Investor Relations Manager at Oando Plc

Oando Plc is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions providers with a proud heritage. It has a primary
listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.With shared values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Professionalism (TRIPP), the Oando Group comprises six companies who are leaders in their market:

At Oando, we always on the look out for highly skilled, enthusiastic and dedicated people who can contribute to our continuing success.

We are recruiting for this position:

Job Position: Investor Relations Manager

Location: Lagos
Job ID: IRM/FT//54026
Reports To: Head Investor Relations (HIR)
Indirectly Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Supervises: IR Officers


Description

• The Investor Relations Manager is accountable for creating and presenting a consistently applied investment message to the investment community on behalf of the company, and for monitoring and presenting to management the opinions of the investment community regarding the company's operational and financial performance.

• The IRM position collaborates with the appropriate stakeholders and teams to develop and execute the IR strategy, operating plans, budget, and corporate IR program. This position is responsible educating and updating investors and security analysts about the company to achieve a fair relative stock price. All programs must accurately represent and reflect the company. This position has responsibility for local and global market investor management

Responsibilities

• Executes the collection, analysis, and presentation of feedback to the company of investors’ perceptions and opinions, brokerage security analysts’ positions and summaries, relative stock price movements, and periodic ownership analysis.
• Collaborates with HIR in executing the global investor relations program, operating plan, budget, and the detailed execution of the IR operating plan.
• Speaks on behalf of the company at investment presentations, institutions, individual meetings and discussions, and with the media.
• Educates and updates investors and analysts through:
• Keeps shareholders knowledgeable about the company (and implicitly encourages them to buy and hold).
• Finds, supports, and encourages prospective investors by broadening awareness and interest through conferences, presentations, meetings, media, and mailings.
• Responds to investor targets-of-opportunity created by presentations, meetings, and media.
• Uses statistical targeting to identify good-fit institutional investors; contacts the analysts at those institutions to verify possible interest and to encourage interest and investment.
  

Strategic

• Define communication objectives
• Market messaging
• Ongoing capital markets counsel
• Interaction with investment community

Operational

• Develops and maintains a company investor relations startegy
• Performs a comprehensive competitive analysis, including financial metrics and differentiation
• Develops and monitors performance metrics for the investor relations function
• Establishes the optimum type and mix of shareholders, and creates that mix through a variety of targeting initiatives
• Monitors operational changes through ongoing contacts with company management, and develops investor relations messages based on these changes
• Provides Regulation Fair Disclosure training to all company spokespersons
• Creates presentations, press releases,  and other communication materials for earnings releases, industry events, and presentations to analysts, brokers, and investors
• Manages the investor relations portion of the company web site
• Works with and monitors analyst reports and summarizes them for senior management
• Serves as the key point of contact for the investment community globally
• Establishes and maintains relationships with stock exchange representatives in globally
• Attends conferences, quarterly road shows, organises quarterly earnings conference calls, and investor meetings in globally
• Provides feedback to HIR regarding the investment community's perception of the company
• Represents the views of the investor community to the HIR in the development of corporate strategy
• Provides feedback to the HIR regarding the impact of corporate actions, stock repurchase programs or dividend changes on the investment community

Key performance indicator

• 24hour cycle feedback to investors
• Investor Relations Scorecard
• Attendance at investor conferences to represent company and attend one on one meetings
• Local and international adequacy of business and industry knowledge
• Quality of Analysis, findings and recommendations
• Quality, depth and adequacy of reports/papers developed or presented internally and externally
• Quality, adequacy, timeliness and effectiveness of recommendations on company perception
• Maintainance of relations with investors and investment community.

Qualifications and Skills

• 5+ years Accounting/Finance Experience
• 5+ years experience in investor relations/financial/research/business development departments
• 1st degree in Business Administration, Economics or other related area
• 7 years experience within a reputable corporate organisation
• A Masters/MBA is an advantage
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Relationship building skills in the investment community and the ability to collaborate with the executive team
• Must be willing to travel 50% of the time
• Local (Nigerian) and International Oil & Gas Industry History and Dynamics (including some knowledge of laws and regulations)
• Cost/Management Accounting (B/Sheet, P&L analysis, key ratios)
• Financial Management
• Business Performance Monitoring
• Political Savvy
• Leadership/Supervisory
• Networking
• Negotiation
• Project Management
• Time Management
• Reporting
• Teamplaying
• Organisation/Administration
• Oral & Written Communication
• Effective Presentations.

Application Closing Date
7th April, 2013

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
click here to apply online