Vacancy: Associate Director for Capital Advisory
About Excelsior Group
Excelsior is a Nairobi and New York based corporate and investment advisory company which provides services to companies and investors interested in opportunities in Eastern Africa.
Excelsior focuses on companies and projects seeking USD10 -100 million in capital, that have strong growth prospects and scalability, significant barriers to entry, experienced management teams and a clear strategic relevance to Sub-Saharan Africa.
We are advisors to leading healthcare, finance and ICT companies, institutional and High Net Worth investors, and public sector institutions like Kenyan Ministry of Health and ICT, and World Bank/IFC.
Excelsior group has a holding company in which we make investments in and launch operating companies such as our medical technology services business.
Overview of the Role
Reports to: Managing Director - Excelsior Group
Geography: Based primarily in Nairobi, Kenya with potential travel within Africa
Timing: Position open for immediate staffing (November 2013)
Description of the Role
As a full-time Associate Director, you will be expected to direct two to three transactions on a day to day basis on behalf of the Excelsior Group.
Your primary role will be to manage the day to day activities of one or two projects with support of the Excelsior leadership team.
We expect you to drive and deliver the work on a largely independent basis.
We also expect for you to efficiently leverage our organisation’s Directors and Experts for overall project guidance, expert advice and research.
You will work hand in hand with the Excelsior team upholding the highest work standards including confidentiality, fact based analysis, efficiency, self-motivation, and solid verbal and written communications.
Overall responsibilities include:
• Directing the day-to-day client and partner activities related to project management under the overall direction of the Managing Director
• Manage project teams by providing guidance to team members and being responsible for project budgets and timelines
• Collect, evaluate, and apply statistical data on the economy, specifically with respect to researching companies and projects within the Excelsior’s selected industries
• Analyse and synthesize researched data with regard to business opportunities and investment decision making processes
• Preparing and disseminating special knowledge pieces, models, forecasts, and/or presentations to furnish information to Excelsior’s Leadership team
• Manage select initiatives to build the capabilities and knowledge for the Firm
Qualifications for the Role
• Undergraduate degree from a top university with distinctive qualifications (e.g., first class honors, cum laude or above); graduate degree preferred
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytics – background course work in engineering, calculus, economics, accounting, finance, statistics preferred
• Professional experience in top-tier global consulting, finance, and corporate environments of at least 5 years (e.g., McKinsey , Barclays, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Safaricom)
• Experience and familiarity with implementing initiatives in emerging markets, as well as sensitivity to different cultural and organizational environments
• Deep industry and functional background. Possessing one or more knowledge spikes in the following areas
1. Industry backgrounds: Financial Services, Health Care, ICT
2. Functional Expertise: Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Organizational Behavior and Redesign
• Ability to operate independently and professionally in senior stakeholder interactions (e.g., government ministers, multi-national senior executives)
• Strong oral and written communication skills, research skills, and the ability to organize, analyze, and interpret data, as well as proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Access required
• Must possess the ability to synthesize data into articulate and exemplary MS PowerPoint presentations, and MS Word white papers
• Driven, ambitious self-starter with stand-alone ability to engage senior executives across the globe
• Strong leadership and initiative taking orientation i.e. self-starter
• Strong program management skills with a tenacity to meeting project work plans
• Working knowledge of project management tools – MS Project or MS Excel based work plans
• Ability to work in a team-based environment and perform in a start-up atmosphere
Contact
For more information or to express interest, please contact our team at careers@excelsiorfirm.com, title the subject as: “Role: Associate Director”.
Provide your CV/resume, one page description of why you are best suited for the role, and three references
Only applications received through the dedicated email address will be considered.
Excelsior Group is an equal opportunity employer
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