Investment Analyst

ARVO; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Cape Town office

Training under founder

Bonus potential

Job summary

ARVO, a founder-led international investment firm expanding to Cape Town, seeks an Investment Analyst to start as a generalist and train into a full investing role over 2–3 years.

You will work directly with the founder, build financial models, speak to founders, and help identify early-stage opportunities with a strong emphasis on data-driven research.

Qualifications

• This role requires CA(SA) or actuarial qualification and strong academics.
• Evidence of leadership outside the classroom is preferred.
• Strong data skills and ability to work with large datasets and modelling.
• Willingness to travel for meetings and office visits.

Responsibilities

• Find and track investment opportunities and assess potential deals.
• Write first-pass assessments of business models, markets, and competitors.
• Analyse financials, build models and investment notes.
• Maintain up-to-date pipeline and prepare briefing notes for meetings.
• Utilise data and AI tools to speed up research and screening.

Skills

Data skills

Python

People skills

Leadership

Analytical mindset

Fast learner

Attention to detail

Education

CA(SA)

Actuary

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job title: Investment Analyst
Location: Cape Town (hybrid, 2–3 days a week in the office)
Employment type: Full-time, permanent
Department: Investments

About the company
Our client is a founder-led international investment firm that backs early- and growth-stage companies. It is headquartered in London and is opening a Cape Town office. The team is small, senior and fast-moving, and the founder works closely with everyone who joins.

About the role

This is a first step into investing. You will work directly with the founder, starting as a generalist, and over two to three years you’ll be trained into a full investing role. Your responsibility will grow as you prove yourself.

What you’ll do

• Find and track companies, follow funding rounds, map sectors and flag opportunities early
• Speak to founders and write first-pass assessments of the business, its market and its competitors
• Analyse financials, build models and write short investment notes that take a clear view
• Keep the pipeline up to date and prepare briefing notes before meetings and trips
• Use data, AI tools and automation to make research and screening faster and more thorough

What we’re looking for

• A newly qualified CA(SA), ideally trained at a Big 4 firm, or someone finishing articles at the end of 2026. Recently qualified actuaries are equally welcome.
• Strong academics throughout, including matric and university results, and first-time passes in professional exams
• Evidence of sustained excellence outside the classroom: leadership roles (head student, captain, society or committee) and a standout achievement such as provincial or national sport, music or similar
• Someone who has made the most of the opportunities they were given
• Strong data skills and comfort with large datasets and modelling, combined with the people skills to build relationships with founders and hold your own with senior investors
• Hungry, curious, fast, exact and self-directed
• Coding ability (Python or similar) is a plus, not a requirement
• Based in Cape Town with the right to work in South Africa. The role involves some short-notice travel, so dual nationality is an advantage.

What’s on offer

• Training directly under an experienced founder and investor
• A competitive package of base salary, performance bonus and long-term incentive
• A January 2027 start, with flexibility for candidates waiting on articles or APC results
• A hybrid working arrangement in a new Cape Town office