Investment Manager Iungo Capital at iungo Capital

Job Description

iungo capital is currently looking to grow their teams with 1 investment manager  based in Nairobi, Kenya, who have 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 a professional who can take responsibility of some of the following tasks in line with their experience, preference and ambitions.

Tasks & responsibilities

Investment execution:

• 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 documentations.
• Support the investment negotiation process.
• Support the deal execution process.
• Identify potential co-investing business angels

Expected background & skills

• A Master's degree in business administration, economics, finance/accounting, or engineering.
• Accounting, Auditing and Tax experience highly valued.
• Management consulting or tangible investment experience; either having worked with a major accounting/consulting organization or hands-on experience with operational processes of manufacturing companies will be considered a plus.
• 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.