Core Activities:
Portfolio Management:
- Deliver value-added assistance to portfolio companies, including:
- Assistance in strategy development.
- Execution management.
- Business building support.
- Access to new markets.
- Raising capital.
- Special projects to unlock value.
- Assume full PIM responsibility for the allocated investee/s portfolio management from deal team handover to exit of more complex investments.
- Develop and deliver special projects to unlock value at portfolio companies.
- Assist with the preparation of regular portfolio updates to the relevant committees, help with trustee update reports and compile other reports to stakeholders as required from time to time.
- Drive financial performance management in investees.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of the PIM lessons learnt database and records.
- Ensure effective governance and best practice within investees.
- Help ensure effective governance at a Fund Level.
- Support in the Fund management space with strategic projects and deliverables.
- Assist with all M&C related information and deliverables.
- Develop and drive ongoing analysis, interpretation and compliance in terms of the legal agreements relating to portfolio companies which you are responsible for (with support from Legal team).
- Help in supporting to improve internal processes, procedures and policies to improve the Funds service delivery.
Qualifications:
- CA (SA), FCMA or CFA
- Undergraduate degree with a strong problem solving (e.g. Engineering, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Finance, Business Science, BSC), and / or finance underpinning.
Venture capital, private equity or management consulting experience, preferably with some operational experience as well.