Investment Analyst - Graduate Trainee

ABOUT INKOMOKO

Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive. In 2025, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 8th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies.

Founded in 2012, Inkomoko is a non-profit that has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee businesses. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change to drive impact for our clients. We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.

Inkomoko has 800+ staff in 50 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to positively impact 7M people, by serving more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund.

INKOMOKO VALUES

All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:

• Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, be a global leader.
• Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible. 
• Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback.
• Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, inclusive.
• We Eat Goat:  we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. 

Inkomoko reflects the communities we serve.  Displaced persons and women are strongly encouraged to apply.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Graduate Trainee in Investment Business Analytics, you will be immersed in real-world projects that support investment decision-making, portfolio management, and influence key business strategies. You’ll work closely with experienced analysts and business leaders to analyze data that supports solving problems , build insightful dashboards, identify trends and risks, and generate actionable insights to drive measurable impact across the organization.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clean and analyze large datasets from various internal platforms.
• Design, create and manage interactive reports and dashboards to track portfolio performance and support strategic planning.
• Develop & enhance automated reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools that improve underwriting, portfolio monitoring, and investment teams operational efficiency.
• Support business units with ad-hoc data analysis, trend identification, and performance reporting.
• Work with other departments to improve investment processes, such as client selection, credit assessments, and portfolio monitoring.
• Participate in a data-driven cross-functional projects involving Digital Transformation, etc
• Document analytical processes, methodologies, and findings.
• Work with the Finance and Digital Transformation teams to improve financial reporting and ensure data flows correctly between core systems and accounting systems.
• Analyze investment data to find trends that help improve risk management, credit quality, and automated financing.
• Help the organization prepare for audits by providing accurate data, maintaining documentation, and ensuring workflows follow internal policies.
• Contribute to data quality improvement initiatives and data governance efforts.