Kopitiam Investment Pte Ltd – Portfolio Manager

Reporting directly to the Head of Investment Management Group (IMG), the incumbent will assist in the following 3 functions:

1. Investment Management

• Deal origination and preliminary investment thesis before handing over to M&A
• Provide commercial/business inputs to M&A during transaction process
• Responsible for commercial/business/operations Due Diligence workstream
• Primary driver of Post-Close Portfolio Value Creation for rapid results
• Responsible for management of portfolio company to achieve the required Business Plan forecast

2. Asset Management

• Custodian of overall F&B concept/content development roadmap for FS Retail Group, including all IPs eg. trademarks, recipe build, identity and fit-out manual
• Create concept proposal ie. Overall concept plan, positioning, strategic rationale, target audience, cuisine type
• Define menu nomenclature and menu requirements
• Overview menu R&D innovation and process including menu items, costing, selling price, equipment list, workflow, customer ordering sequence
• Oversee concept design development process including identity system, store layout, design, elements, fit-out
• Work in tandem with FS Retail Group for the roll out of first pilot store before handing over to Business Unit

3. Performance Management

• Process owner of aligning BU’s performance to meet corporate goals that define success
• Establish performance governance framework for BU by translating corporate goals to BU/Divisional/Individual (where applicable)
• Partner BU Heads in providing strategic inputs, sharing of best practices, to help BU align to performance milestones
• Monitor performance by benchmarking, setting up portfolio dashboards and quarterly performance review sessions
• Encourage BU Heads to derive catchup plans when performance deviates from goals

Qualifications

• A degree in Finance or Accounting required
• An investment professional with at least 3 years of Investment Banking/M&A transactions experience including technical expertise in performing valuation, financial modelling, financial and business plan analysis, financial/commercial due diligence, risk management analysis and deal structuring
• A deep penchant for food businesses, F&B M&A experience will be a strong advantage
• Corporate finance deal advisory background from the Big 4 accounting firms 
• Strong analytical and numerical skills; good commercial acumen
• Ability to manage a large number of complex tasks within tight timelines
• Persuasiveness, persistency and strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills in combination with the ability to think creatively
• Proactive and ability to originate deals and develop relationships
• Proven interpersonal and hands-on team player skills with high level of self-motivation and achievement focus