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Senior Investment Associate (Umnotho Fund)National Empowerment Fund • ZA
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Senior Investment Associate (Umnotho Fund)

Senior Investment Associate (Umnotho Fund)

National Empowerment Fund • ZA
30+ days ago
Job description

Job description

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 the NEF 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 NEF
  • 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 NEF
  • 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 NEF 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 FMTPFC and other Investment Committees by Investment Associates
  • Pro-actively identifies 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 of the NEF
  • Represents the NEF on Boards of Directors of selected investee companies

Minimum requirements

Experience / Skills Required

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

Qualification Requirements

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