Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing, dedicated to private markets in emerging and frontier economies. The group offers investments, asset management and capacity building services.
Symbiotics Investments focuses on loan origination and bond issuance. It currently employs 100 people and is headquartered in Geneva, with offices in London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Singapore, Cape Town, New Delhi and Yerevan. Our affiliates in London and Amsterdam are both regulated entities, with relevant investment firm licenses for the United Kingdom and the European Union respectively.
Since 2005, Symbiotics Investments has originated 7, 662 investments representing more than USD 9.6 billion for 579 companies in 95 countries.
We are a fast-growing, market-leading company offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space. Join us at Symbiotics and be a part of our journey to create lasting change in the world's emerging and frontier markets.
We believe that in order to recruit the best professionals, all applications must be reviewed equally. For this reason, we will not request personal data such as photos, date of birth, or gender on CV submissions. This approach ensures fairness and focuses on the qualifications and skills of candidates.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an experienced Investment Analyst who will be responsible for developing and maintaining business relationships with portfolio companies in Sub-Saharan Africa, developing a pipeline of potential debt investments, traveling to and performing on site due diligence on these companies, analyzing credit risk, understand their debt funding needs, and monitoring their financial and operational performances during the investment's life. The position is based in Cape Town with the reporting to the Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa.
We offer a dynamic work environment in a growing industry and an opportunity to work in the social investment space with a for-profit corporation.
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- Develop, maintain and monitor a portfolio companies, including monthly and annual financial reporting, annual due diligences, credit risk and ESG reporting.
- Ongoing development of a pipeline of credit worthy investment targets in specific markets.
- Conduct on-site due diligences, grade institutions, publish credit risk appraisals and investment advisory reports as well as ESG reports.
- Be the market and sector specialist in the respective region.
- Monitor global situation, opportunities and risks in financial markets of the above-mentioned region.
- Support the development of new business opportunities in the region including Fintech and Clean Energy.
This position requires regular travel to countries within the region. We are looking for a person who is organized, mature, and able to work independently in a dynamic and challenging environment, as well as having entrepreneurial drive, attention to detail and pride in the quality of one's work, including the following qualifications:
- Advanced university degree in finance, economics or business along with strong analytical skills.
- Proven experience as a credit analyst or financial analyst
- Strong interest in impact investments and knowledge of the financial sector in sub-Sahara Africa.
- Previous experience in Sub-Saharan Africa is essential.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Capacity to handle multiple tasks on a daily basis.
- Fluent in written and spoken English and French is a plus.
- Willingness and readiness to travel (up to 30%).
- Permanent Resident status or eligible to work in South Africa.
What makes us different?
- The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- A flexible work environment with colleagues from 41 countries.
- The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others.
