Finance Associate at Octave Partners

Job Title: Finance Associate

Location: Lekki Pennisula, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Develop financial models to support valuation, planning, operations, fundraising and forecasting
• Develop business plan and investor related documentation
• Develop and track financial and other pertinent KPI (key performance indicators) as required
• Support the fundraising process from beginning to end
• Improve financial performance through analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends
• Create recommendations to be presented to management and executives
• Conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis Aid in the capital budgeting and expenditure planning process

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Financial and business model related:

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
• Develop business plan and investor related documentation
• Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support
• Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts
• Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation
• Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models Investor and deal related
• Source potential deals and investors
• Assist to propose capital structure and deal structure options
• Advice on optimal structure
• Assist in developing investor marketing documents
• Assist with preparing data room for warehousing due diligence information Fundraising related
• Coordinate, follow up and manage potential and actual investors and clients
• Lead data room development and management
• Review fundraising related agreements and support negotiations as required
• Project manage and play key role in implementation of conditions precedent to funds disbursement
• Execute any other related tasks as required Others
• Support the finance and accounting functions of the company and portfolio companies
• Play key role in KPI setting and management
• Participate in other special and corporate projects of the company.

Requirements
Education and Work Experience:

• Minimum of a University degree in Accounting, finance or relevant field
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in similar role e.g. investment banking, financial advisory etc.
• Master’s in Business Administration & Finance will be an added advantage
• CFA certification and other finance and/or accounting related certificates is a plus
• Management consulting experience is a plus Competencies and Skills
• Financial modelling experience
• Good with numbers and figures
• Good understanding of and experience in accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• Good relationship management skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good report writing and oral communication skills
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools (Word, power point, etc.)
• Good team working skills
• High sense of responsibility, accountability and dependability
• High integrity and ethical standards
• Self-starter, hard worker and “can-do” mindset
• Attention to data.

Application Closing Date
29th March, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] and [email protected] using the “Job Title” as the subject of the e-mail.