Chief Investment Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Reference Number: 130-PEO01102
Location: Abuja
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job type: Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

• Reporting to the CEO, the successful candidate will have oversight responsibility for the investment of the client's funds.
• S/he will oversee the client’s relationships with financial institutions, capital markets, and multilateral institutions with respect to investments.
• The CIO is accountable for the performance and safety of the client’s portfolios.Specifically, the ideal candidate will:
• Work closely with the Board of Directors:
  • To develop and maintain the client’s overall investment strategies and policies and
  • To advise the Board on how to balance the risk and returns inherent in the client’s various portfolios
• Be responsible for ensuring that the implementation of the client’s investment decisions are consistent with defined risk tolerances and investment strategies; assuring that they are based on sound portfolio management principles
• Lead the development of a highly motivated team of investment management professionals who are responsible for the management of the client’s portfolios.

Requirements
Qualifications, Experience and Attributes:

• A good first degree from a reputable institution.
• Post-graduate degree(s), such as MBA, and relevant professional qualification, such as CFA, would be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years management experience in investment management and/or infrastructure investing.
• Deep understanding of global trends and advances in asset management.

Additional Information
In addition, candidates for this role must possess the following attributes:

• Proven leadership, negotiating and influencing skills.
• Excellent networking skills, particularly relationship-building, interpersonal and communication skills.
• The position is based in Abuja, Nigeria. The role is open to Nigerians within and outside the country, who have completed the National Youth Service Programme and non-Nigerians. Women are strongly encouraged to apply for the position.