Job title: Investment Officer Fellowship
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Start: September 2024
Duration: 6 months
Rate: Full-time
About AlphaMundi Group:
AlphaMundi Group (AMG) is an impact investing firm established in 2007 and headquartered
in Switzerland, with additional offices in Nairobi, Bogota, and Washington, DC. AMG is
dedicated to impact investing, i.e., profitable investments that generate measurable and
substantial benefits to society and the environment through its private debt fund,
SocialAlpha, domiciled in Luxembourg; its private debt and equity fund, AlphaJiri, domiciled in
Mauritius, and various co-investment mandates. Since 2009, AMG has invested over USD
120M in 60 social businesses across 15 Latin America and sub-Saharan African countries.
The AMG Nairobi office, AlphaMundi Kenya (AMK), opened in 2015 and comprises a team of
5 full-time employees, including one director and three investment professionals.
For more information about the organization, please refer to www.alphamundigroup.com
The role will report to local management and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Job Description
AlphaMundi’s Investment Officer will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, and actively support the
team in Africa with all aspects of the investment process from pipeline sourcing to diligence
and investment monitoring.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Industry Research: Perform extensive research on various industries, markets, and
companies to identify potential investment opportunities. This includes gathering and
analyzing relevant data, financial statements, market trends, competitive landscapes, and
other relevant information.
• Data Analysis: Analyze financial and operational data to evaluate the viability and potential
of investment opportunities. Utilize various analytical tools and techniques to assess
market trends, competitive positioning, growth potential, and financial performance.
• Investment Screening: Participate in all parts of the investment process including but not
limited to: conducting detailed market and country analysis, performing due diligence on
pipeline companies, preparing investment memos and recommendations, and
contributing to investment decisions;
• Portfolio Monitoring: Help monitor the current investment portfolio, and provide
management support to portfolio companies through the holding period to actively
manage and mitigate risks.
• Impact Activities: Help gather data on portfolio companies’ impact and ESG performance,
Assess pipeline companies using this metric and research industry best practices.
Other duties as assigned: As a member of a lean team, it is expected that the Fellow will
willingly take on tasks to support the broader activities of the company.
We are looking for a reliable person who takes ownership of issues, delivers quality in a timely
fashion, and proactively proposes management solutions. The ideal candidate is a team
player who can work long and flexible hours with great autonomy and feels comfortable in a fast-
paced setting; is results-oriented; has an eye for detail and thrives on feedback.
Desired experience and skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance, or other
relevant disciplines from an accredited university. A Master’s degree, ACCA, CFA or CPA
would be advantageous.
• Excellent writing skills and fluent in spoken English.
• Basic organizational skills, including setting priorities, developing work plans towards
multiple goals, monitoring progress and tracking details on information and activities, and
being held accountable.
• Strong financial acumen, including financial analysis, accounting, valuation skills and
Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a good aptitude for proactive communication,
transparency, patience, and perseverance.
• Demonstrated passion for impact investing and sustainable development.
• Ability to excel and maintain a positive attitude in a high-performing, fast-paced
environment.
• Kenyan citizenship or unrestricted, existing work authorization in Kenya.
• A sense of humor!
The Fellow should be available on a full-time basis for six months.
This is an entrepreneurial opportunity to work in a small, hard-working team of highly
qualified investment professionals for an organisation of international scope, and the
possibility of long-term employment should the Fellow exceed the Group’s expectations.
To apply for this position, please upload a single pdf, including a Cover Letter and CV for this
role, via this form by 30 September 2024
