Investment Associate - Agriculture Industry - Engagement
Investment Associate - Agriculture Industry - 1-Year Engagement
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 Oman Food Capital'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.
- 5+ years of experience.
- Proven experience in investment banking.
- Demonstrated strength in financial modelling and valuation.
- Prior exposure to the agriculture industry.
- 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.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and commercial judgment
- Ability to manage multiple transactions and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail and integrity in handling confidential deal information
- 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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