About this role
The role is for Head of Private Capital Market at TopHire Africa in Lagos. It focuses on leading development and expansion of NASD's private capital market by connecting private companies with investors, facilitating access to private capital, and building market infrastructure and products. The position involves coordinating with compliance and regulatory functions, forming partnerships, identifying market participants, and promoting private capital market opportunities. It targets individuals with strong relationship-building, financial analysis, negotiation, and project management skills, with substantial experience in relevant financial sectors. The employer provides HR consulting services and recruitment and training of talent in Nigeria."
What you would do
- Coordinate market development initiatives with compliance, legal, risk and regulatory teams
- Develop partnerships with investment firms, advisers, and ecosystem participants
- Identify and engage private companies and investors such as PE, VC firms and family offices
- Support product and service design to improve access to private capital
- Develop and execute a growth strategy for NASD's private capital market
- Identify secondary trading and liquidity opportunities for private securities
- Assess issuer readiness for participation in private capital market activities
- Collaborate with Business Development and Market Research on sector opportunities
- Support frameworks and processes for private securities transactions within regulatory requirements
- Track market activity, capital raised and investor participation
What they are asking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or related field
- 10 to 12 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate finance, capital markets or private investment
- Strong understanding of private securities, capital raising, transaction structuring and investor relations
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with private companies and institutional investors
- Strong commercial judgement, financial analysis, negotiation and project management skills
- Postgraduate qualification or professional certification is an advantage
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