Manager: Pre-investment Business Support

**Synopsis**
To ensure the appropriate and timeous implementation of pre-investment business support interventions for qualifying transactions to enhance their investment readiness; and manage the relevant stakeholder relationships within an enterprise development ecosystem

Financial/Shareholder Returns
Development of annual business plans and formulation and implementation of strategies to execute the role of the department.
To review the necessary reports to senior management, various committees and Board, as required.
Support Pre-Investment Business Support Specialists, Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and other relevant stakeholders in their credit submissions to IDC approval authorities by providing input into credit reports, including considerations and recommendations.
Coordinate and engage consultants from the approved Business Support Programme panel of service providers to implement interventions, monitor their work, track intervention progress through consultants’ progress reports, ensure their invoices are duly paid, evaluate their performance and assess the impact of their intervention.
Internal/Operational Processes
Operational line management of direct reports made up of a team of Pre-Investment Business Support Specialists, Administrators and Contractors (where applicable) responsible for specific deliverables; and oversee their engagement and deliverables with internal and external stakeholders.

Manage and review key pre-investment business support processes and procedures on a regular basis.
Oversee direct report performance contracting and performance monitoring and measurement as well as provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to the team.
Coordinate the Pre-Investment Business Support Specialists with the screening of requests for Pre-Investment Business Support to determine whether they fit within the mandate of the Pre-Investment Business Support Programme.
Coordinate the business diagnosis along with the relevant SBU to assess clients’ pre-investment business support needs, challenges, problems and opportunities.
Oversee the drafting and implementation of pre-investment business support interventions according to the approved terms of reference.
Ensure that accurate and up-to-date information on pre-investment business support clients are completed on the SAP pipeline.
Proactively identify improvements to the internal pre-investment business support control systems and procedures.
Customer Focus & Stakeholder Management
Liaise with the SBUs and other stakeholders about pre-investment business support requirements and design an adequate programme to address the identified needs.
Facilitate the engagements between the Pre-Investment Business Support Specialists and the relevant stakeholders to achieve team and corporate targets.
Market pre-investment business support products and services to internal stakeholders and to clients.
**Qualification and Experience** QUALIFICATIONS**

Minimum qualification: relevant Post Graduate Degree or equivalent qualification.
MBA or other Masters degree would be an advantage

**KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**:
Proven relevant experience (8 to10 years) - deal making and business development
Track record in business diagnosis, management consulting and business plan development
Experience in Project Management
Experience in providing/managing training, mentoring and coaching interventions, especially for SMEs
Strong ability to manage, lead and motivate a team of professionals
Experience in Strategy formulation and implementation will a benefit
**Job Requirements** Leadership Competencies**
Resilience
Decisiveness in Execution
People Engagement
Communication and Engagement
Diverse Stakeholder Management
Teamwork
Innovation
Change leadership
Strategic Thinking
Business Mind Set

**Technical/Functional Competencie**s
Strong relationship skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders
Advanced analytical Skills
Financial acumen
Business Development
Risk identification and mitigation
Customer insights and focus
Planning and organising
Strategic solution generation

**Behavioral Competencies**
Negotiation skills
Relationship building and networking
Communication and influence
Ability to work effectively under time pressure
High level of emotional intelligence and ability to manage own workload and provide support and leadership to the team

Job Reference: IDC00429