Associate, Health Finance Coalition
Position Overview
The rapidly expanding Health Finance Coalition is seeking to hire an Associate to join our team. The Associate will support transaction construction, global financing platforms, and strategic exploration of new opportunities. A successful candidate enjoys working in a dynamic, fast paced environment; is an entrepreneurial self-starter; and is comfortable bringing structure to ambiguous problems. Strong verbal and written communication skills will allow you to interact with our team across multiple countries and time zones. Your flexibility and can-do attitude will enable you to lend support where needed and your strong organizational and multi-tasking skills will allow you to contribute to multiple projects. In such a small team, you will have an active voice and be a thought partner on a range of issues. HFC offers stretch opportunities to staff at all levels and looks to support you as you take risks and try new things. Using your strong foundation finance, you will quickly understand HFC’s various projects and your strength in developing presentations, problem solving, modelling, and synthesis of information will enable you to contribute quickly. The relatively flat nature of HFC’s team and the variety and number of projects offer a high performer the opportunity to quickly assume more responsibility and gain exposure to our partners. You will report to Managing Director, Health Finance Coalition but may have different project reporting lines.
Title: Associate, Health Finance Coalition
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job type: Full-time
Reports to: Managing Director, Health Finance Coalition
Travel requirement: 20% international travel
Position Responsibilities
Financial Modeling, Presentations, and Client Deliverables
- Consistently collect large amounts of information, and analyze, structure, and present information with a cohesive and compelling narrative
- Build integrated financial models and perform financial analysis including stress-testing, scenario analysis, capital structure, valuations, etc.
- Conduct comprehensive market, product, and competitive research and analysis to support client decision-making and strategy development
- Develop problem solving frameworks and other methodologies to build arguments and convey information
- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation, to ensure successful project delivery
- Prepare client deliverables, including capital structure analysis, strategy presentations, transaction marketing materials, research documents, and financial models
Pipeline Development
- Support development of pipeline opportunities, relationships with partners and contracts supporting pipeline development
- Develop tools to track pipeline and transaction construction contacts
New Concept Development
- Support ideation of new funds and financing platforms
- Iterate on potential ideas and develop details and contents to support ideas
Business Development and Fundraising
- Conduct research and prepare proposals and conference presentations
- Draft various pitch decks and other external facing documents like client deliverables and conference presentations
- Contribute to the knowledge base of the team and improvement of internal processes and tools
- Occasionally work with other teams within HFC and MNM, for example on proposal development or financial modelling task
- Project manage, including participation in and documentation of calls with clients and investors, managing due diligence processes, maintaining data rooms, etc.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years analytical or business experience in the investments/financing landscape
- Ability to handle ambiguity, think strategically, and work efficiently in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare compelling presentations and written reports
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative or financial modeling skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, and drive forward work independently
- Available for 20% international travel to client locations and other MNM / HFC offices
- English language fluency, both written and verbal
Advantages
- Experience in corporate finance, equity research, investment banking, or sales and trading
- Experience working in developing countries or working on global health issues (e.g. malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, and/or maternal and child health programs)
- Experience working remotely with a decentralized team
- Professional French, Spanish, or Portuguese a plus
About Malaria No More
Malaria No More (MNM) envisions a world where no one dies of a mosquito bite. More than a decade into our mission, our work has contributed to historic progress toward this goal. Now, we’re mobilizing the political commitment, funding, and innovation required to achieve what would be one of the greatest humanitarian accomplishments—ending malaria within our generation. MNM is a global organization with offices in Seattle, Washington, D.C., New York, Nairobi, and India and affiliates in London and Tokyo.
About the Health Finance Coalition
Health Finance Coalition (HFC) was launched by a group of leading philanthropies, investors, donors, technical partners convened by WHO Ambassador for Global Strategy and Health Financing Ray Chambers and hosted by Malaria No More. HFC seeks to attract an unprecedented level of private-sector investments to impact millions of lives and accelerate progress to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, a UN Sustainable Development Goal 3. To achieve these goals, HFC believes that we must position private, return-seeking capital to co-invest alongside governments and donors to scale transformative health innovations that serve the most vulnerable. HFC Steering Group members include: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; U.S. Agency for International Development; The Rockefeller Foundation; The World Bank; The World Health Organization; Royal Philips; and The Skoll Foundation.
Compensation
MNM-Kenya offers a competitive compensation package based upon previous experience. This is a full-time role.
To Apply
Please email a concise cover letter explaining why you would like to be considered and your resume to HFCinfo@healthfinancecoalition.org with the subject line “Associate, Health Finance Coalition – Full Name”
No telephone calls please.
Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. MNM is an equal opportunity employer.