Johannesburg: Impacts Investment Analyst posted by Hire Resolve

About the Role

Hire Resolve, an Investment Company focused on creating a sustainable asset base for the benefit of mining, energy, and construction workers and their dependents, is seeking an Impact Investments Analyst to join their team in Johannesburg. We are looking for a highly skilled professional with experience in impact investments to contribute to our mission of making a positive impact on people’s lives.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Investment Officer and/or the Impact Investments Manager on specific projects as determined by the Chief Investment Officer or the Impact Investments Manager, providing technical support on such projects.
• Assist with the identification, research, and evaluation of investment opportunities that comply with the Company’s impact investment objectives.
• Assist with the structuring of new transactions, raising funding, entering into negotiations, and reaching legal and commercial agreements with target companies, and implementing the transactions (with assistance from the Impact Investments Manager and/or the Chief Investment Officer).
• Perform due diligence processes on target companies.
• Conduct research on the industries that the group’s impact investee companies operate in and industries that the group would like to invest in, in terms of its strategy.
• Assist with the performance of quarterly reviews of the group’s impact investment portfolio based on financial and other information received from investee companies, including the preparation of the investment reports.
• Perform internal bi-annual valuations of the group’s impact investments for inclusion in the management accounts.
• Report and take instructions from the Executives of the Group from time to time in discharging duties to the Company.

Requirements

• CA (SA) or BCom/BSc Honours degree holder or CFA Charterholder or CFA (in progress)
• Minimum of 3 years experience in private equity, corporate finance, leveraged finance, asset management, impact investments, or management consulting.
• Strong demonstrable analytical skills complemented by research skills.
• Accomplished problem solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Particularly Excel, Outlook, Word & PowerPoint.
• Advanced FactSet or Thomson Reuters (Refinitiv) or Bloomberg Terminal operational capability.
• Exposure to valuations or due diligences is critical.
• Adaptable
• Self-starter

Qualifications

• Completed CA (SA) degree or CFA Charterholder (if applicable)

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