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  • Posted: May 28, 2020
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Open Capital Advisors is a management consulting and financial advisory firm that drives growth, enables investment, and builds markets across Africa. We help businesses, investors, development partners, and the public sector identify opportunities and deliver unique, impactful solutions. We blend our deep local market experience and global perspective with a customized approach.
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    Principal, Consulting

    The Principal role

    We have built a platform to drive change through African markets and are seeking an exceptional leader to join us. We are searching for an entrepreneurial and adaptable team player who is as passionate as we are about our mission and is able to own outcomes as we scale. Our Principals lead a portfolio of client projects, managing and coaching Open Capital teams of Project Leaders, Associates, and Analysts, and serve as a thought-leader for senior-level clients, helping to co-create initiatives and structure new projects. Principals sit at our senior management table, assuming management responsibility for OCA’s growth and leading internal strategic initiatives.

    You will be responsible for leading OCA across all aspects of its growth and development, overseeing business development and driving overall strategy. You will identify challenges and opportunities as we grow, suggest approaches and strategies, and take part in budget and agenda setting, working closely with our co-founders. 

    You will join Open Capital at an exciting time – we are seeking to achieve broad, ambitious growth goals, and leverage our strong international brand in the impact investing and frontier market space. We are being called to solve challenges in many diverse frontier markets – from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa to Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Zambia. The right candidate should be excited to take on a new level of responsibility and genuinely motivated by the challenging strategic and financial questions we answer for our clients. 

    Your skills and experience

    We are looking for exceptional leaders who share our motivation and drive. Principals should feel comfortable leading multiple client projects, developing complex strategies and analyses, contributing fresh ideas, and feeling personally accountable for the impact we achieve. Our team is energetic and driven and we are quick to reward performance and initiative. We are open to a variety of backgrounds but top candidates will typically have the following:  

    • 10+ years of proven experience at a top global management consulting or development consulting firm or experience as an entrepreneur or leader in a high-growth business, with significant responsibility for deliverables, partnership formation, and client service;
    •  Demonstrated ability to manage and lead a team, with top reviews as a people manager;
    • Proven ability to set strategies and drive these to completion, owning results;
    • Strong communication skills and analytical abilities and insightful, structured way of presenting information;
    • Ability to effectively work with potential and existing clients at all levels and backgrounds;
    • Adaptability and ability to work across functions; 
    • Desire to work and live in Nairobi or Kampala for at least 24 months with interest in forming a career at Open Capital and progressing to Partner;
    • Multiple languages and previous Africa experience useful but not required. 

    Compensation

    We offer a competitive package among similar frontier market firms. This includes base salary, an annual performance bonus, and comprehensive health insurance coverage.

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    Transaction Leader

    Job Summary

    We manage dozens of transactions and capital structuring projects and seek an exceptional individual to jointly manage this portfolio. You will sit across all of OCA’s project teams, serving as an expert on financial structuring and capital raising, working with equity, debt, quasi equity, and blended capital structures. In your role, you will interact regularly with OCA’s network of over 250 investors globally, including impact investors, VCs/PEs, UHNWIs and DFIs, introducing and negotiating transactions.

    We seek candidates with the following experience:

    • 7-10+ years of experience at a top investment bank, private investment firm, or in a lead finance role within a corporate with significant experience in structuring transactions in equity, debt, or across financial products;
    • Significant experience building and managing financial models in Excel;
    • Strong communication skills and analytical abilities and insightful, structured way of presenting investment cases;
    • Ability to effectively work with clients at all levels and backgrounds;
    • Interest in guiding teams and mentoring our analysts & junior team members;
    • Desire to work and live in Nairobi for at least 2-years and broader interest in the region;
    • Demonstrated experience and interest working in emerging markets;
    • Multiple languages and previous Africa experience useful but not required

    Responsibilities

    • The Transaction Leader will report directly to our senior management team and will manage teams of Analysts, Associates, and Project Leaders. This role is a 2+ year career-track role, with promotion potential to OCA’s senior management and potential future election to Partner.
    • As a Transaction Leader, you will be in a unique position to help structure some of the most innovative deals in Africa in sectors including off-grid energy, water, agribusiness, forestry, healthcare, and others. Examples of our past work have included raising equity for venture capital-stage companies, structuring new debt vehicles for off-grid energy companies and creating social impact bonds, among others.

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