements

The Investment Manager should be self-driven, results oriented and action focused with an affinity for impact investing. You should also have:

• 7 years investments experience in venture capital, private equity, corporate venturing ideally in an early stage investment fund;
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or other related field;
• CFA qualification is an added advantage;
• Demonstrable understanding of venture investment and end to end investment cycle;
• Solid experience in financial analysis and financial modeling;
• Excellent relationship building skills with strong networks across sectors including funding agencies and impact investors;
• Strong leadership, influencing and communication skills;
• Entrepreneurial individual with unquestionable integrity.