Investment Analysts

Are you looking to advance your investment analysis skills while also creating positive impact?Are you attracted by the prospect of working across multiple sectors and geographies in emerging markets?Swedfund is looking to appoint several Investment Analysts to provide critical analyses to support and manage its growing portfolio of investments. Working closely with Investment Managers and various other senior colleagues, you will have a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience and involvement in the entire investment cycle and broaden your expertise across Swedfund’s four focus sectors. You will also gain invaluable insights from working with Swedfund’s E&S and Impact departments and engaging in various group-wide projects.Main Role-associated TasksInvestment Analysts work actively in the entire deal cycle and are responsible for providing accurate and timely support within the following areas:Investment management tasksActively participate in deal processes from early-stage assessment to signing, including:Preparing analyses of potential investment opportunities aligned with Swedfund’s strategyPreparing internal analyses and decision materials for Swedfund’s investment team, Investment committee and BoardPerform financial, commercial, sector and market due diligence, including valuation workProvide support in the commitment and disbursement processesThe role will include occasional travel to Swedfund’s target marketsPortfolio management tasksIn Close Collaboration With Investment ManagersActively monitor and engage with portfolio companies in matters relating to financial and operational performance, sustainability, developmental impact and corporate governanceMaintain up-to-date information in Swedfund’s internal data management systems (e.g., DealCloud, eFront)Prepare and present quarterly portfolio management reportsManage capital calls, waiver requests, and any other portfolio workTogether with other departments when required, work to increase the positive impact of Swedfund’s portfolio companies through value-creating activities like sustainability, operations and governanceAdditional to the aforementioned tasks, the role will also be involved in various business development initiatives, including:Market-mapping exercises, e.g. contributing to the development of innovative approaches to fill market gaps and/or complementing existing product offeringsResearching and updating relevant sector and geographic intelligenceSupport senior colleagues in creating investment strategies and preparing forecasts and business plansContribute to other ad hoc external and internal work, investment- or non-investment related ProfileRelevant candidates will have strong academic qualifications within Finance and / or Economics and 1-2 years’ experience from investment banking, private equity, management consulting or transaction advisory or similar. You have solid financial, analytical and quantitative skills, having applied these skills within an investment context, such as commercial/ financial due diligence and company valuation.Communication is key, we therefore expect candidates to have strong interpersonal skills and be accustomed to working with Excel and the Microsoft Office suite as well as have professional levels of fluency in English. Additional fluency in a Nordic language and/or French is of merit. You have solid writing skills and a demonstrated ability to convert financial data into text.We are looking for candidates that demonstrate a firm understanding of Swedfund’s overreaching purpose and are genuinely motivated by its goal. Combined with your analytical expertise, you work in a highly structured manner ensuring quality in everything you deliver. You are recognized by others as a team player who builds, maintains, and promotes internal and external collaboration. A person who represents quality, dependability, and structure.This is an opportunity to join a unique organisation where you will interact with highly competent and driven colleagues with a collective purpose of eliminating poverty through sustainable investments.More about SwedfundQuestions and contactThis role is based in Stockholm and final candidates will be subjected to background screening. Interviews and selection are conducted on an ongoing basis, we are looking forward to receiving your application asap. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment, kindly contact shaun.ogden@amendo.se.Applications are open until October 30th, shortly thereafter we will update applicants on the status of their application.#analystAmendo är en av Sveriges ledande aktörer inom bemanning och rekrytering med en tydlig inriktning mot ekonomi, bank, finans och försäkring. 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