Chief Executive Officer at the Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

Rising Tide Africa (RTA) engages in educating and training women to become sophisticated angel investors through its Program while offering them the opportunity to build a diversified portfolio of investments and receive mentoring from other women who are experienced angel investors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Lagos

About the Job
In this role you will be expected to:

• Constantly develop, implement and maintain RTA's networking, communication and promotional plans after approval by the Exco Team/Executive Committee.
• Coordinate the identification and recruitment of new members, ensures that the RTA achieves a high percentage of annual Membership renewals, and ensures active Member participation during all meetings.
• Present internally selected early stage investment opportunities at RTA screening meetings, dry runs or deal days and communicates RTA decisions to the respective investment candidates
• Develop and maintain relationships with complementary investors like other Angel groups, Venture Capital firms, Private Equity firms, and investment banks for potential RTA collaboration with these firms or follow‐on investments requirements.
• Create and maintain a database of all RTA Members and keeps track of all related investment activity in the RTA database, ensuring that all RTA data is up-to-date, secure and readily accessible and retrievable.
• Effectively manage the RTA Funds set up and activities.
• In conjunction with the Media Team, direct the development, utilisation and optimisation of the RTA website to ensure that the website contents are regularly updated for adequate website visitor engagement.
• In conjunction with any appointed professional, coordinate the financial due diligence process including valuation, cash flow projections, other financial documentation including income statements, balance sheets and financial projections for all selected investment portfolio.
• Maintain regular contact, with each RTA funded company and ensure that invested entities adhere to all RTA guidelines and requirements of the network.
• Proactively interpret and coordinate all follow‐up funding requirements for RTA investments.
• Oversee the design and annual scheduling of all RTA meetings and/or events approved by the Exco team/committee.
• Is responsible for overseeing all of the RTA budgets and financial reporting, Filing of yearly Returns and all Regulatory & Corporate Affairs requirements.
• Research into and maintain all leading Angel investment industry best practices.
• periodically benchmark RTA against other Angel networks to ensure that the RTA ranks among the best in Africa.
• Plan, execute and manage all RTA events, in line with the four pillars of RTA - Organizing and overseeing all the processes of the RTA master class for entrepreneurs and investors, mentor classes, and deal days.
• Initiates and coordinates all RTA Executive Committee Meetings.
• Represent the RTA at stakeholders/partners meetings and events and takes adequate minutes at those meetings for onward and timely delivery of the minutes of meetings to the executive committee.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online