Senior Investment Associate – JHB at Affirmative Portfolios

Key Experience required (not negotiable):

• Strong dealmaking and investments experience within-  (Venture Capital & Corporate Finance e.g. M&A, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Liquidity etc.).

 Key Responsibilities:

Business Development / Transaction Origination

• Pro-actively develop business development strategies and pursue new business development through excellent understanding of market and stakeholder networks.
• Identifies lucrative market opportunities through an excellent understanding and interpretation of sector analyses, including market structure, supply and demand aspects, competitor environment, and gap analysis and taking actions accordingly.
• Actively participate in formulating, developing and implementing the business development strategy to generate new investment opportunities in the South African BEE financing market.
• Engage in the activities and efforts required for the implementation of the business development plan.
• Conduct business development in response to new markets, products and clients.
• Develop strategic relationships with financial institutions, corporate finance advisors, other intermediaries and BEE groups.
• Participate and represent at investment conferences and roundtable discussions.
• Engage in activities that ensure the investment initiatives are in support of broader South African economic development strategies and/or government BEE strategies.

Transaction Execution

• Act independently in all spheres of project management, expert in deal structuring and negotiations.
• Acknowledged as a very experienced deal maker/ transactor both within and outside of the organization
• Mobilize, coordinate and guide internal and external resources to appraise transactions/project/applications.
• Manage and influence internal decision making and transaction processes to obtain investment approval.
• Utilize expert knowledge (of BEE market, financial market, macro-economic environment sector) as to support, lead tea in identifying and suggesting/recommending appropriate mitigation measures on key risk issues.
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence investigations on approved transactions by providing input on scoping and partaking in due diligence exercises with minimal support.
• Recommend, develop, negotiate innovative/optimum/appropriate finance and legal structures for each investment deal ensuring long term sustainability/viability of the project to the benefit of the client and the company.
• Provide advice, guidance to legal department on the commercial terms in the preparation of legal documentation.
• Negotiate with clients/co-financiers on an acceptable deal structure, financial terms, security to ensure successful deal closure incorporate and writing reports.
• Ensure the timeous execution of legal documents in accordance with approved term sheets
• Acknowledged reputation within the company and externally based on successful deal closure and expertise.
• Act as a mentor to Investment Associates and Investment Analyst.
• Oversees and manages the implementation of projects through timeous disbursements paid out to the satisfaction of the client.
• Provides expertise on structures recommended to FMCD IC by Investment Associates.
• Pro-actively identify potential areas of non-compliance, increased risk and set-up/initiate an action programme accordingly.

Deal Sustainability / Risk Management / Portfolio Management

• Responsible for surveillance, compliance, pro-actively anticipates and implements corrective actions, lead discussions in negotiating possible solutions:
• Makes recommendations on effective solutions to sustain client relationships in the event of a default without causing a dilution in the asset value.
• Represents the organization on Boards of Directors of selected investee companies.

Experience and Skills Required:

• 5 years similar experience in private equity/project finance/structured finance
• Deal structuring
• Project management

Qualifications:

• BCom degree in Finance/ Accounting
• Post Grad added advantage

Personal Attributes:

Cognitive Competencies

•  Analysis and Attention to Detail
•  Focus & Sustained Attention
•  Judgement and Decision Making
•  Problem Solving & Learning Agility
•  Tolerance of Ambiguity

Intrapersonal Competencies

• Assertiveness
•  Drive and Result Orientation

Decisiveness & Action Orientation

• Ethical Judgement
• Excellent / Quality Orientation
• Resilience and Stress Management
• Time and self management
• Objectivity
• Rule Orientation

Interpersonal Competencies

•  Building Relationships
•  Building Strategy Relationships/ Networking
•  Customer Service Orientation
•  Engaging Diversity
•  Interpersonal Agility
•  Teamwork

Communication Competencies

•  Conflict Management
•  Influencing & Impact (incl. Negotiation)
•  Presentation and Facilitation
•  Verbal and Written Communication
•  Persuasiveness / Selling Skills

Functional Competencies

•  Anticipating and Managing Change
•  Building the Brand
•  Business insight and Risk Awareness
•  Commercial and Financial Acumen
•  Consulting / Advising
•  Environmental Scanning
•  Knowledge Sharing
•  Organisational Awareness
•  Mathematical Acumen
•  Research Competencies
•  Process & Tech Competence
•  Programme & Project Management