Associate: Growth Catalyst

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa International Development Corporation (IDC) Full time

A permanent position exists at our Head office in Sandton for Associate: Growth Catalyst (Large) within the Growth Catalyst & Listed Equities Department reporting to the Manager: Growth Catalyst (Large)

JOB PURPOSE

  • To implement and maintain portfolio management of the equity market portfolios, obtaining the most value through the development and implementation of value creation plans and relationship building, to achieve sustained growth and maximized profitability for the business partner which will result in the IDC partaking in the benefit realization.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Post investment and portfolio monitoring and management of allocated portfolio of complex and technical business partners
  • Working closely with business partners in identify areas for growth and value creation, crafting and monitoring the implementation of the value creation plans of the investee companies
  • Conduct regular business partner reviews including client visits and assigning of risk rating, and risk staging to business partners
  • Periodically conduct fair values of equity investments and impairment reviews in accordance with the approved IDC guidelines and policies on allocated portfolio of complex, technical and high value business partners.
  • In collaboration with the business partner management team, define KPI's and design dashboards to collect data for progress monitoring of such KPI's.
  • Frequent collection of data for monitoring of VC Plans and reformulating the strategic initiatives if / when required
  • Build sound relationships with business partner management teams through regular visits to business partners
  • Ensure value creation plans are crafted to generate revenue growth and contain and manage costs in order to improve EBIT.
  • Proactively identify early warning signals and initiate appropriate intervention processes where necessary, exercising stepin rights early to limit potential losses
  • Provide nonfinancial value add to business partners through access to connections and resources, providing market insights and proprietary insights required to assist the Business Partner to grow opportunity to utilize the services of Capability Sourcing in such instances
  • Monitor strategic initiative through data insights, dashboards and reports to identify deviations from agreed plans and take appropriate action.
  • Collaborate with Business Units to obtain expert insights relative to specific Business Partner sectors.
  • To ensure maximizing of the IDC value and limiting losses by being considerate of eventual exiting of investments where relevant
  • Assisting with IDC cashflow management (including input of timeous collections encompassing accurate forecasting of collections measured against actual performance);
  • Implement and manage a process for forecasting Business Partner dividend payments and future projections and variants on dividend income to determine contribution to IDC funding.
  • Obtain/Research and analyze market, industry and financial reviews to gain insights and trends to identify growth opportunities and areas of concern.
  • Ensure that all necessary amendments to contracts during the life span of the business partner are adequately executed.
  • Monitor and timeously report on undrawn facilities on the allocated portfolio of business partners.
  • Ensure that all exits processes i.e. early settlement, IRR and other calculations and release of security on allocated portfolio of business partners are properly executed.
  • Promptly monitor all payments due to IDC including interest, capital, dividends, fees etc. on allocated portfolio of business partners.
  • Analyze financial information from allocated business partners on a regular basis and assess the need for initiating intervention based on the analysis
  • Work closely with the management teams of the investee companies to ensure that the business partners under management are profitable.
  • Monitor and evaluate that proper governance structures exist and are being applied
  • Work collaboratively with members of the IDC teams to ensure that the investee companies under management achieve their stated targets and forecasts.
  • Prepare portfolio reports as and when required on the portfolios under management
  • Working closely with Senior Associates and Manager obtaining guidance and technical insights
  • Collaborate with Business Units to obtain insights to sector specialties and provide service where required.
Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS
BCom Accounting or BEng / BSc or similar qualification
Post-graduate degree / Honours or CA(SA) would be an advantage
MBA/MBL would be an advantage
Project Management Professional qualification (PMP) would be an advantage

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

  • 5 years' experience in a private equity environment will be an added advantage.
  • Experience working in Portfolio Management environment for a commercial bank
  • Experience working in a highlevel collaborative environment
  • Ability

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