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Job Title: Managing Director
Job Code: MD/UILEAL/150618
Number of Positions Open: 1
Reports To: Board of Directors
Location: Kenya
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Summary: Our client is a boutique financial advisory firm based in Nairobi with presence in East and Southern Africa Region.
With a team of experts, they focus on businesses that are shaping the economies of the countries in which they operate in.
Job Summary: As the Managing Director, he / she will be responsible with building and leading a new Asset Management / Fund Management Firm in Kenya.
The Managing Director will serve in a key leadership role within the capital firm with his / her primary role being to manage existing client engagements, managing and closing current deals, creating relationships with clients and corporate partners while generating new business for the firm.
He/she will be assigned a wide variety of projects and will be given added leadership and responsibility as experience and capabilities permit.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Create and manage new deal flow while originating new client engagements that fit the strategy of the firm
- Build and lead a team with the aim to set up the company and establish necessary licenses as required
- Actively lead in outreach and business development opportunities and market full range of services to prospective clients
- Manage a profit and loss giving final approval for new projects and finding ways to cut budget expenditure ensuring every program is generating positive Return On Investment (ROI)
- Establish a Business Plan and giving start-up company direction
- Establish and maintain relationships with potential referral sources in order to generate deal flow opportunities
- Manage various organizations funds, such as High Net Worth Individuals Portfolio (HNWI portfolios) etc.
- Spearhead the marketing of services both to internal colleagues and external clients, develop client networks, establish and maintain pipelines and support efforts in developing and executing sales and marketing strategies
- Lead on a variety of transactions in all stages, from initial client pitch to transaction closing
- Develop client reporting base
- Communicate regulatory, financial information and complex strategic issues in a clear, concise and relevant manner to assist and guide decision-makers in corporate finance transactions
- Ensure quality of client deliverables by demonstrating extraordinary attention to detail
- Organise internal systems and reporting lines
- Develop Assets Under Management (AUM)
- Set yearly targets for the firm and develop new investment products
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree and/or membership of a relevant professional institution desired
- A proven record of success in senior level general management, preferably in fund management.
- At least ten years’ senior level experience in management
- An understanding of financial management and wider management principles and techniques.
- Organization development, human resources management experience
- Proven effectiveness managing others, empowering them to make decisions
- A wide knowledge of the industry
- Success seeing beyond the numbers, identifying trends and new possibilities
Desired Skills and Attributes
- Leadership skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Sales capacities
- Outstanding communication skills, written and oral
- Hands on, leading by example
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- General management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Constantly looking to apply best practices
How to Apply:
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by scrolling down and clicking on: Managing Director
Kindly include your current and expected remuneration in your resume.
Be advised, this job is open to Kenyan nationals only
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