About the role

  • Investment Associate supporting the SADC Investment team at AIIM in South Africa. Responsible for financial analysis, deal execution, and asset management in African infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Financial analysis
  • Review and analyse financial statements
  • Build, review, run, modify, and interpret financial models, including use of VBA macros
  • Perform comprehensive company valuations
  • Review and analyse potential financing structures
  • Perform risk analysis
  • Manage due diligence processes and coordinate transaction advisors
  • Support senior team members in the negotiation of transaction and project documents
  • Compile bid documents in tender submissions
  • Consideration of environmental and social risks
  • Prepare investment papers
  • Company and market research
  • Track asset performance against original projections
  • Support portfolio companies in value-enhancing initiatives
  • Engage with portfolio company management
  • Participate in and contribute to board and sub-committee meetings
  • Revalue existing assets on a semi-annual basis for portfolio valuations
  • Monitoring and reporting on environmental and social performance of the assets
  • Support senior team in deal identification and origination and sector research
  • Project-related travel for site visits, deal negotiations and industry conferences

Requirements

  • An Honours Financial, Legal or Engineering degree or equivalent
  • 4-6 years’ experience within an Investment Bank (M&A, corporate finance or project finance), Private Equity or “Big Four” accounting firm
  • Excellent financial modelling skills
  • Financial acumen – the capacity to demonstrate knowledge of and insight into financial principles and processes and identify inconsistencies in data
  • Ability to apply sound business judgment and an analytical, pragmatic and creative approach to problem solving
  • Attention to detail and strong focus of quality of results
  • Experience in infrastructure, renewable energy, thermal power, digital infrastructure or oil and gas beneficial but not a requirement
  • Desktop research capability
  • Technically proficient (advanced) in Excel, Word, PowerPoint are essential
  • Ability to plan and prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Very strong attention to detail and history of academic excellence.
  • Competencies: Excellence orientation (concern for high-quality work) – Follow-through; the motivation to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity are consistently maintained
  • Flexible & dynamic – self-motivated, results driven, ability to deal with change
  • Excellent intellectual & conceptual abilities
  • Resilience
  • Invests high levels of energy in work
  • Team player
  • Willingness to teach and learn
  • Passionate about Africa

Benefits

  • The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa

Job title

Investment Associate

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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