Fountain Enterprises Programme
Job Title: Investment Analyst
Section: FEP Holdings
Job Category: Job Group D
Reports To: Group Investments & Projects Officer
Job Serial / Code No: 025
Location / Branch: Nairobi, Kenya
Main Responsibilities
- Leading in the design and implementation of the operation strategies, policies and procedures to ensure delivery of business objectives
- Developing, advising, monitoring and reviewing annual budgets
- Conducting due diligence on companies and industries by researching, reading financial statements and market data;
- Analysing financial information relating to specific companies, e.g. company results, profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements to determine how FEP is positioned to deliver for investors;
- Keeping up to date with market developments, new investment products and all other areas that can affect the markets;
- Considering how the economic implications of factors such as natural disasters, weather, wars, etc. might affect the performance of companies and funds;
- Monitoring the financial news using specialist media sources;
- Financial modelling and projection;
- Drafting and writing research reports for financial stakeholders;
- Meeting with and providing information to relevant stakeholders; this might include, summaries of research, investment ideas, key events from the proceeding day as well as key drivers for the day ahead;
- Making recommendations to financial managers, being able to position ideas and articulate to the financial manager about the risk or payoff for each recommendation;
- Ensuring that all compliance regulations are met
- Leading and managing operations related company communication
- Identifying, implementing and benchmarking best practices in management
- Managing and Implementing change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture
Key Deliverables of this position
- Provide an insight on economic trends and evaluate investment potential
- Access and understand wider business information such as relevant economic data and political events
- Deliver accurate and timely reports and presentations to both internal stakeholders and external stakeholders
- Support the on-time development of process-driven investment reporting and presentations
Key Interfaces
Internal
- Board
- All staff
External
- Clients, Regulators, Administrators, Government, Media
- Other stakeholders
Academic Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Business related field
Professional Skills
- Member of a professional body
Job / Functional Skills
- Leadership skills
- Business Strategy Formulation
- Business Planning and implementation
- Financial Investments Leadership
- People management
- Project management
- Change management
- Business process design and management
- Analytical skills
- Application and exploitation of IT
Competencies (Behaviours)
- Innovation
- Investment discipline
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Operational excellence & Cost consciousness
- Professionalism and ethics
Relevant Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience
How to Apply
Applications should be sent to recruitment@fep-group.com not later than Tuesday 8th September COB.
Applicant are also requested to state their current and expected salary in their applications