Health Finance Coalition, Senior Associate
The rapidly expanding Health Finance Coalition is seeking to hire a Senior Associate to join our team. While the Senior Associate’s project portfolio is expected to shift over time, the Senior Associate will support deal construction, global financing platforms, strategic exploration of new opportunities, and general HFC management. 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 in global health and 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.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (Preferred)
Reports to: Managing Director, HFC
Travel Requirement: 35% International Travel
Work Authorization: Legally able to work in Kenya
About the Health Finance Coalition
The 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. The HFC seeks to attract an unprecedented level of private-sector investment to impact millions of lives and accelerate progress to ensure health lives and promote well-being for all, a UN Sustainable Development Goal 3. To achieve these goals, the 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.
Position Responsibilities
Program and Transaction execution
- Support development of pipeline opportunities, relationships with partners and contracts supporting pipeline development
- Develop tools to track pipeline and deal construction contacts
- Develop problem solving frameworks and other methodologies to build arguments and convey information
- Conduct various types of desk research including new market, product, and competitive
- Take large amounts of information, structure and present
- Analyze market and competitive dynamics
- Build financial models and perform financial analysis Prepare client deliverables, including capital structure analysis, strategy presentations, transaction marketing materials, research documents, and financial models
- Project manage, including participation in and documentation of calls with clients and investors, managing due diligence processes, maintaining data rooms, etc.
Business development and practice building
- Participate in conference calls, including weekly pipeline calls, and track and monitor pipeline developments
- 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 tasks
Operational Support
- Support the HFC financial management, including budgeting, forecasting and expense management
- Perform additional ad-hoc operational and administrative support as necessary, including support on strategic events management
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years analytical or business experience in the private sector
- Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and work 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 25% 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
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 "Sr. Associate. Health Finance Coalition - Full Name"
No telephone calls please.
Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. MNM is an equal opportunity employer.
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