Investment Officer Career Jobs – Mango Fund



Organization: Mango Fund
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Mango
Fund is an impact investment fund that seeks to encourage economic development
in emerging economies by getting behind local entrepreneurs – especially those
that are performing value addition activities within their countries. We seek
to support the “missing middle” – entrepreneurs that are too big for
microfinance institutions, but too small to access loans from the banking
sector.
Job Summary: The Investment Officer position will be
responsible for shaping and maximizing the impact potential of the fund through
developing and fostering relationships with clients, increasing the institutional
sales and managing the entire customer lifecycle for the portfolio of
businesses in which we invest. The investment officer will actively participate
in the following activities as Mango Fund serves its markets.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Lead Sourcing: Find business customers that require
    capital to overcome business growth hurdles – opportunities are expected
    to be identified within both existing customers as well as new customers
  • Due Diligence: Perform key information gathering
    and due diligence required to complete 1)
  • Investment analysis and 2 ) investment
    proposals for the investment committee and also Ensure loan applications
    are complete and correct.
  • Client Management: Develop lasting business
    relationships with business owners within your region and manage the
    entire customer lifecycle for the portfolio of businesses in which we
    invest (investees).
  • Collections: Assure that scheduled and delinquent
    payments are collected from investees.
  • Technical Assistance: The jobholder will become a trusted
    advisor to our investees and Identify opportunities to support investees
    with available in-house or 3rd party value-added technical services.
  • Admin & Reporting: Maintain all administrative
    processes and systems as well as be ready to communicate and report out on
    the activities of an investee or prospect at any time.
  • Institutions liaison: Serves as a key liaison between the
    clients and Mango Fund.
  • Customer Service: Maximize client satisfaction to
    ensure retention of clients; expand relationships by reviewing needs and
    recommending investment solutions.
  • Confidentiality: Maintains customer’s confidence by
    keeping loan information confidential.
  • Other Operations: As a start-up, it is expected that
    all people will pitch in with a variety of additional operations, legal,
    marketing, accounting, and administrative activities to assist in the
    development of the organization
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Investment
    Officer job placement should hold a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree with
    specialization in finance, accounting or economics, social sciences or
    development studies;
  • At least five years’ experience in working
    with a financial institution(s) specifically in loans with an excellent track
    record.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Thoroughness and an eye to detail
  • High level of Professionalism
  • Quality Focus
  • Proven ability to work successfully in
    multicultural teams;
  • Excellent teamwork skills;
  • Strong client service orientation with
    openness to feedback and new ideas;
  • Previous experience of having worked with SME
    investments related to the manufacturing, Agro processing, agribusiness
    and services sectors will be an added advantage.
  • Fluency in English and a local Ugandan
    language is essential
How to Apply: 
All
applicants are strongly encouraged to send a cover letter, CV, and a work
sample as a single PDF document to info@mangofund.org.
The title of the PDF document should be “Application – Investment officer –
[Last name of applicant].”
Deadline:  Open until filled

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