Investment Associate (UAE National)

The Investment Associate provides support to the sector head who works through our appointed board members to oversee strategy, budgeting, risk, talent, compensation, and M&A initiatives in our portfolio companies. The position is also responsible for helping : manage the value of our investments in the sector; initiating and managing transformation initiatives at our portfolio companies; evaluating new investment opportunities. Responsibilities and duties Drive / optimize value creation in portfolio companies - Support portfolio company value creation opportunities through consistently refreshed shareholder opinions / Value Creation Plans - Provide support to the Investment manager who acts as the key interface in relationship with portfolio companies (Board / Exec team) to drive value creation plans to execution - Support the identification and analysis of portfolio company synergies and their implementation Monitor asset performance and mitigate potential issues - Perform analysis and reporting that supports regular performance review of portfolio companies - Review and report upon companies are on track vs. plan on key topics - Flag any potential issues to the investment manager - Provide data and requests for reports and analysis that underpin decisions on implications of hold / sell for asset Sector strategies & detailed sector screens - Gather data and research that supports the development of sector strategies / EIA point of view on sector and on latest relevant trends / investable themes - Gather data and research that supports the development of detailed sector screens to identify most attractive opportunities for investment - Deal origination for new strategic investments (in coordination with M&A) - Begin to forge connections that engage with sector ecosystem and allow further building strong network with relevant stakeholders - Conduct reports and analysis as requested to enable deal teams to execute on deal transactions in collaboration with M&A team; heavily contribute on all sector specific / commercial topics (e.g., commercial diligence) - Reporting - Perform inter-company comparison with other sector/industry competitor in terms of costs, sales, profit, ratios, etc