Company Info
Mid sized business
1 to 50 Employees
Alan & Grant
Alan & Grant is presently acting on behalf of an Asset Management firm that has a specialization in creating pathways for the accumulation of wealth. This is accomplished by employing a unique fusion of traditional asset management approaches and cutting-edge alternative investment services.
1). Chief Investment Officer
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Financial Services
Job Objective
- The Position Holder is responsible for providing insight and direction, leads the investment team, complete all fund transactions, and effectively maintain portfolio development.
Key Responsibilities
- Participates in developing the business strategy and business plan as part of the executive management team of the company.
- Develops and deploys investment strategies in line with business requirements to ensure optimal return.
- Develops and implements relevant policies, processes, and procedures in line with business and legislative requirements.
- Under the CEO, provides the required leadership and expertise in investments.
- Business Management – Develops, implements, and maintains investment, valuation, and asset management policies and processes.
- Ensures the effective positioning of the Fund and the Fund Managers as preferred partners for Agribusiness investment in West Africa, through conferences, presentations, and ongoing networking.
- Ensures effective identification of potential investment opportunities through market intelligence and networks.
- Identifies and proposes potential investments to the Investment Committee.
- Performs due diligence on potential investments and business cases.
- Advises the Investment Committee of business risk and proposes appropriate mitigating strategies.
- Assists with the compilation and management of the Fund Manager budget and the Fund budget.
- Participates in fund raising initiatives including information creation, presentations, and investor engagement. Actively participates in the marketing of funds during capital raising.
- Has overall responsibility for assigned departmental staff and budgets.
Requirements
- Master’s / MBA in Finance, Economics, Accounting or equivalent qualification
- 10-15 years of experience in corporate and/or project finance/ private equity with a proven track record of sourcing, structuring and closing investments
- CFA, ACCA, CAIA, (are added advantages)
- Proven ability to mentor junior staffs
- Ability to conduct appraisals and due diligence of a broad range of agribusiness and food opportunities
- Ability to create and manage operations systems to process and manage transactions
- Expertise in the agribusiness / general manufacturing / FMCG industry. Experience in Nigeria will be a plus
- Sound business judgment in identifying potential business partners.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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2). Head Researcher
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Research & Development
Job Objective
- The Position Holder is responsible for providing oversight over the research / analysis of securities data target industries, markets, and capital markets, with the aim of providing own audience with a robust evidence-base in making investment decisions
Key Responsibilities
- Oversees the collection of market data & trend spotting on various classes of security instruments, and their transformation into actionable information through fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis, presented in periodic research notes with the aim of supporting investment decision-making by both internal teams (i.e. client relations, & proprietary trading desks), and the company’s clientele (retail and institutional).
- The Position Holder is also responsible for providing analytical support in the production, and maintenance of marketing collaterals for the securities business.
- Lead detailed, and extensive analysis of investment portfolios to both internal teams, and the company’s clientele with the aim of driving their effective decision- making in deriving maximum return and minimizing costs like financial costs within the context of constraints such as regulations, taxes, and transaction costs.
- Develop customized marketing documents, and research for sales pitches to prospective institutional clients. The Position Holder is also expected to actively participate in the firm’s sales roadshows to both local and foreign institutional clients, as well as in presentations to clients.
- Responsible for driving the implementation of strategic initiatives that sustain / improve the organization’s competitive advantage within its operating environment.
- Contribute to the creation or modification of the company’s product offerings with the objective of providing new or additional benefits to customers, as well as enhancing the company’s competitiveness and market dominance.
- Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
- MBA or other Advanced Degree in Finance.
- Relevant professional qualifications in finance, and investment management (e.g. CIS, CFA, ACCA).
- Minimum of 6 years of cognate experience in similar role
- Macroeconomic Analysis
- Knowledge of Financial Modeling
- Relationship Management
- Market Research & Analysis
- Must possess conceptual/Analytical skills
- Must possess confidentiality
- Must possess professionalism.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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3). Head, Institutional Sales and Trading
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Trade and Services
Job Objective(s)
- The Position Holder is responsible for leading the sales and trading teams on proprietary trading, brokerage services, individual and institutional client management for both the equities and fixed income desks.
Key Responsibilities
- Use network and experience to support and increase deal flow.
- Execute client instructions in respect to either buying or selling securities and oversight on other traders ‘execution
- Oversight duties and management of the firm’s proprietary trading books
- Oversee and build model portfolios, including proprietary models, and regularly develop investment strategies based on capital market expectations as well as current trends/themes.
- Development and review of business development proposals for both current and prospective customers, in alliance with the marketing and business development department. The Position Holder is also responsible for ensuring sales pitches and investment advisory & timely information, in general, are up to the best industry standards and sent to clients in a timely and professional manner
- Preparing and making regular presentations on the economy, industry trends, portfolio performance and market outlook to Management, Investment Management Committee, institutional clients etc.
- Oversees and reviews thorough research into fixed-income and equities investment activities and produces useful reports for both investment activities and investment advisory services. The Position Holder is also responsible for assisting with packaging economic and stock research for dissemination via Bloomberg and other portals.
- Constant reviewing of the asset allocation of mutual funds which have fixed-income securities’ components to ensure compliance with the trust deeds. The Position Holder is also responsible for tracking portfolio performance & monitoring of implemented strategies.
- Responsible for implementation performance benchmarks for respective trading portfolio, and monitoring same on a regular basis.
- Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university.
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g. Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers)
- Minimum of 5 years cognate experience
- Knowledge of Customer Industry Knowledge
- Knowledge of Capital Expenditure and Investment
- Knowledge of Business Valuation
- Research skill
- Knowledge of Securities and Derivatives Trading
- Analytical Thinking
- Possesses Customer Service Orientation
- Entrepreneurship
- Flexible.
Deadline: Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply: