Investment Associate/executive, Capital Solutions - London, United Kingdom - CDC Group

CDC Group

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Our mission and objectives

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. We invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
We have 75 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, longterm growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
We invest to achieve impact and a financial return which is then reinvested for more impact. Over the past five years, we have committed £7 billion of new investments, with our net assets growing in value to approximately £8.1 billion. We are now invested in 1,400 businesses which directly employ over 950,000 workers and support many more. Over the next five years, we plan to grow further, and aim to commit around £9 billion of new investments over the period.
Our current fiveyear strategy responds to the opportunities and challenges facing developing and emerging economies. To ensure our capital is used in the best way possible to meet these opportunities and challenges, it sets out three clear strategic objectives to invest in productive, sustainable and inclusive development. These objectives mean an increased focus on climate finance, including investing in green infrastructure; on financing digital transformation; and on driving inclusive outcomes, including through gender and diversity finance.
We changed our name to British International Investment in 2022, to more accurately reflect our central role in the UK Government's international financing offer.
In the last few years, we have expanded our presence in Africa and Asia by opening new offices in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ghana and Singapore; with further expansion planned.
We take an entrepreneurial approach to investment. We think innovatively about ways to deploy our capital, attract, and mobilise other investors, and drive transformational impact.
Deliver impact. We are a team of over 600 and place immense value on diversity within our organisation.

Purpose and Role of the Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions Team
The Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions team sits within the Office for the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO).

OCIO works with investment teams to set and execute the investment strategy across all sectors, products, regions and capital portfolios.

OCIO covers five areas overseen by the Chief Investment Officer:

Asset Allocation and Capital Solutions ("AACS")
Investment Policy and Decision Making
Portfolio Management
Fund Solutions
Special Situations

The AACS team works across two priority areas for BII:

Asset Allocation:Providing strategic direction on shaping BII's future portfolio to deliver our impact and financial objectives across geographies, sectors and products. The team will provide an anchor point to prioritise and guide decision-making on these opportunities, in collaboration with key partners across the firm.

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Capital Solutions:Providing the tools to deliver BII's development goals, either through existing pools of capital (Growth, Catalyst, BII Plus and Kinetic) or with new pools of capital and partnerships, for which key parameters around impact, risk, return and governance must be designed and managed.

Purpose of this role
Kinetic facilities enable BII to make blended and concessional investments. The Climate Innovation Facility (CIF), the first BII Kinetic facility, was launched in late 2021.

CIF is designed to enable BII to test and seed innovative, scalable, yet unproven technologies, businesses or investment strategies that have the potential for transformative climate impact across BII's markets.

More information is available here

Responsibilities

Kinetic facilities (80% focus)
Kinetic facility management

Lead on financial management, working with relevant investment and operations teams at BII. This includes collecting accurate and timely data for shareholder pipeline reporting, cash flow forecasting and drawdowns of funds.
Lead on monthly and quarterly shareholder reporting including collating financial and impact information as required. Support the development of Kinetic annual report(s).
Support internal communications and learning for investment teams, investment committee members and executive/nonexecutive management on Kinetic facilities.

New capital

Support the design, development and negotiation of new pools of capital for BII to complement BII's existing toolkit. At the start of 2024 BII is exploring two new Kinetic facilities with FCDO one focused on Mobilisation and one focused on deals in Low Income Countries.

For each new pool of capital, key workstreams will include full cycle design, development and execution, including: