Investment Manager

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Lagos, Lagos Island, Lagos
Senior level
HR Tech • Consulting
The Role
The Investment Manager will manage investments and portfolio management for investee companies, ensuring financial goals are met through review and reporting. Responsibilities include overseeing fund management, preparing budgets, and conducting due diligence on potential investments.
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Company Description

About Our Client

Over the past three years, the company has transitioned from a corporate entity to an investment holding company. Our client's portfolio includes minority interests in a microfinance bank, a general insurance company, a refinancing boutique, and a health management organization. They are enhancing their core executive team to improve their asset management capabilities and foster company growth.

Job Purpose:

Our client is looking for a professional to manage its investments, and portfolio management of its investee companies.

Job Description

Main Duties:
a) Review of quarterly financial reports of investee companies to ensure that they are achieving their objectives, such as generating income and growing assets.
b) Management of third-party funds under management.
c) Reconciliation of fund portfolios.
d) Preparation of quarterly investment reports.
e) Preparation of budgets for the company.
f) Management of the company’s liquidity position.
g) Reviewing potential investee companies for investment.
h) Overseeing internal audit, and back-up accounts administration.

Qualifications

Knowledge and experience:
a) Essential:

  • At least 5 years working experience.
  • Ability to work collaboratively/flexibly as part of a team to achieve measurable results.
  • Strong organisation skills to manage multiple projects to competing deadline.
  • Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Strong operational knowledge of Microsoft Office software.

b) Desirable

  • Experience of working in finance (fund management, investment banking, or corporate financial); consultancy or another commercial organisation.
  • Knowledge or experience of equity financing for early stage/high growth companies.
  • Knowledge and experience of performing due diligence projects.
  • Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Understanding of financial reporting and accounts.

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Analytical discipline (e.g. Economics, Accounting, law, Engineering or Science).
  • Professional qualification e.g. CFA, ICAN

Key Competences / behaviours:

a) Articulates clear objectives and qualitative/quantitative measures of success, aligned
to the company’s objectives.
b) Re-calibrates and reallocates workload as priorities change.
c) Takes timely decisions, even with partial information or when there is disagreement.
d) Additional key behaviours:
i. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate
complex financial information.
ii. Strong team worker
iii. Proactive with the ability to deliver results.
iv. Numerate and analytical skills
v. Passion for high growth companies and emerging technology/industry sectors.
vi. Strong organisational skills
e) Alternative investments (private equity, real estate and / or hedge funds) experience)

The Company
66 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Proten International is an award-winning and leading international Human Resource and Management Consulting firm that provides a range of Advisory and Transformation solutions. Our focus is to align every organisation’s activities relating to People, Process and Technology closely with its business strategy and vision.

Founded in 2011 in the United Kingdom, we have since expanded across Europe and Africa, serving clients across the public and private sectors and various industries including Banking, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Information Technology, Real Estate, Energy, FMCG, Manufacturing and many more.

In 2015, we launched our Africa office in Lagos, Nigeria and have since provided a range of tailored solutions to various organisations.

Our bespoke and innovative solutions cut across:
Learning and Development
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
Outsourcing / Managed Staffing
Enterprise Transformation
HR Advisory
HR Technology

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People | Process | Technology

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