Job Description

LOCATION: Cape TownR HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSAn investment boutique part of a larger group who are involved in managing agricultural land across investment funds. Responsible for the investment lifecycle from new deal sourcing, due diligence ESG assessment, structuring and implementation through to on the ground monitoring reporting and eventual exit of the funds. This is a small niche highly skilled team who care about what they do and who they do it with.,They now seek an investment analyst to join their team.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 SPVs 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 among 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 SPVs that responsible for;
• You will be responsible for tasks which included 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 excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in English;
• You have strong interpersonal skills;
• You have a keen eye for detail with the ability to manage workload proactively;
• You have exceptional numerical reasoning skills (demonstrable);
• You have determination;
• You are self-motivated;
• You have time management skills;
• You have the ability to work effectively under pressure;
• You have analytical skills;
• You have team-working skills;
• You have problem-solving skills;
• 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:

• You have a degree in accounting or investment finance (strong academic credentials);
• You are a CFA or CA(SA) - or both;
• You have a minimum of 2 - 4 years current, relevant experience (investment banking, private equity etc.);
• You have experience in real estate investment or agricultural finance in a banking environment - this would be very beneficial but is no essential;
• You have advanced and exceptional Excel skills;
• You are able to write of investment memorandum;
• You are able to build financial models;
• You are able to read financial statements and provide accurate summary;
• You are able to give feedback to the investment committee knowledgeably and confidently.

You are smart, hard working and passionate about this space. You want to make a difference in people's lives and work in a small niche team that has the benefits of a big business but is a small number of people in a very close working team dynamic. Fun place to work!

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants