Investment Manager

**Who we are**:
Yunus Social Business (“YSB”) is a global social investment group with headquarters in Germany and country operations in India, Brazil, Colombia, Uganda and Kenya. YSB works on two fronts: the Philanthropic Venture Fund and the Corporate Innovation Initiative. It was founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, together with a team of social entrepreneurs and has a close relationship with the Grameen network of social businesses around the world.

**Our impact**:
With a committed team of people in the YSB offices around the world, we believe that business can be used to solve pressing social problems and that venture philanthropy can have a significant impact on accomplishing this mission. As such, we transform impact and philanthropic capital into investments in Social Businesses (“SBs”), which, in turn, provide employment, income, improved living conditions and opportunities to thousands of people worldwide, while being financially sustainable. A Social Business combines the strengths of both civil society and the business world; it has a social or environmental mission, while being financially self-sustainable.
YSB Colombia provides financing and strategic support to entrepreneurs and their Social Businesses throughout the country. As such, we focus on identifying, sourcing, investing and supporting successful entrepreneurs with socially impactful businesses to help them scale.

**Purpose of the position**:
The Investment Manager (“IM”) will be based in Bogota and work closely with the local team, as well as with members of the Global YSB team. The IM will actively participate in all aspects of the Investment Process and in some aspects of Portfolio Management

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Identify, source and evaluate potential investments, performing financial, operational, market,sector and strategic analysis.
- Participate in performing due diligence in connection with the YSB investment process, including benchmark and competitor analysis and social impact.
- Prepare and present relevant deal material of new investment opportunities to the Investment Committee (decision making body)
- Develop in depth research and analysis of key market trends and industry sectors that are relevant for YSBs investment process
- Support the team in specific aspects of portfolio management such as monitoring and reporting of portfolio companies’ performance
- Execute other duties and responsibilities, as required, to help ensure YSBs success

**Requirements and competences to work with us**:
**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (eg. Industrial engineering, economics, finance, business)

**Experience**:

- Minimum of 6-8 years of business experience in impact investing, business consulting and/or finance, investment banking, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital or strategic consulting
- Exposure to financial and operational due-diligence of ongoing businesses and/or
entrepreneurships in growth stage
Strong knowledge, experience and understanding of the Colombian social, economic and political context
- Experience working in emerging markets and understanding of local contexts
Ideally experience in or knowledge on social and/or environmental impact: methodologies, monitoring and measurement of impact
- Experience in developing financial models and information memoranda for potential investments

**Knowledge and skills**:

- Comfortable with building and manipulating financial models
- Strong understanding of social entrepreneurship, what it entails and how it is related to other concepts, (e.g. social innovation, inclusive business, impact investing)
- Fluent in written and oral English and Spanish

**Competences**:

- Self-starter, proactive and with problem-solving skills
- A demonstrated commitment to serving society’s needs
- High level of personal integrity
- A high level of passion, entrepreneurial energy, personal initiative and responsibility
- Strong research and writing skills
- Strong analytical skills, both qualitative and quantitative

**Our team profile**:

- A high level of personal integrity, discretion, 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
- Willingness to be agile and adaptable, readily accepting and embracing occasional tasks beyond primary responsibilities to support the overall success of the team and organization.
- Passion for the social businesses and the ventures we invest in
- Experience in an international, multicultural work setup or in the developing markets we operate in (preferred)

**Key interests for working with us**:

- Social Investment
- Finance
- Portfolio management
- Social Entrepreneurship

**Reasons to join our team**:
This is an excellent opportunity for an entry-level professional who is eager to develop their skills in fundra