Investment Manager

The Role

The global asset manager is hiring a Senior Financial Investment Manager based in Qatar. The role covers the full investment lifecycle: origination, due diligence, approval, execution, and post-investment performance management. The position reports into and supports executive leadership and governance bodies, including investment committees and boards.

• Lead development and execution of the organisation's investment strategy in line with corporate objectives.
• Manage a diversified investment portfolio with focus on returns, strategic fit, and capital allocation.

• Oversee financial, commercial, and strategic due diligence for new investments, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
• Assess risk, return, valuation, and long-term viability for each opportunity.

• Build and review complex financial models, valuations, and investment cases.
• Conduct scenario, sensitivity, and stress testing with robust, defensible assumptions.

• Prepare investment papers for executive committees, investment committees, and boards.
• Deliver recommendations supported by financial analysis, risk assessment, and strategic rationale.

• Monitor approved investments against business plans, financial targets, and return metrics.
• Identify underperformance risks and recommend corrective, optimisation, or exit strategies.

• Identify, assess, and manage financial and commercial risks across the portfolio.
• Ensure appropriate risk mitigation structures, covenants, and governance mechanisms are in place.

• Engage with internal stakeholders, external advisors, partners, and investors to progress investment initiatives.
• Coordinate inputs from legal, technical, commercial, and operational teams.

• Monitor market trends, sector developments, and competitive dynamics to identify new opportunities.
• Provide insights to senior leadership to support investment decision-making.

• 12-18 years of experience in investment management, corporate finance, private equity, or strategic finance.
• Proven experience managing complex investment transactions and portfolios across multiple sectors or asset classes.
• Demonstrated exposure to investment committees, executive leadership, and board-level decision processes.

• Deep expertise in financial analysis, valuation methodologies, and return assessment across equity, debt, and hybrid investment structures.
• Ability to identify financial, commercial, and structural risks and design mitigation strategies.
• Strong understanding of business models, market dynamics, and competitive positioning.

• Ability to present investment recommendations and risks clearly to senior leadership and boards.
• Proven ability to coordinate complex stakeholder groups and manage advisors, partners, and counter parties through transaction life cycles.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field; or Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification.