INVESTMENT ANALYST – Botswana Development Corporation Limited

The main purpose of the role is to assist senior investment staff in the execution of investment transaction processes such as fielding and responding to prospective client inquiries and queries, deal pipeline management, research and gathering of information on market, sectoral and prospective clients, or portfolio companies in addition to other support services that may be required in the department. You will provide required information to support the strategy, planning, budgeting,policy, and process development and participate in the identification of investment opportunities and prospective investment opportunities locally,regionally, and internationally as well as respond to client queries and enquires relating to BDC investment products and services.

You will collate all required information for investment application screening, evaluation and due diligence and assist the structuring and execution unit with due diligence, financial analysis, and modelling,drafting of investment papers, co-ordination of internal approval processes and finalisation of legal documentation in transaction processes.Furthermore, you will assist in portfolio monitoring activities including preparation of reports and presentations, client visits and recommendations for improvement of investment portfolios. Additionally you will conduct basic due diligence on companies and industries by researching, reading financial statements and monitoring news using specialist media sources and assess sector implications or impact on portfolio of companies and market data and collating information for senior investment staff. You will also provide required administrative support to the investment team including setting up of meetings with clients, drafting meeting agendas,drafting minutes of meetings, preparing reports,collating information, filing of documents, and obtaining of signatures/signoffs etc. Additionally,you will assist in the management of close working relationships with clients through regular business calls and client visits in alignment with the client engagement strategy of BDC.

Desired Experience & Qualification

To succeed in this role, you will have a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics,Finance, Commerce, or related fields from a recognised institution. You will also have internship experience preferably in a financial role such as audit,finance, investment/credit analyst. You need to be familiar with MS Word, Excel and Power Point and appropriate electronic data sources (e.g. Bloomberg etc.) will be an added advantage. You must be self motivated with a proven ability to manage time and multiple priorities well and to work independently