Investment Associate Jobs in South Africa

Prologue Consulting is advertising a temporary Investment Associate (FTC) role in Johannesburg, with a stated salary range of R700,000 to R900,000 per year. The work is described as hybrid remote in Johannesburg, and it centres on sourcing and executing deals while building client relationships.

About the company and the work

The employer named in the original listing is Prologue Consulting. The associate supports business development and transaction work, helping to find new investment opportunities, move deals forward and maintain a strong client portfolio.

Role details and duties

• Support business development initiatives and help develop a business development strategy.
• Develop and maintain client networks, relationships and a client portfolio to source transactions.
• Consult with BEE groups, intermediaries, lending institutions and other stakeholders, and explore new investment opportunities through networking.
• Build a reputation as an acknowledged and successful deal maker as deal flow develops.
• Apply project management skills, mobilise and coordinate internal and external resources, and appraise projects and deals.
• Manage and influence internal decision-making and project processes to obtain investment approval.
• Take part in due diligence exercises using approved processes and principles.
• Help recommend, develop and negotiate finance and legal structures, and support negotiations with clients and co-financiers.
• Help oversee the finalisation of legal agreements for transactions and projects.

The listing states that the contract type is temporary and the work location is hybrid remote in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in dealmaking, with deal structuring experience and solid project management experience.
• A generalist background in corporate finance, with some experience in private equity.
• A graduate degree, preferably a BCom Accounting, CA, CFA or equivalent.
• Analysis and attention to detail, conceptual and big-picture thinking, creativity and innovation, focus and sustained attention, judgement and decision-making, and problem-solving and learning agility.
• Assertiveness, drive and result orientation, decisiveness and action orientation, ethical judgement, excellent and quality orientation, resilience and stress management, rule orientation, time and self-management, and objectivity.
• Building relationships, customer service orientation, engaging diversity, interpersonal agility and teamwork.

Where to find and apply safely

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Practical tips

• Show clear deal examples, including your role in origination, structuring and due diligence.
• Highlight corporate finance and private equity exposure, and any BEE market networking experience.
• Make your qualifications and years of dealmaking experience easy to find at the top of your CV.

How the process works

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Important information

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