CA Global – Our client is a Pan-African fund management company focused on investments in medium sized companies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Investment Officer (Investment Analysis / Valuation Models / Generalist / Due Diligence)

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Our client are looking for a hardworking and innovative Investment Officer to join their team based in Nigeria. The team oversees their Anglo-phone West Africa operations.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and identification of investment opportunities in Anglophone West Africa and indeed on the continent.
• Analysis of investment opportunities and interesting sectors.
• Support in due diligence processes, company analyses and market studies
• Preparation of financing and valuation models in Excel.
• Data room review.
• Preparation of investment proposals for the investment committee.
• Further development of portfolio companies through close cooperation with management and advisory board.
• Willingness to travel for site visits and management presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance / Economics.
• Any professional certification or Master’s will be advantageous.

Experience:

• 3 years as an Investment Officer.
• World-class modelling and quantitative abilities.
• Ability to provide investment analysis effectively with clarity.
• Ability to prepare compelling materials describing a transaction and value drivers and present the outcome to the executives in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to prepare compelling materials describing transactions, value drivers and present the outcome to the executives in high-pressured situations.
• Ability to work in a lean and flat multinational organization and possess the interpersonal skills to manage horizontally within the company and on transaction teams.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to a fast-growing, hardworking, and dynamic organization.
• Experience at a financial institution or strategic company working as a financial analyst.
• Fluency in English. Any additional language is a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.