Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

1. Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
2. Manage sourcing activities for multiple investment funds including professional networking and strategy evaluation
3. Manage multi-million-dollar investment funds; establish performance goals, allocate resources, and assess policies in order to make recommendations to senior management and Board of Trustees
4. Assist in the development and implementation of strategies for long-range financial stability and improved efficiencies for different Investees
5. Managing investees through trust-based relationships and analytical tools that allow for the close monitoring of risks, financial returns, and growth projections for different investees
6. Represent the Activity at investment and entrepreneur community events throughout Uganda including conferences and proactive engagement with other ecosystem players
7. Manage tasks related to deliverable reporting, monitoring investments, and match making of potential investors with our investee pipeline
8. As a member of the evaluation committee - review and evaluate proposals from contracted transaction advisors
9. As head of the investment analyst team; - review analysis reports, oversee contracted transaction advisors
10. Work alongside the MEL team in reviewing the deliverables from the transaction Advisors and consultants in the pre and post investment phases
11. Conduct due diligence on potential investees, including country, market, sector, competitor, impact, and growth analysis, complemented with financial analysis and full risk assessment
12. Take lead on investment structuring and negotiations with potential investees, resulting in the finalization of all relevant execution documents (loan agreements, shareholder agreements, impact-linked financing agreements, etc.)
13. Manage Investor relations. Build strong relationships with existing and potential investors
14. Take lead in presenting investment opportunities in Investment Committee meetings
15. Initiate and facilitate calls and meetings with current and prospective partners and investment managers
16. Document and file communication with investors, and prepare monthly and quarterly investor reports.
17. Build the analytical capacity of the inhouse associate team


Required Skills and Qualifications
1. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Finance or related discipline; MBA or similar master's degree preferred
2. CFA certification desirable
3. Diverse experience in deal sourcing, analysis, due diligence, investment readiness support, impact measurement and portfolio management across different sectors. Experience managing multi-million-dollar investment funds, fund structuring and disbursement.
4. Understanding of different financing Tools; - debt financing, mezzanine, equity, grants etc
5. Can build financial models and conduct detailed financial analysis generating actionable insights with a sound understanding of corporate finance.
6. High level experience in Business development support, investment readiness support, technical assistance towards entrepreneurs to provide sustainable solutions for their businesses.
7. Strong stakeholder relationship that broadens the capital map
8. Self-starter and allrounder: willingness to take bold steps and to bring the organization with you, resulting in new investment opportunities, sustainable performance of the portfolio, and highly motivated colleagues and portfolio entrepreneurs.
9. Team player with strong project management and investment skills: You can take ownership of key workstreams, leads investment processes while empowering other team members.
10. Entrepreneurial experience and mindset. You have been a part of, or have worked with entrepreneurs and understand their needs
11. 6+ years' experience in management, experience in deal origination, deal due diligence, deal negotiation, and deal structuring.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

All interested candidates should submit their applications to recruitment@ugandasia.com  by January 20th, 2023. No telephone inquiries, please.

EEO Statement
Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.


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