Maximize your potential. Tackle the world’s toughest problems. Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.
Summer Investment Associate Application Deadline: 12:01 am EST on January 12, 2015
(Please note that applicants must be enrolled in a full-time MBA or Master in Finance program, and expected to graduate in May/June 2016 )
About You
You aspire to become a leader in impact investing by tackling global issues, from preventing malaria to access to education to economic growth, ensuring no population is left behind. You enjoy working with teams to tackle challenging problems while traveling and working across continents and cultures. You excel in solving problems using rigorous financial analysis, and you want to put your skills to work – lighting villages in Africa, funding start-ups, enriching the world’s food supply, and transforming the organizations that fund change. You are a passionate, committed self-starter with an excellent academic record, experience as a ‘top-performer’ in a leading asset management, investment banking, or other financial services firm pre-graduate school, a passion for impact investing, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Qualifications :
- MBA or Master in Finance from a top-tier university;
- Minimum three years of relevant work experience, including in the field of finance (buy-side experience such as in private equity or venture capital highly preferred) and preferably with some emerging market experience;
- A good understanding of issues related to private sector development in emerging markets;
- Demonstrated capabilities in financial modeling and quantitative analysis;
- Ability to manage a number of work-streams concurrently and semi-independently in a dynamic, entrepreneurial work environment;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Fluency in English required, working business proficiency in French preferred.
What You Will Do and How You Will Grow
Summer Investment Associates drive the creation of innovative and results-oriented solutions for D. Capital and our clients – helping us change the development landscape around the world. Summer Investment Associates conduct in-depth analysis of potential social venture / venture philanthropy opportunities, including market analysis, due diligence, modeling and valuation of potential investments. Summer Investment Associates also conduct research on and participate in ideation of innovative finance structures that channel funds to development programs.
In addition to providing training, partner-level advising, and mentoring, we empower Summer Associates to learn by doing, engaging them as full members of project teams from day one. Our recent Summer Associates have due diligenced a bioenergy company in South Africa, supported the design of a development impact bond, structured a fund to sustain program spending for Ugandan village health workers, advised on acquisition valuation for an East Africa beverages company, and more.
About Our Clients
Our clients include family offices, private investors, foundations, NGOs, and private sector companies. They come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where traditional philanthropy or commercial investing has failed. We supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at D. Capital; they are essential to our firm’s success. Summer Investment Associates also get involved in identifying and building new partnership opportunities with other actors active in the field of (venture) philanthropy such as foundations, development organizations, and corporate CSR programs. They are empowered to help start new initiatives that will shape D. Capital for years to come.
Join Our Team!
The Summer Investment Associate role is a 10 week program. As a Summer Associate you will have the opportunity to better understand what it would be like to work at D. Capital full-time.
Our current opportunities are in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Washington DC and London. Favorable consideration will be given to a pplicants who are willing to move to Nairobi or Johannesburg after graduation, should an offer be made. Please submit your application by 12:01 am EST on January 12, 2014.
Your application should include your resume, a cover letter and a 500-word short essay. In your cover letter, list your location preference. Employment is conditional on the candidate having or obtaining the requisite authorization to live and work in the country of employment.
In your short essay, please respond (limited to less than 500 words) to this question: What is one investment solution to poverty that you think could help improve development outcomes?
Selected candidates will be invited to interview via phone in the first round. Interviews will test modeling and investment analysis skills through case interviews that are tailored to the type of work we do, as well as discuss the candidate’s interests and experience. As the interviews progress to second and final rounds, candidates may be asked to interview in-person at a Dalberg office. For more information, please visit our careers webpage at: www.dalberg.com.
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