Investment Officer at Coronation Insurance Plc

Coronation is a leading financial service partner that helps build enduring legacies for sustainable wealth creation in Africa. Having established a 30-year record of achievements in banking across Africa and beyond, our founders established a Pan-African platform focused on building a better financial future for Africa. Today, our businesses are entrusted with our over $1billion of clients’ assets and are recognized as Nigeria's fastest-growing investment managers. Our purpose at Coronation is to create a prosperous future for our clients and the African continent. Coronation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We enable an inclusive workplace by identity, disability, and other statuses protected by law.

Coronation Insurance Plc is an affiliated company to Coronation Group Limited which is a leading insurance provider of a diverse range of products and services covering general and special risk businesses to individuals and corporate entities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Investment Officer

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor business climate, trends in technology and development, and government activity in areas of the company’s current and anticipated investment or expansion
• Perform, review, facilitate or negotiate deal sourcing, project assessment, financial modelling and evaluations, due diligence, investment structuring, legal framework and any other related activities throughout the end to end investment process.
• Make investment recommendations based on detailed company analysis covering corporate profile, products & services, cost drivers, financial ratios (including comparisons over time and comparisons with competitors
• Research industries and companies and create detailed financial models to highlight relevant metrics to be used in the investment decision making process
• Provide accounting reports for alternative investments such as private equity, private credit, infrastructure and private real estate, hedge funds etc.
• Provide intelligent forecast of the future impacts of major developments within the industry
• Review valuation for business and financial assets and develop risk management processes
• Provide responses to investor information requests and compiling necessary due diligence materials
• Perform calculations and modelling of the cost of capital and demonstrates a working knowledge of the regulatory framework in providing advice on the deal structure.
• Manage the organization investment portfolio so that investment selections are aligned with organization or organization’s goals and requirements
• Communicate and present outcomes from performance reports to management.
• Analyze performance of portfolios; develop and present portfolio reports
• Monitor industry trends and contribute to team strategy discussions on investment opportunities.

What we are looking for
Educational Qualification and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related fields
• Experience in the financial services especially in insurance is mandatory
• 4 - 5 years experience in a similar position.
• Knowledge of investment trends and advisor practices.

Skills and Competencies:

• Very good knowledge of the Financial Services industry in terms of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations, legislation etc.
• Ability to gather and analyze information regarding assets, liabilities, cash flow, income, and/or obligations necessary to prepare a budget and investment plan.
• Ability to synthesize and simplify complex data
• Analytical skills and financial modelling ability.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of finance and capital markets
• Proven MS Office skills, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be able to work in a team-oriented environment.

Our Benefits

• To help you stay energized, engaged, and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including a competitive compensation package, a robust rewards package, retirement benefits and tools designed to help you build a sound financial future.
• We also provide an environment that fosters the actualization of goals, and career fulfillment for our people while providing transformational solutions for Africa’s challenges.

Flexible Working Arrangement:

• Coronation’s current flexible working arrangement is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture such that it provides employees the flexibility of working from both the office (on-premises) and remotely.

Application Closing Date
20th June, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@coronationinsurance.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.