Seeking an exceptional professional to support One Acre Fund's Investor Relations team in executing loan compliance and reporting, the department's operations, lender due diligence, and one-off analytical projects.
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
About the Young Professionals Program
One Acre Fund's Young Professionals Program offers high-performing African graduates meaningful internships and training opportunities at a high-performing, mission-driven organization. Our internships are paid and all interns can expect to receive substantive work assignments working on high-impact projects that support One Acre Fund's operations.
About the Role
This role supports the execution of the loan compliance and reporting function, the department's operations, lender due diligence, and one-off analytical projects.
Responsibilities
Support the Execution of loan compliance and reporting function
* Draft reports required by lenders (e.g. annual questionnaires, quarterly financial reports, ad hoc requests) with oversight of the Investor Relation Specialist for review by the relationship managers
* Work with payments team to ensure we make interest payments on time
* Support reconciliations related to IR's work (debt, refundable advances, FX hedging) while working with accounting team on the quarterly close process
* Draft the quarterly financial health dashboard to allow senior IR team members to report on the health of the balance sheet to the Finance Committee
Support Investor Relations team operations
* Support processes and systems used by the IR team (Loan tracker, Salesforce, RiskScreen). Enter information to make sure that they are up to date.
* Retain loan documents as required by document retention policies. Keep the IR folder organized so that the IR team works efficiently
* Provide administrative support when signing new retail notes and loans
Lender relationship management and Due Diligence
* Assist on due diligence analyses and proposals as requested by relationship managers, under the supervision of the Investor Relations specialist. Work may include preparation of spreadsheets, prep of written summaries of One Acre Fund's operations, finding requested information by working with other teams and leveraging existing resources.
* Support the maintenance of Due Diligence resources by updating resources and improving IR's Resources Management system.
* Help update the key outreach materials with up to date audited financials, impact results, and other relevant updates.
Analytical Special Projects
* Support the execution of data analysis and financial modeling projects
* Other one-off projects to support the Investor Relations team or other teams in the Finance Department
Qualifications
* Knowledge: Good understanding of finance and accounting; some exposure to financial statement analysis preferred
* Technical skills:
* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
* Strong knowledge of MS Excel (google sheets a plus). Experience with Financial Modeling in Excel and complex formulas (e.g: Index, Match, Lookups) preferred
* Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to consolidate information from multiple sources in a clear way
* Top-performing undergraduate background
* Soft skills:
* Ability to work both independently and part of a team depending on the project. Ability to work remotely
* Combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://oneacrefund.org/vacancies/investor-relations-graduate-trainee
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications can be submitted through the One Acre Fund careers portal at https://oneacrefund.org/careers. One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication to globalhotline@oneacrefund.org, but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.