Head of Investment

Job Description

A new opportunity has come with a fast growing family owned holding firm located in the UAE. Our client is looking for a?Head of Investment?who will lead the operations of the Investments and portfolio team. He/She will carry out all activities relating to identifying, originating, assessing, analysing and tracking investment deals and also be responsible for any other deals as assigned by the CEO/Board of Directors. He/She has end-to-end for transactions, working under the guidance of the CEO and will also execute the responsibilities related to Portfolio Management.

• Keep abreast of latest developments in target markets and sectors to spot opportunities
• Cultivate relationships with industry participants to source potential deals
• Preliminarily identify investment opportunities and gather relevant information about the opportunity
• Routinely bring investment opportunities to the CEO for his appraisal and decision-making
• Follow the investment process in developing analysis & documentation for new deals based on the guidance of the CEO
• Supervise a team build financial models, gathering and analyzing data, and preparing presentations and research
• Develop Preliminary Investment Proposals (PIP) and Final Investment Proposals (FIP) for ongoing deals to present to the Investment Committee
• Track progress of deals through the deal flow cycle and record status at various points in time
• Lead the diligence process and evaluate new investments, co-investments and secondary transactions
• Coordinate all middle-office and back-office functions required to close deals
• Based on the CEO guidance & approval, structure a deal, draw up the legal documentation and execute the investment
• Identify divestment opportunities for portfolio companies in accordance with goals
• Create divestment report and obtain divestment mandate
• Successfully execute divestments
• Liaise effectively with the external parties to perform tasks and serve as a single point of contact for interactions on ongoing deals
• Manage day-to-day functioning of the Investments & Portfolio Management teams
• Lead key functions such as administration, budgeting & finance, human resources management, etc.
• Review, monitor & analyze the performance of the financial investments of the company, including legacy investments
• Conduct analysis of market data (e.g., curves, prices, volumes) used to value portfolio positions
• Monitor risk exposure of the investment portfolio, inform CEO of risks outside of defined levels, carry out risk mitigation and management based on set guidelines
• Prepare reports for the top management to inform about portfolio performance and aid decision-making
• Prepare reports for shareholders or other stakeholders in order to provide necessary information on a case-by-case basis
• Executes financial investment transactions as per CEO guidance
• Investment Screening
• Managing the process of establishing a new business
• Financial and Market Feasibility Study (including macro-economic analysis, market analysis, financial modeling, risk analysis and preparing report)
• Business Plan (including business idea development, macro-economic analysis, market analysis, operational and market strategies development, financial modeling, risk analysis and preparing report)
• Business Valuation (including macro-economic analysis, market analysis, Historical Financial Performance analysis, financial modeling and the report)
• Financial Due Diligence
• Cost Management Study
• Identify new business opportunities (consultancy projects)
• Review prospective client inquires and request for proposal
• Prepare the Technical and Financial Proposal for the Prospective Client
• Manage the execution of consultancy project for external clients (including management of project team, project budge, project billing, client relationship)
• Management the implantation of consultancy project from the client-side

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Financial RiskInvestment AdvisoryHome Based Business