About Apollo AgricultureApollo Agriculture is the commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximize their profits. Apollo’s ML-powered credit models and automated operations technology unlock the massive, untapped small-scale farming market, starting in Kenya. With optimized financing, high-quality farm products, and digital advice, Apollo farmers are already more than doubling their farm profitability. Apollo’s team brings together technology, credit and operations experience from The Climate Corporation (acquired for USD $1 Billion), Google, Capital One and One Acre Fund. We value evangelical pursuit of mission with a pragmatic approach, humility in the face of challenge, active discussion of disagreements, and considerate listening.
About the Role:Apollo Agriculture is seeking a Debt Capital Markets Analyst / Associate, reporting to the Head of Debt Capital Markets. This is an exciting opportunity to join a technology-led and data-driven scaleup that’s changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa, starting in Kenya, and included into Norrsken Impact100 list. As a Debt Capital Markets team member, you will play a key role in developing Apollo’s Debt Financing Programme. Your role will have a direct impact on widening Apollo’s impact to millions of farmers by attracting quality lenders and developing strong relationships with strategic financing partners varying from impact lenders, governments-backed development institutions to commercial banks and financing fin-techs.
Location: Nairobi, KE
Reporting: This role reports to the Head of Debt Capital Markets
Your Responsibilities:
- Support DCM team with origination, structuring, analyzing, and execution of debt financing facilities
- Supporting (and leading where possible) due diligence processes with existing and prospective lenders
- Collaborate with Investor Relations amp; Sustainability, Finance, Credit amp; Operations teams to provide a capital markets perspective into FPamp;A and business strategy processes
- Develop and maintain the processes and technology infrastructure in place to support the capital markets function
- Monitor loan agreements to ensure ongoing compliance
- Maintain DCM internal databases
- Identify opportunities for process improvements
Requirements:
- A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in commercial, corporate or investment banking, impact lending, fundraising, scaleups, fin- or ag-tech.
- Experience in structuring, negotiating, and executing balance sheet lending facilities
- Understanding of general legal concepts is advantageous
- Understanding of finance, financial statements, and financial analysis
- Diligent with a high attention to detail
- Ability to analyze and interpret data
- Comfort working with Google Suite amp; MS Office (word, excel)
- Natural relationship builder with excellent communication skills
- Open-minded, flexible, excited to learn with a go-to and no-job-too-small attitude
- Team player
- Bachelor or Master’s degree
- Passion for Apollo’s mission
We:
- Are a collaborative team of smart and ambitious people who are dedicated to serving our customers
- Make magic happen to solve hard problems and always come with solutions when challenges arise
- Are comfortable taking risks that can result in radical scale and understand that failures are opportunities to learn and improve
- Are considerate listeners and take the time to deeply understand and seek out ideas from the people around us, even when we disagree
- Offer a dynamic environment that fosters talent, collaboration, and growth
- Take pride in our work and share the responsibility to see it through from conception to deployment
- Back up our talk with a competitive compensation and benefits package and challenging projects
- Value autonomy, honesty, transparency, and respect
- Are excited to hear from you
Apollo Agriculture does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Apollo Agriculture is an equal opportunity/equal access employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.Apollo Agriculture is committed to providing a safe and productive learning and living community. To achieve that goal, we may conduct background investigations for all final candidates being considered for employment. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, criminal history, national sex offender search and motor vehicle history.Apollo Agriculture does not charge money or any kind of fee at any stage of the recruitment process.