Investment Analyst Location: Accra, Ghana

Duration: Long-Term

CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For 25 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development challenges in more than 80 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.

CARANA seeks Investment Analysts for a pending USAID project that will focus on facilitating agriculture investment in Northern Ghana.

Duties:

• Deal origination; work with COP to identify potential agricultural investment opportunities within the rice, maize and soya value chains in Northern Ghana;
• Analyze pipeline of opportunities, conduct due diligence and recommend viable deals;
• Deal structuring; work with investment fund and portfolio companies to structure investments;
• Deal facilitation;
• Ensure portfolio meets financial and social impact requirements and ongoing monitoring of financial performance of portfolio companies.
• Must be willing and able to travel to Northern Ghana occasionally.

Preferred Competencies:

• Experience in the above duties: deal origination, analysis, due diligence, structuring and facilitating;
• Prior work experience in commercial banks (lending/investing), private equity fund, social impact fund or similar;
• Familiarity with agriculture value chains and markets in West Africa;
• BS, Masters Degree preferred or equivalent work experience in a business related field.

To apply: Ghanaian nationals should send CV toghana.investment@gmail.com and indicate “Investment Analyst” in subject line. Only finalists will be contacted for interviews. No phone calls please.