Location: Muscat, Oman.
Years of Experience: 5+ years.
Project Duration: 1 year.
Working Arrangement: on-site.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English (written and spoken).

The Investment Associate will play a hands-on role in originating, evaluating, structuring, and executing investment transactions across the organization's target sectors, with a strong focus on agriculture and its adjacent value chains. The role requires a rigorous quantitative skill set built in investment banking and/or private equity, combined with the judgment to assess strategic and operational fit across M&A, greenfield, and brownfield opportunities. The Associate will work closely with senior deal leads and cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, GRC, ICV & ESG) to move transactions from sourcing through to execution and post-close monitoring. 

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience.
• Proven experience in investment banking.
• Demonstrated strength in financial modelling and valuation.
• Strong experience in deal execution.
• Prior exposure to the agriculture industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Private equity experience is highly recommended, ideally spanning M&A, sourcing and origination, deal structuring, and execution end-to-end.
• Background in logistics/cold-chain or consumer sectors (FMCG/B2C).
• Consulting experience.
• MBA and/or CFA.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgment
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including committee-level reporting
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• High attention to detail and integrity in handling confidential deal information

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support financial modelling and valuation for prospective transactions, including DCF, comparable company, precedent transaction, and LBO-style analyses.
• Originate and screen investment opportunities across M&A, greenfield, and brownfield formats, building and maintaining a live deal pipeline.
• Support end-to-end deal execution: due diligence coordination, deal structuring, negotiation support, and closing documentation.
• Prepare investment memoranda, business cases, and board- or committee-level materials to support investment decisions.
• Conduct sector research and competitive benchmarking across agriculture, cold-chain/logistics, and consumer (FMCG/B2C) segments.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Finance, Legal, GRC, ICV & ESG) and external advisors (banks, consultants, legal counsel) throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Track portfolio and post-investment performance against investment theses and value-creation plans.
• Contribute to the continuous refinement of investment frameworks, valuation templates, and screening criteria.

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