Senior Associate / Associate Director
Job Description
- Source new early-stage investments including meeting with founders and entrepreneurs, attending relevant networking events, and calling on new prospects, primarily focusing on local market and across Southeast Asia.
- Participate in all aspects of due diligence including customer and management references, market sizing and mapping, and industry research.
- Evaluate investment proposals from potential companies for preliminary discussion with your Manager.
- Analyse companies from a financial, technical, operational, and industry perspective and create valuation models to support investment recommendations.
- Prepare and develop investment thesis and presentation materials to the Investment Committee.
- Monitor and track performance of portfolio companies across Southeast Asia and prepare required reports.
- Partner with portfolio companies’ leadership and serve as resource in value creation initiatives so to grow the business, improve business processes, strengthen management talent etc.
- Manage the commitment and disbursement procedures.
- Maintain up to date information in archives and portfolio management systems.
- Maintain leads and individual database for potential portfolio hire and synergy.
- Focus on meeting and building talent pipelines of in-demand criteria skills to value add to portfolio recruitment efforts of key staff.
- Define compliance and reporting needs; and monitor reports to understand trends, issues and opportunities.
Job Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or business equivalent.
- More than 5 years of relevant experience with minimum 3 years in venture capital investment.
- Active ties to Indonesia start-ups or VC communities and adept with technology and digital innovation, familiar with the technology ecosystems as businesses and evolving platforms, either from work experience or personal interest.
- Strong analytical and research abilities, including the ability to identify subjects that are relevant to initiatives and stakeholders and provide relevant conclusions and recommendations.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills in English; and competent verbal and written Bahasa Indonesia to liaise with Indonesian stakeholders.
- Ability to write in a clear, succinct and engaging manner, argue compellingly and present data intelligently.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and networking skills with proven ability to develop and maintain effective business relationships.
- Proficiency in handling data and using Excel.
- Proactive in contacting people and learning about new developments.
- Organised, efficient, pro-active and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
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