Investment Associate Colombia (m/f/d)

Your tasks include but are not limited to the following:

Investment Management

• Identify, source, and evaluate potential investments, performing financial, operational, market sector and strategic analysis
• Pipeline management of social businesses
• Develop relationships with players in the impact ecosystem (accelerators, funds, capacity builders) to generate new leads for the pipeline
• Conduct field visits and assess investment opportunities
• Perform due diligence processes, including validation of the business and financial model, preparation of memos to present for the Investment Committee meetings
• Coordinate and work closely with third-party providers on legal and financial diligence and contract negotiation of potential investments.

Portfolio Management and other tasks

• Support the team in specific aspects of portfolio management such as monitoring and reporting of portfolio companies’ performance, preparation of monthly local and quarterly portfolio reviews, assessing new opportunities in the portfolio to offer follow-on loans to solid companies
• Other duties and responsibilities to help ensure YSBs success

• Years-long, strong work experience with a proven track record leading a number of investment deals (equity or debt), including due diligence, contract negotiation, and loan management (must)
• Educational background in industrial engineering, economics, finance, business, or related fields
• Solid financial modelling skills and deep understanding of debt structures (must)
• Solid experience in Colombian market (must) and understanding of the socio-economic and political context
• Strategic mindset to understand complex business and produce solid investment memos
• Strong communication skills to present investment deals to the Investment Committee
• Fluent in English and Spanish (both a must)
• Based in Colombia (must)

Other important traits

• A high level of personal integrity and teamwork spirit
• Alignment with our company values (Deep Impact, Entrepreneurial and Aligned, Bold and Humble, Respect and CARE, Joyful Excellence)
• Excellent relationship builder with an independent work style
• Passion for the social business and the ventures we invest in
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At Yunus Social Business (YSB), we fiercely believe in the power of business to humanity's most pressing problems.  Founded and chaired by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, we develop market-based solutions for social or environmental problems. While YSB Funds is our philanthropic venture fund that finances and supports social entrepreneurs, YSB Corporate works with leading companies to turn them into a force for good. 

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YSB has offices in Sao Paulo, Bogota, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kampala, Nairobi, and Berlin. Today, our social business portfolio already serves over 17 million people in emerging and developing countries. 

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We are currently a global team of 50+ people with experience in entrepreneurship, consulting, venture capital, business incubation, finance, and international development. We also work with an amazing community of freelance impact and business consultants, design thinking experts, startup catalysts, and mentors for our projects. 

Find out more about us: www.yunussb.com

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What we have to offer

Boldness & Humility

At YSB, we have a big vision of disrupting capitalism in order to solve social and environmental problems. You are encouraged to challenge the status quo in actionable and collaborative ways.

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Deep Impact & Collaboration

You will join a flexible and high-performing environment with team members and network partners from around the world. With them, you will be tackling the biggest problems of our times and work at the forefront of impact-driven business projects. 

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Entrepreneurship & Goal-Alignment 

We support entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, and we reach our goals in an entrepreneurial way. That is why we flourish through proactivity, agility, and constructive actions. 

Joyful Excellence 

We are an outcome-driven organization that is aspiring to become better every day.  Nevertheless, we are caring for our colleagues’ well-being in the process of doing so. Our flat organizational structure allows us to master challenges collectively, with passion and a positive outlook.

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Respect & Care

Respect and empathy are part of who we are, and are essential to our success. We care for the individual behind the professional, regardless of job title, age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion, doing our very best to create an inclusive team with equal opportunities. 

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Growth and Rewards

You can count on excellent training and learning opportunities, 28 vacation days, a family insurance plan on top of NSSF/NHIF, a 7% employer pension contribution, and the flexibility to work in a hybrid format, working remotely from time to time.

Please apply via our job board in English, including all requested documents (PDF), by 31st July 2022. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. 

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Contact Person: Eliane Knobbe

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It is our commitment that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills, regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.

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We look forward to hearing from you!

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