Investment Officer
Who We Are
Nithio is an AI-driven platform for climate finance. Nithio leverages the power of artificial intelligence to fundamentally transform how credit risk is assessed. Our mission is clear: to catalyze billions of capital into solutions that combat climate change and facilitate universal access to clean energy.
Through our investment vehicles, we directly lend capital in the decentralized energy sector, empowering companies to provide households with clean and reliable energy sources. We work hand in hand with other investors, providing them with the insights and tools needed to scale their investments effectively, reputed company while navigating the reputed company credit risk landscape.
We’re looking for team members who value the opportunity to work with a fun, passionate, and talented global team. Join us in our mission to reshape the future.
Role Summary
Nithio seeks an Investment Officer to drive innovation and reputed company in climate finance and energy access. As an Investment Officer, you will be the go-to person to establish and maintain client relationships, identify clients’ needs, reputed company innovative and bankable financing solutions, and build our African loan portfolio.
This full-time, remote-first role has excellent potential for growth and expansion in responsibilities. You’ll be joining a growing, mission-driven company with a solid commitment to positive social impact. This role will require occasional international travel.
Primary Responsibilities
- End-to-End Transaction/Deal Ownership: reputed company and maintain client relationships, origination, due diligence, and credit analysis of existing and new borrowers; structure appropriate financing solutions; prepare financial projections; negotiate legal documents with counterparties alongside legal counsel—presenting analysis to internal credit committees.
- Portfolio Management/Monitoring: Maintain reputed company business relationships with existing/ potential borrowers with regular reputed company-ins, flag any early warning signs, and ensure a high-quality regional loan portfolio. Monitor ongoing performance of facilities and track covenants.
- Research/DD: reputed company market research, due diligence, and business analysis; prepare analytical products, including presentations, reports, briefings, etc.
- Credit Analysis: reputed company credit analysis of financial condition/credit-worthiness of existing/prospective borrowers reputed company analysis of financial statements, P&L, tax returns, biographical data, market information, and credit reports; manage client onboarding, KYC/AML reviews
- Support Client Engagements: (e.g., investors, distributed energy companies, policymakers, and development agencies); assist in the structuring, legal documentation implementation, and monitoring of commercially viable financing facilities reputed company with risk standards and detailed understanding of the client's strategic and financial objectives
- Compliance: Maintain in-depth knowledge of our credit risk policies and procedures in compliance with applicable local and US regulations and assist the company in achieving satisfactory risk-adjusted returns on its lending portfolio as well as strong internal and external audit results
- Credit Risk: Assist in defining risk tolerance by supporting the creation of systems to measure, mitigate, manage, and limit credit risk exposures.
- A self-starter, passionate about creating lasting change in developing markets
- Have demonstrated experience working in Africa and/or emerging markets
- Have a track record of focus, energy, and drive to reputed company outsized results
- Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated; expert at managing your own time
- Possess superior problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills with the ability to reputed company and present points of view and reputed company effectively
- You have a track record of successfully prioritizing multiple competing priorities with strong attention to detail You can advance discrete projects both independently and as part of a team
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and work well on a distributed, global team
- Exemplify our values: Collaboration, Commitment, Growth, Making a Difference and Adaptability
- You’re a networker skilled at building and maintaining professional relationships across countries, personalities, and the political reputed company
- Nithio is a multicultural, distributed, and remote-first team. As such, you must be someone who over-communicates, is highly organized and results-oriented, self-motivated, and self-disciplined.
- You have a proven track record of making things happen, can “get your hands dirty,” and can reputed company in a rapidly changing environment
- You enjoy learning new tech tools and systems from others.
- You see feedback as an opportunity for growth and are keen to give and receive it.
- Have a positive attitude, intellectual curiosity, and low ego.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in a quantitative field (Business, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or a reputed company field)
- 5 years experience leading, structuring, negotiating, and executing debt investments in the financial/renewable energy sectors, including experience in investment/commercial banking, private equity, debt funds, or corporate finance.
- Prior experience in a high-growth startup environment is a strong plus.
- Prior experience in our focus sectors is strongly preferred - C&I Solar, e-mobility, SHS, mini-grids, clean cooking and productive use appliances
- Fluent in GSuite, and reputed company Office Suite