VP - Investments Asia

The Opportunity:

Accial Capital is looking to hire a VP of Investments. The position is a great opportunity for a mid-senior professional to advance their career at the intersection of fintech, private credit, technology, and impact investing at an entrepreneurial fast-growing asset management firm. The VP will be instrumental in expanding deal origination and performing due diligence on Accial’s investment opportunities in Asia. The candidate is expected to significantly contribute to strengthening Accial’s impact framework.  

About Accial Capital:

Accial Capital is a rapidly growing specialist asset management firm with deep experience in investing privately negotiated asset-backed loans to lenders and private enterprises in emerging markets. Accial Capital was founded in 2018 and deploys capital out of multiple funds in emerging markets. Accial has an enthusiastic and diverse team with a strong local presence in our target markets in Latin America and Asia, as well as team members based in Europe. We integrate our own industry-leading risk analytics and data management with deep credit underwriting experience and structuring skills to successfully execute our investment strategy.

At Accial Capital, we aspire to live in a world of rapidly improving access to responsible credit. By combining capital, credit expertise, data, and technology, we deliver superior risk-adjusted returns to our clients and make a positive difference for MSMEs and people's lives and livelihoods. Accial Capital is a signatory to the Responsible Finance Forum Investor Guidelines and is a member of the Global Impact Investing Network.

About the position:   

We are looking for a smart, driven professional to successfully originate investment opportunities and maintain relationships with existing portfolio companies. The successful candidate combines a deep understanding of fundamental credit analyses, impact investing, and structured credit, with strong quantitative affinity. The candidate will work on prospective new investments across multiple deal stages including deal sourcing, due diligence, structuring, and legal documentation. The candidate will also represent Accial Capital at conferences, industry events and other situations within the assigned region.  This role will report to the CIO.

Key responsibilities include:

• Origination: Maintain and refine a deep knowledge of market participants and borrowers across Accial’s markets through which we will identify the next great set of lenders to add to the portfolio. Attend industry events and develop strategic partnerships with relevant actors in the space that can contribute to deal sourcing (i.e. venture capital firms, accelerators, industry associations, etc).
• Investment due diligence: Lead borrower due diligence, including on-site due diligence, digging into drivers of success, risk, client protection and impact. Closely work with our risk, legal, and technology teams to advance and close transactions. Negotiate terms and structure. Prepare and present investment memos to the Investment Committee. Follow relevant market and macroeconomic developments closely.
• Impact: Execute Accial’s impact framework in due diligence and monitoring of investments. Help further develop impact-linked incentives to encourage companies to deepen their impact on gender, climate, and governance.  
• Portfolio management: Assist risk team with ongoing portfolio management as needed.   
• Train and upskill: Constantly refine and improve the Accial approach to private debt and impact. Coach team members.   

Required Qualifications

• Experience: minimum of 5 years of relevant professional work experience in private credit or closely related field such as venture capital, private equity or investment banking. Demonstrated track record of successfully sourcing credit transactions in emerging markets strongly preferred.
• Communication Skills: Successful candidates will be expert communicators with diverse stakeholders, including borrowers, colleagues, peers, investment committee members, and prospective investors. Excellent knowledge of English is required, knowledge of other languages used in Asia would be useful.
• Travel: Willingness and ability to travel for origination, due diligence and team gatherings up to ~20% of the time.
• Cultural Fit: Ability to work independently, proactively, and in a fast-paced environment.

Education: Bachelor’s degree required.   Master's degree, preferably in business, economics or finance optional.

Location

The role is remote so there is flexibility, but there is a strong preference for local presence in target countries within Southeast Asia  and willingness to travel within the region

What Accial offers:

• Real responsibility: The successful candidate will be a key member of the Investment Team and have the ability to help drive Accial’s future success in returns, AuM growth, and investment excellence.
• A fast-growing firm: Accial is growing rapidly and the investment team will likely expand creating new opportunities for team members who are hungry to join a firm with track record and ambition
• Impact: The daily work uplifts emergent lending firms helps close a stubborn credit gap and improves borrower livelihoods in emerging markets
• Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We strongly encourage candidates of all gender, race, origin, and sexual orientation to apply for this role.
• Attractive package: We offer you a competitive monthly salary and a performance-based bonus. Accial Capital is a globally remote company that offers flexible remote working benefits.