Job Description

LOCATION: Cape Town, Hybrid Work.

R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS

Our client builds flourishing and financially attractive investment opportunities by supporting and growing agribusinesses that are responsible to communities and the environment - what they call Agriconomy. They are busy and successful and this is a role to add to the team.

They now seek an investment analyst to join their team. The team is happy and busy and enjoy their work and environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be required to analyse the economic drivers of agricultural property performance including forecasting and trend analyses and assesses financial opportunity, be it related to a present or potential agricultural property investment;
• You will be responsible, under the guidance of experienced team members, for investment analyses, preparing investment proposals to the investment committee and assisting in transaction execution;
• SPV financial modelling and analyses:

• You will be required to build and maintain financial models;
• You will be required to consolidate information from other different sources and to prepare annual budgets and updated forecasts throughout the year;
• You will be required to interact with farmers/operator, lenders, government agencies and other financial advisors and as needed, perform all necessary modelling sensitivities to include changes to capital structure, biological asset portfolio and potential mergers and acquisitions;
• You will be required to monitor SPV's by assisting with registering of water rights, sub-leases post acquisition, legal contracting, further development costs post-acquisition etc.;
• Financing structures:

• You will be required to build the discounted cash flow model of the SPVxe2x80x99s by obtaining production forecasts, production costs and pricing from the operator and validating these assumptions to industry standards;
• You will be required to reassess the WACC assumptions and other valuation assumptions in determining the DCF valuation;
• You will be required to work closely with operators / tenants and sellers to create a financing structure addressing the needs and requirements of all stakeholders;
• You will be required to develop term sheets and risk registers and maintain common understanding amongst the parties involved;
• You will be required, along with senior management, to serve as internal lead for all investments by preparing materials, coordinating meetings, answering operator requests, overseeing due diligence sessions, preparing presentations, drafting of investment proposals and updates;
• Acquisitions:

• You will be required, as member of acquisition team, to evaluate the accretion / dilution of potential acquisitions or divestitures and prepare materials for acquisition team and senior management team;
• You will be required to participate in internal meetings with acquisition team and senior management team to discuss evaluations, deal structuring or termination, bid alternatives, purchase / sale agreements;
• You will be required to coordinate with operations and CFO to determine appropriate operating and financing assumptions;
• You will be required to participate in data rooms and acquisition conferences.
• Portfolio analysis:

• You will be required to build the portfolio analysis for SPVxe2x80x99s that responsible for:

• You will be responsible for annual financial information of the Propco, Opco, updated IRR, production estimates;
• You will be required to assist investor relations with industry presentations;
• You will be required to assist other departments (accounting, operations) with corporate model outputs and presentations as needed.

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• You have a keen eye for detail with the ability to manage workload proactively;
• You have exceptional numerical reasoning skills (demonstrable);
• You are confident;
• You are determined
• You are self-motivation;
• You have strong time management skills;
• You have the ability to work effectively under pressure;
• You have sound analytical skills;
• You have good teamworking skills;
• You have honed problem-solving skills;
• You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in English;
• You have exceptional quantitative and writing skills;
• You are passionate about investments with a strong commercial focus;
• You have excellent company evaluation and private equity valuation skills;
• You have the ability to apply skills creatively to diverse investment opportunities.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• B.Bus.Sc (accounting or investment finance) with strong academic credentials;
• You are a CFA or CA(SA) - this is preferred;
• You have a minimum of 5 years current, relevant experience (investment banking, private equity, management consulting )
• You have current, relevant experience in real estate investment or agricultural finance in a banking environment - this would be very beneficial;
• You have advanced and exceptional Excel skills;
• You are proficient in an array of software applications.

You are a strong analyst with an interest in the agri space. You want to work with a business that is well funded but also 'does good' and you are keen to add value and assist the team in making a bigger success and aiding the SA economy.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants