Celo Foundation is hiring a

Web3 Investment Analyst Partner, Celo Foundation

At the Celo Foundation, we support various partners across the Celo Ecosystem including cLabs, the team working on the open source platform Celo, whose mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all.

Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies as means-of-payment. Using a novel address-based encryption algorithm, the Celo protocol makes sending money as easy as sending a text. Additionally, Celo uses stable-value tokens pegged to fiat currencies, like the US Dollar, to minimize volatility. Celo is an open protocol enabling many to participate in the system, even with a budget Android smartphone. The first application launched on the Celo platform, Valora, is a social payments and money transfer app, aimed at developing markets.

We are looking for a self-motivated problem solver of high integrity to join our growing ecosystem at the Celo Foundation as an Investment Analyst working directly with the Head of Finance. You thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment with evolving needs while being able to bring structure and process to new problems. You’re excited by the opportunity to accelerate Celo’s mission through investments.

You Will:

• Facilitate due diligence on funds and direct investments, including legal, financial, and technical due diligence.
• Promote and nurture a network of angel investors in the Celo Ecosystem by supporting deal flow and information sharing.
• Leverage insights from the business intelligence team to inform investment decisions.
• Manage a network of investment funds focused on the Celo Ecosystem and proactively connect the dots.
• Organize and structure post-investment management and follow-up. Review reporting information on underlying investments.
• Leads and/or participates on deal teams for prospective investments.
• Serving as a relationship manager on investment projects.
• Identifies additional investment opportunities.
• Attends events with limited partners, general partners and portfolio company management.
• Participates in negotiating terms for investment documents.
• Review & develop rebalancing and tax loss harvesting recommendations.

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 2-4 years prior experience related to investment analysis and/or investment management.
• Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues.
• You get stuff done while being detail-oriented. You are entrepreneurial and know how to solve problems on your own, but you also know when to ask for support.
• Results driven with a high level of ownership, initiative, teamwork, accountability, and integrity.
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills.
• You're excited about the potential of cryptocurrency to promote financial inclusion and understand the basics.

cLabs ("Celo Labs") started Celo in 2017 and is one of many contributors to the open source project Celo.cLabs builds financial technology to enable prosperity of all beings.

cLabs is a Teal organization, a method of decentralized management and organizational governance. Roles are defined around the work, not people, and there is a high degree of autonomy. As such, we're all proud to hold the job title of "Partner." For more information on our culture, we encourage you to check out our blog athttps://medium.com/celohq/the-future-is-teal-cc264a5d51d3.

To build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)celo.org. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible.