Reporting Analyst

Job Description

Reporting Analyst

Factor E and Equator are complementary investment vehicles that target sequential venture growth stages and share a common sector focus and investment theses. As such, we work closely together in a variety of functions including sourcing and evaluating potential investment opportunities, as well as sharing a post-investment support platform to add value to the portfolio of companies across both organizations. The reporting analyst will work across both teams to help us deliver our portfolio support priorities.

About Factor E
Factor E is an impact investment platform which identifies and invests in solutions to some of the world’s toughest climate and development problems. Operating at the intersection of risk capital, technology, and frontier markets, we accelerate the pace at which innovation positively impacts economies, communities, and the environment. As an “innovation factory”, Factor E collaborates with a diverse network of partners to identify and invest in energy, food & agriculture, water, and mobility solutions; sectors crucial for meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, tackling climate change, and reducing income inequality. We are stewards of the “Innovation Trust,” a permanent source of risk-tolerant capital aimed at demonstrating the viability of breakthrough innovations in frontier markets. Our flexible structure allows us to make equity investments in early-stage ventures, build entirely new ventures, or invest in IP partnerships, all of which are then supported by experienced hands-on post investment support. We also support our sister fund, Equator. Equator is a late-seed to Series A-stage fund that invests in technology-driven solutions in climate with a particular focus across the energy, agriculture, and mobility sectors. We collaborate with Equator in various ways, including sourcing and evaluating potential investment opportunities. We also share a post-investment support platform designed to add value to the portfolio companies we jointly support.

About Equator:
Equator is a venture capital firm that targets technology-enabled Seed to Series A stage ventures in energy, agriculture and mobility that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa and supporting inclusive economic growth. Our team is one of technologists, operators and investors with decades of experience investing in and scaling early-stage ventures in climate-positive sectors and across Sub-Saharan Africa. Equator’s $55m fund is backed by organizations such as British International Investment (BII), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Proparco, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Shell Foundation.

As specialist early-stage investors, we invest against a specific set of theses to effect change, and we look to bridge proven technologies and business model innovations with the markets that urgently need them at scale. Importantly, we engage deeply with our ventures to provide them with the support needed to drive long-term financial returns and impact.

Position Title: Reporting Analyst

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Role Overview
The reporting analyst will support Factor E and Equator’s portfolio monitoring and reporting, on-going financial, operational, and impact reporting, investor/donor reporting, and environmental, social, and governance reporting. This role will lead internal reporting processes, including maintenance of our information and data systems, managing internal information requests, and working with her/his manager to build and maintain ESG support resources such as policy templates and workshop/training materials. From time to time, this role may also support special improvements projects to ensure our reporting and monitoring systems are able to scale as the portfolio grows and matures.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in project management, intermediate command of spreadsheet-based analyses, and a desire to develop strong presentation and communication skills. An interest in climate and venture capital or other forms of innovation financing is desirable.

Key Responsibilities
At Factor E and Equator we pride ourselves on being dynamic and adaptable. We’re a small team of passionate doers, and all members of the team are expected to roll up their sleeves to support our primary objective of accelerating commercially viable climate technologies in frontier markets. As a result, all team members will occasionally be asked to step up to meet particular goals, which may not be explicitly spelled out in your job description. However, your responsibilities will support the following objectives:

● Manage portfolio reporting processes (40%): with the support of your manager, you will coordinate portfolio reporting and monitor quality of incoming information. You will support your manager in onboarding new portfolio companies to our reporting systems, delivering insights from the portfolio to the full team. Over time, you will grow into more independent ownership of macrotrends across the portfolio (i.e. looking beyond specific companies reports to tracking trends in the portfolio across sectors, geographies or business models).
● Support our ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) and Business Integrity (BI) monitoring and special initiatives (30%): in collaboration with the Factor E ESG/BI officer and your line manager, you will coordinate internal tracking to keep portfolio companies accountable to ESG and BI goals. This may include: identifying and circulating ESG training opportunities, monitoring ESG and BI action plans, and supporting various senior leaders and investment team members in addressing ESG and BI priorities. You will also regularly attend investor-led training sessions on ESG and BI, and be expected to relay takeaways to our team and portfolio.
● Support organization reporting to donors (20%): as relevant to data and ESG, this role will involve taking on various administrative and operational tasks to support our donor and/or investor relations priorities. This may include: working with our marketing and communications director to collect collateral from our portfolio companies, preparing data summaries or presentations for donor reporting, and other tasks as requested.
● Special project related to portfolio success (10%): from time to time, you may be staffed to portfolio improvement initiatives that offer meaningful lift to both the Factor E and Equator VC’s investee companies. For instance, you may be asked to build upon (with support) and maintain a catalog of trusted advisors across a range of functional areas e.g. business coaches, transaction advisors etc, that are circulated to portfolio companies.

What success looks like

1. In 3 months: you’ve taken over maintenance of ongoing portfolio monitoring tools and templates (e.g. portfolio dashboard, ESG tracker, coordination of portfolio review calls).
2. In 6 months: you are the “go-to” resource for internal stakeholders regarding general information about our portfolio (e.g. standard marketing materials, core KPIs etc).
3. In 12 months: you are managing all reporting tools with a high degree of independence while maintaining accuracy / quality, you are familiar enough with the portfolio and our reporting needs to have a clear point of view on how we can continuously improve data reporting and coordination with our portfolio, and you are developing fluency and expertise in ESG topics and are recognized as the internal “go to” for these materials.

Qualifications

● <2-3 years of experience as an analyst or strategic project owner in a fast-paced, high-performing work environment (can be nonprofit or for-profit).
● Demonstrable proficiency with presentation and analysis tools such as Google Slides / Powerpoint, and Google Sheets / Excel. Experience with relational databases (e.g. Airtable, PowerBI, Salesforce etc), is desirable but not required.
● Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively present to a variety of audiences.

Personal Attributes

● Strong sense of ownership, and a willingness to seek and incorporate feedback from a range of stakeholders.
● Curiosity and a hands-on approach to understanding market challenges faced by our portfolio companies.
● Positive, encouraging, and collaborative attitude.
● Strong alignment with our mission and a passion for climate work.
● Comfort with working independently and in a globally distributed team.

To Apply
Please submit your resume to talent@factore.com with the subject line “[Last Name] – Analyst” by January 6, 2025.

Please note: candidates must have a pre-existing right to work in Kenya.

Factor E Ventures 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. Factor E Ventures 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, excluded parties checks, criminal history, national sex offender search, and motor vehicle history.