Investment Specialist

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Omega Recruitment Full time

Are you an experienced investment professional? Do you have 10 years' work experience in corporate finance or development finance in food & agribusiness? Do you enjoy originating, structuring, and negotiating high-impact transactions in the African financial market? If yes, then read further...

My client's Agribusiness Food Water team is currently looking for an enthusiastic Investment Officer (IO) to develop and support their growing agribusiness sector portfolio in the SADC region, based in Johannesburg. The team in Johannesburg works closely with the sector teams in The Netherlands. The Investment Officer (IO) will directly report to the Regional Manager based in Johannesburg as well as to the Africa Manager of the Agribusiness Department based in Europe.

**The activities of this Investment Officer will be across the geographies in SADC region and will involve**:

- Business development/origination activities in the SADC food & agribusiness sector.
- Coordinate with the Europe based team to execute impactful debt transactions in Africa's food and agriculture sector.
- Support in the negotiation/contracting process of debt transactions in collaboration with the legal team.
- Manage and monitor the portfolio of existing clients by deepening relationships and taking overall responsibility for client portfolio, ensuring quality, and managing risk.
- Coach junior team members as needed, providing context on work delegated to analysts and associates and ensuring clarity on role/task division.
- Active participation in defining the AFW strategy/business plan and collaborating with the manager and colleagues.
- Shares explicit industry, regional and client insights with the team and department.
- Participating in department or organization-wide projects.
- Local Representation of all company activities will be needed from time to time.
- Master’s degree in economics, business Administration, or similar studies.
- Minimum of 7- 10 years of corporate finance/banking experience with at least 5 years experience in Food & Agribusiness.
- Proven track-record in sourcing, structuring, writing high quality credit proposals and
- Designing and documenting of finance products.
- Client relationship management experience and in-depth credit knowledge.
- Existing network in SADC region (e.g., food & agribusiness companies, banks, funds, consultants etc.)
- Regional working experience would be a strong advantage.

**Skills**
- Self-starter with commercial drive and sound business sense.
- Can-do mentality: flexible, pragmatic, pro-active and solution oriented.
- Ability to analyze financial data, understand markets and structure investments while balancing commercial goals and risks.
- Displays a commercial drive and strong business sense and is service/client oriented.
- Can effectively strike the balance between commercial goals and upholding the company's development mandate, E&S/human rights standards.
- Sets a strong example with excellent team skills, aids in team achievements, and fosters a constructive, positive and collaborative workplace.
- Lead transaction execution in an organized way, demonstrate effective communication, and manage both internal and external stakeholders.
- Reliable, high sense of accountability and ability to work independently.

Please note, that this position is based in Johannesburg - South Africa and you need to have a valid working visa to execute this role.

Ability to travel in this area is non-negotiable

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