Portfolio & Risk Manager

Job Summary

The Portfolio & Risk Manager will be responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of the fund's debt and revenue-based financing (RBF) portfolio, combining portfolio monitoring, credit risk management, and enterprise risk oversight within a single function.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Monitoring & Portfolio Management

• Develop and maintain the fund's portfolio monitoring framework covering financial, operational, ESG, impact, and governance indicators across all investee companies.
  
• Monitor portfolio performance from disbursement through repayment, ensuring timely identification of risks and opportunities.
  
• Track covenant compliance, repayment schedules, arrears, restructurings, and recovery activities across the debt and RBF portfolio.
  
• Conduct quarterly portfolio reviews, including management meetings, site visits, covenant testing, and performance assessments.
  
• Develop portfolio dashboards and management reports for the Investment Committee, Management Team, LPs, and Board.
  
• Maintain portfolio company risk ratings and performance assessments on an ongoing basis.
  
• Work closely with portfolio companies to improve financial reporting, governance structures, management information systems, and operational controls.
  
• Partner with the Technical Assistance function to design and implement post-investment support programs that enhance portfolio performance.
  
• Coordinate workout, restructuring, and recovery initiatives where portfolio companies experience financial stress.
  
• Prepare investor reporting packs, impact reports, capital account statements, and portfolio performance updates.
  

Credit Risk Management

• Independently review all proposed debt and revenue-based financing transactions prior to Investment Committee approval.
  
• Conduct detailed credit analysis including financial statement reviews, cash flow modelling, stress testing, sensitivity analysis, and debt servicing assessments.
  
• Develop and maintain internal credit risk rating methodologies and ensure consistent application across the portfolio.
  
• Provide independent risk opinions and recommendations to the Investment Committee.
  
• Assess transaction structures, collateral arrangements, covenants, and risk mitigation measures.
  
• Monitor sector, country, borrower, and concentration exposures against approved risk limits.
  
• Design and oversee portfolio stress-testing exercises to assess resilience under adverse economic scenarios.
  
• Develop and maintain provisioning methodologies and Expected Credit Loss (ECL) models in line with IFRS 9 requirements.
  

Enterprise Risk Management

• Lead the development and maintenance of the firm's enterprise risk management framework.
  
• Establish and monitor risk appetite statements, concentration limits, sector exposure limits, and country risk thresholds.
  
• Maintain the organization's risk register covering credit, operational, compliance, liquidity, FX, legal, and reputational risks.
  
• Conduct periodic risk assessments and present risk reports to senior management and the Board.
  
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, investor, and governance requirements.
  
• Develop early-warning indicators and portfolio surveillance tools to identify emerging risks.
  
• Support business continuity planning and operational risk management initiatives.
  
• Coordinate with legal counsel, auditors, and external advisors on risk-related matters.
  

Impact Measurement & Reporting

• Monitor impact performance indicators and ESG metrics across the portfolio.
  
• Support reporting aligned with recognized frameworks such as IRIS+, 2X Challenge, IMP, and DGGF requirements.
  
• Ensure portfolio companies provide accurate and timely impact and ESG data.
  
• Integrate impact and sustainability considerations into portfolio monitoring and risk assessment processes.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
  
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, ACA, ACCA, CIPM, or equivalent are strongly preferred.
  
• Minimum of 7–10 years of relevant experience in credit risk management, portfolio monitoring, private credit, SME banking, development finance, impact investing, or fund management.
  
• Demonstrated experience monitoring debt portfolios and/or revenue-based financing transactions.
  
• Strong credit underwriting and transaction risk assessment experience.
  
• Experience designing or managing enterprise risk management frameworks.
  
• Working knowledge of IFRS 9, Expected Credit Loss (ECL) methodologies, Basel frameworks, and prudential risk management practices.
  
• Experience producing investor, LP, Board, and regulatory reports.
  
• Familiarity with impact measurement frameworks such as IRIS+, IMP, 2X Challenge, and ESG reporting standards is advantageous.
  
• Experience working within a DFI, private credit fund, impact fund, commercial bank, microfinance institution, or SME lender is highly desirable.
  
• Working knowledge of Francophone West Africa markets is advantageous.
  
• Proficiency in French is a plus.