Junior Investment Officer – (Investment Analysis / Valuation Models / Generalist / Due Diligence at CA Global

Reference Number: JA-SR-AI001

Job Description: 

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

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

Qualifications

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