Post Investment Associate
Listing reference: nef_000029
Listing status: Closed
Apply by: 22 January 2024
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Location: Sandton
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
The National Empowerment Fund is looking for Post Investment Associate Temps (X2) to conduct post investment due diligence and monitoring of investments portfolio and provide investment support to clients. This is a 12-months fixed-term contract positions and successful candidates will be based in Durban and Johannesburg Offices.
Job description
• The primary role is to conduct post investment due diligence and monitoring of investments in your allocated NEF portfolio.
• To conduct due diligence on application from investees for further funding and obtain approval from the relevant committees per DOA.
• Periodic site visits to investee companies.
• Oversee investee legal compliance.
• Investee valuations and impairment calculations.
• Quarterly risk analysis and reporting of investee companies (NEF internal and external).
• Liaison with internal and external audit departments.
• Manage the NEF mentor panel of consultants per NEF investment.
• Monitor and report back on Empowerment Dividend data.
• Early identification / flagging of potential areas of non-compliance and defaulting clients.
• Attend investee board (if nominated) as and when required.
• Attend internal departmental committee meetings as and when necessary.
Minimum requirements
Experience/Skills required
- At least 5 years deal making/investment experience.
- Strong Project Management and Corporate Finance and/or Venture Capital experience (minimum of 5 years).
- Completed articles or have strong audit experience.
- Good working knowledge of key commercial statues and regulations (e.g. Taxation, Companies Act, Commercial Law, Litigation and Insolvency Law).
- Financial modelling.
- Ability to analyse and interpret financial statements.
- Conduct enterprise valuations and exits on large complex deals.
- Proven track record of managing a diverse investment portfolio from a post investment perspective.
- Various industry sector experience.
- Portfolio risk analysis experience.
- PC: MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint competency at an advanced level.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Understanding of enterprise valuation and exit valuation methodologies from a post investment perspective.
Qualifications
- Graduate degree – minimum BCom (Business and Finance, Accounting).
- Honours degree – BCom (Finance, Accounting or CTA).
Personal Attributes/Behaviours/Attitudes
- Self-starter and initiator.
- Superior negotiating skills.
- Strong ability to influence experienced entrepreneurs at board level.
- Output driven.
- Attention to detail, Quality conscious, Thoroughness.
- Meeting customer needs.
- Managing relationships.
- Analytical and superior judgement.
- Effective communication.
- Confidentiality/integrity.
- Personal organisation – ability to work independently unsupervised.
- Maintain high levels of work standards.