Finance and Operations Associate
Job description
Reporting directly to the Investment Director (East Africa), the Finance and Operations Associate role.
About the role
- Managing the fund operations for REPP, Spark, REPP 2 and any other platforms that Camco manages.
- Booking and maintaining all transactions, including by extracting key data from investment
documentation - Monitoring cashflows and updating the loan management system
- Building and updating interest calculation spreadsheets for fixed income instruments
- Monitoring financial and reporting covenants and following up with the investment team
- Updating systems to reflect any changes to finance documents or other contracts which effect the portfolio
- Reviewing draft legal agreements
- Designing and documenting fund operations processes
- Performing reconciliations between systems and producing periodic reports, and
- Reviewing existing processes and suggesting improvements.
- Working alongside the team to review, revise, streamline and manage all portfolio reporting across all Camco’s activities, including but not restricted to:
- Collecting, storing and managing all portfolio reporting information
- Streamlining and improving data management and portfolio reporting processes/tools, including contributing to the finalisation and implementation of a data management system, and
- Improving and completing portfolio and risk reporting to a high quality and on time
- Helping to manage the finances of all platforms that Camco manages in accordance with Camco’s management mandate and each platform’s policies and procedures. For each platform, this will include:
- Maintaining the books of accounts
- Managing cashflow and bank transactions
- Keeping cash and portfolio forecasts up to date
- Regular reporting in accordance with platform and investor requirements
- Preparing and managing the audit of annual financial statements, and
- Contributing to, implementing and continuing to improve the accounting and asset/liability management policies.
- Helping to manage all financial and accounting requirements for the Camco Group
- Supporting all aspects of investment portfolio monitoring, operations and management, and
- Performing any other duties as may be required.
About you
- Have at least an undergraduate degree in business, economics, finance, accounting, engineering or a similar relevant field and hold an accountancy qualification
- Have 4+ years of applied experience in a similar role. Experience in basic fund accounting required. Experience in use of Xero as an accounting software is an added advantage.
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Have advanced numeracy, IT literacy skills and ability in Office 365 (including Microsoft Excel). Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI and Power Automate considered an advantage.
- Have high quality work delivery with key attention to detail.
- Have the presentation skills and gravitas to inspire confidence in the team and Camco’s fund management bodies
- Thrive in a fast-moving environment and be able to complete multiple workstreams at pace
- Be a strong team player and have a passion for climate and impact investing in developing markets
- Be a self-starter and independent worker with good business acumen.
- Perfect English is necessary. Knowledge of French is considered an advantage