Head, Investments Job at PricewaterhouseCoopers


PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - Our client provides financing solution to Nigeria’s housing challenges through an innovative private sector-driven solution. The organization channels funds from the private sector, pension / insurance organisations, multilateral agencies, and impact investors towards financing affordable housing developments and mortgages. 

To deliver on new growth goals, they currently seek experienced individuals to provide strategic leadership and financing direction to the organisation in the capacity below:

Job Position: Head, Investments 

Reference Number: 130-PEO00753
Job Location: Abuja
Job type: Permanent
Department: People & Change Nigeria

Job Description

  • To deliver on new growth goals, we currently seek experienced individuals to provide strategic leadership and financing direction to the organisation.
  • The ideal candidates will be required to demonstrate highly advanced strategic perspectives and execution capabilities and must be able to engage with a range of diverse and sometimes challenging internal and external stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • The Head, Investments will be responsible for managing equity funds from Development Finance Institutions and other private sources of long-term capital.

Specific Duties of the Position:

  • Develop, evaluate and review deal-flow and project pipeline against investment strategy, risk budget and
  • other investment criteria on an ongoing basis to ensure optimal and timely investment and performance
  • Serve as the Senior Investment Executive and an expert in all aspects of Investment and Portfolio Management from deal-flow to execution
  • Serve as a member of Investment Committee and provide sound and fully supported recommendations
  • and advice on the investment mandates

Requirements

  • underwriting, executing and guiding investing activities
  • Experience in Senior Management position with evidence of regular engagement with the Management team and Financial partners will be an advantage
  • Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a top-ranked University
  • MBA in Finance and/or post-graduate in Real Estate / Housing Finance or a related discipline
  • Relevant professional certification e.g. CFA
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of portfolio management and finance experience in origination,