Investment Specialist – Part-Time Consultancy

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🕒 May 26

🇷🇼 Rwanda – Remote

⏱ Part Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Where this job comes from

Posted on Talent Safari's careers page, not through a job board

First seen by Remote Rocketship May 26

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Talent Safari

1 - 10 employees

🎯 Recruiter

🤝 B2B

👥 HR Tech

Recruitment • B2B • HR Tech

Talent Safari is dedicated to connecting Africa's best talent with innovative startups, facilitating quality-first hiring with a focus on customer success. The company expertly finds high-quality, vetted candidates for startups within two weeks, allowing clients to focus on their growth. With a team that has startup expertise and a vast community of professionals in various fields, Talent Safari provides an efficient recruitment process while ensuring satisfaction through a 90-day probation guarantee.

📋 Description

• Support Jasiri Growth Accelerator ventures with follow-on capital raises • Develop tailored follow-on funding strategies and track progress against fundraising targets • Advise on capital structure, valuation, financing instruments, dilution, deal terms, and negotiation strategies • Support term sheet review and deal closing • Leverage investor relationships to create funding opportunities across angel investors, family offices, venture capital funds, DFIs, and strategic investors • Facilitate introductions, support negotiations, and drive investor engagements through closed deals • Review investor materials and flag gaps before investor outreach • Run curated deal rooms, investor showcases, and targeted one-to-one introductions • Gather investor feedback and share it with ventures • Maintain records of investor engagement and fundraising progress • Advise and support negotiations on behalf of Jasiri and its ventures within granted authority • Assess follow-on fundraising risks and provide inputs to the portfolio risk register • Design and implement risk mitigation strategies • Track fundraising progress, runway, and financial health of ventures • Flag ventures at risk of missing fundraising targets and recommend targeted support • Contribute fundraising and valuation data to portfolio dashboards • Lead annual portfolio valuations and report valuation movements and drivers • Provide valuation guidance to ventures during fundraising • Collaborate with the JGA programme team to align investment support with programme objectives • Provide regular fundraising updates to the JGA team • Prepare and present updates to the Executive Committee and Investment Committee • Produce funding strategy notes, investor engagement reports, fundraising trackers, valuation reports, risk-register inputs, committee materials, and a final outcomes report

🎯 Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in accounting or finance is required • Alternatively, a relevant postgraduate qualification in investment, accounting, finance, or a related field will be considered • 5+ years of investment, venture capital, or private equity experience • Demonstrated track record of closing Seed to Series A deals and supporting startups through follow-on capital raises • Strong, verifiable investor network across angel investors, family offices, venture capital funds, DFIs, and strategic investors • Documented evidence of active investor engagement, such as introductions made, pitches facilitated, or term sheets secured • Demonstrated experience conducting valuations of early-stage and early-revenue companies • Ability to defend valuation approaches • Solid understanding of startup financing instruments, term sheets, cap tables, and investor rights • Strong financial analysis and modelling skills • Ability to assess business models, growth strategies, and financial health • Practical experience with investment due diligence, investment committee materials, and post-investment support for portfolio companies • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to present investment cases clearly to internal and external stakeholders

🏖️ Benefits

• 6-month part-time consulting engagement, with possibility of extension based on performance and results • Approximately 20 hours per week • Independent contractor/consultancy arrangement

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