About this job
Job description
Job Purpose:
- To identify new funding opportunities and manage the evaluation of inward investment relationships
- To explore new business areas, identify and assess potential strategic partners and markets and recommend viable options to management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identifies and manages new investment opportunities and ensures relationships are properly maintained for continuous partnership to enhance business growth
- Evaluates proposals from external parties interested in partnering with Interswitch and makes recommendations to management
- Develops and implements an appropriate research and monitoring programme to track funding opportunities and identify strategic alliances
- Manages the sourcing of new investors/partnerships including meeting with investors, entrepreneurs, high net-worth individuals,
- Advises leadership on networking events and/or activities with high funding / investment generating potential Explores new business areas, opportunities and funding options and ensures the funds are well managed to generate revenue for the company
- Continues to deepen already existent industry knowledge and contacts to help drive investment strategy and effectively conduct due diligence
- Engages with Finance (Treasury & Investment management) to build financial models relating to financing, restructuring, liquidity and valuation analyses to determine the adequacy of current funding
- Develops presentation materials for partnership opportunities; this includes developing and refining presentation themes, data gathering and synthesis, and constructing professional presentation materials
- Engages with Strategic Business Units to establish and implement a group-wide bid response and bid management framework
- Coordinates and reviews bid preparations and submissions for the company, ensuring that they meet specified requirement and timeliness
Key Performance Indicators:
Joint Ventures & Partnering:
- Number of identified strategic funding opportunities within agreed period
- Returns on investment on partnering and alliances
- Ratio of costs to returns
- Clarity and comprehensiveness of presentations and proposals to the management and external parties
Forecasting & Budgeting:
- Accuracy and timeliness of budgets and forecasts
- Timeliness of identification of business funding needs
Bid Management:
- Number of deadlines met on bid submission
- Level of compliance of bids to specified requirement
- Number of bids won
Relationship Management:
- Feedback from partners and stakeholders
- Cost savings due to effective relationship management
Desired Skills and Experience
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Management, Finance, Actuarial Science or any Finance related discipline.
- MBA or relevant postgraduate level qualification
- Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience including at least three years investment and equity fund management experience at a senior level
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Strategic planning and monitoring
- Strategic Partnership/Alliances
- Research and data analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Industry and business knowledge
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Bid management
- Communication (Written, Verbal, Presentation)
- Negotiation /Networking
- Analytical
- Contract management
- Stakeholder and Relationship Management
About this company
Interswitch Limited is an electronic transaction switching and payment processing company with a business footprint that covers the provision of shared, integrated solutions for financial transactions, e-commerce, telecoms value-added services and e-billing in the Nigerian, East and West African environments.
InterSwitch is an independent, private sector led, limited liability company focused on facilitating the exchange of value between service providers (financial, telecommunications and utilities), merchants, their customers, & other stakeholders on a timely and continuous basis.
At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.
We pride ourselves in our continuous drive to build and develop leaders as we strive to attract young, talented professionals with a desire to change the face of e-payment infrastructure, and Nigerian business as a whole-- professionals who genuinely want to make a difference.
InterSwitch is an independent, private sector led, limited liability company focused on facilitating the exchange of value between service providers (financial, telecommunications and utilities), merchants, their customers, & other stakeholders on a timely and continuous basis.
At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.
We pride ourselves in our continuous drive to build and develop leaders as we strive to attract young, talented professionals with a desire to change the face of e-payment infrastructure, and Nigerian business as a whole-- professionals who genuinely want to make a difference.
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