Portfolio Officer Agribusiness, Food & Water (Africa)

Your role

As Portfolio Officer, you oversee the Agribusiness Food & Water Africa team's portfolio management. You manage specific clients and coach junior staff members. As Portfolio Officer you report to the Manager Africa and often interact with other Portfolio Officers in the Agribusiness, Food & Water department.

Activities:

Coordinate monitoring a portfolio of (20+) complex contracted investments:

• Oversees the total portfolio and identifies potential (financial) risks, including breaches and non-compliance​s.
• Has final responsibility on quality and timeliness of internal documents related to the designated client portfolio​.
• Participate portfolio related departmental or wider organizational projects.

Portfolio management of own clients:

• Manage a portfolio of clients, identifying potential (financial) risks, including breaches and non-compliance with conditions.
• Builds relationships with existing clients on an operational working level​.
• Travel in line with the supervision requirements of the portfolio.
• Identify and participate in opportunities for repeat transactions and capacity development opportunities with clients.
• Prepare and / or supervises credit reviews and other client related documents. ​
• Work with key internal stakeholders, such as environmental and social experts, legal and mid-office.

Coaching and training of portfolio administrators, analysts and associates:

• Oversee, mentor, and help portfolio administrators, analysts, and associates with their daily tasks. Emphasize risk identification, financial analysis, and writing quality.

Our offer

• Gross yearly salary of between EUR 90K-110 on a 40 hour basis (including holiday allowance and 13th month salary), depending on seniority, years of experience and background.
• Premium free pension.
• 31 holidays.
• Working remotely abroad for 60 days in a rolling period of 12 months.
• Hybrid way of working (50/50).

For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO

Your team

The Agribusiness, Food & Water department contributes to sustainable food security globally, using fewer resources. This department focuses on economic growth, rural development, and climate change by investing in companies that support a sustainable value chain. The department has five distinct investment teams. Each team oversees a specific region or sub-sector, such as Africa, Latin America & The Caribbean, East and Central Asia, or Forestry. This structure enables us to develop customized strategies and create a high-performance culture.

Our Africa team consists of 14 investment professionals with diverse backgrounds and work in our offices in The Hague, Johannesburg, and Nairobi. This role though is based in The Hague, the Netherlands. 

Your background

You have strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills. These help you tackle challenges with a systematic and effective approach. You have strong risk awareness, which helps you identify financial and non-financial risks at client, country, and portfolio levels.

A structured and process-oriented worker, you excel in planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks. You take ownership when needed while delegating appropriately and are adept at managing multiple assignments simultaneously. Your administration skills are well-developed, with a keen attention to detail and accuracy in your work.

Reliability ranks among your main strengths, supported by strong accountability and the capacity to work independently. Your pragmatic, proactive, and solution-oriented approach reflects a can-do mentality. You consistently display strong service and client orientation, forging productive, lasting relationships with clients and strategic partners.

Your effective communication skills enable you to manage internal and external stakeholders with confidence and clarity. You have excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal. Proficiency in French would be an asset.

A strong team player who contributes to team success and fosters a positive, collaborative work environment. You have the ability to supervise and coach colleagues, helping them grow and succeed.

Are you enthusiastic about this opportunity and do you meet the criteria? We would love to hear from you and learn more about you. So please, apply today! #PioneerDevelopScale.

Please note, preferably we look for candidates who are already based in the Netherlands.

Please note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.