Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 29, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Open Capital Advisors is a management consulting and financial advisory firm that drives growth, enables investment, and builds markets across Africa. We help businesses, investors, development partners, and the public sector identify opportunities and deliver unique, impactful solutions. We blend our deep local market experience and global perspective with a customized approach.
The Principal role
We have built a platform to drive change through African markets and are seeking an exceptional leader to join us. We are searching for an entrepreneurial and adaptable team player who is as passionate as we are about our mission and is able to own outcomes as we scale. Our Principals lead a portfolio of client projects, managing and coaching Open Capital teams of Project Leaders, Associates, and Analysts, and serve as a thought-leader for senior-level clients, helping to co-create initiatives and structure new projects. Principals sit at our senior management table, assuming management responsibility for OCA’s growth and leading internal strategic initiatives.
You will be responsible for leading OCA across all aspects of its growth and development, overseeing business development and driving overall strategy. You will identify challenges and opportunities as we grow, suggest approaches and strategies, and take part in budget and agenda setting, working closely with our co-founders.
You will join Open Capital at an exciting time – we are seeking to achieve broad, ambitious growth goals, and leverage our strong international brand in the impact investing and frontier market space. We are being called to solve challenges in many diverse frontier markets – from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa to Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Zambia. The right candidate should be excited to take on a new level of responsibility and genuinely motivated by the challenging strategic and financial questions we answer for our clients. .

Job Responsibilities: Not Specified

Job Skills: Not Specified

Your skills and experience
We are looking for exceptional leaders who share our motivation and drive. Principals should feel comfortable leading multiple client projects, developing complex strategies and analyses, contributing fresh ideas, and feeling personally accountable for the impact we achieve. Our team is energetic and driven and we are quick to reward performance and initiative. We are open to a variety of backgrounds but top candidates will typically have the following:
• 10+ years of proven experience at a top global management consulting or development consulting firm or experience as an entrepreneur or leader in a high-growth business, with significant responsibility for deliverables, partnership formation, and client service;
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead a team, with top reviews as a people manager; • Proven ability to set strategies and drive these to completion, owning results;
• Strong communication skills and analytical abilities and insightful, structured way of presenting information;
• Ability to effectively work with potential and existing clients at all levels and backgrounds;
• Adaptability and ability to work across functions;
• Desire to work and live in Nairobi or Kampala for at least 24 months with interest in forming a career at Open Capital and progressing to Partner;
• Multiple languages and previous Africa experience useful but not required.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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