19 June 2015

Investor Relations Manager Career Placement - Umeme ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs



Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda


Report to: Managing Director


Pwc would like to recruit for

Umeme, a public company cross listed on both the Uganda Securities Exchange and

the Nairobi Securities Exchange with over 6,483 shareholders, including high

value international institutional investors. Umeme operates under a concession

with a structural monopoly in the distribution of electricity across Uganda,

distributing 99% of electricity in Uganda through a single buyer model.


Job Summary: The Investor Relations Manager will be

responsible for enabling effective two-way communication between the company,

the investors, regulators, business and financial analysts, and all the

company’s shareholders.


Key Duties and

Responsibilities: 

  • Serve

    the key point of contact for the company’s investment community;

  • Develop

    and maintain a company investor relations plan;

  • Assist

    the CFO with the production of annual/ periodic financial reports, and

    company statements;

  • Develop

    and actively monitor performance metrics for the investor relations

    function;

  • Actively

    monitor operational changes through ongoing contacts with company

    management, and develop investor relations messages based on these

    changes;

  • Create

    presentations, press releases, and other communication materials for

    earnings releases, industry events, and presentations to analysts,

    brokers, and investors;

  • Ensure

    the company communication channels including the website are updated with

    relevant investor information;

  • Represent

    the views of the investment community to the company’s management;

  • Monitor

    analyst reports and summarize them for senior management and directors;

  • Establish

    and maintain relationships with stock exchange representatives;

  • Organize

    conferences, road shows, earnings conference calls, and investor meetings;

  • Technically

    support the CFO in development of the corporate finance strategy for the

    long term capital investment programme, including donor/concessionary

    financing; and


Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

  • The

    applicant should hold a Bachelor’s Degree Business, Accounting, Finance or

    any other related fields with a proven track record of at least five years

    in managing investor relations. Professional qualifications such as ACCA,

    CPA, and CFA will be an added advantage.

  • Working

    knowledge and experience of the local and regional capital markets; and

  • Prior

    experience in attending and making presentations at local and

    international investor relations meetings and conferences.

  • Excellent

    written and verbal skills;

  • Possess

    excellent analytical skills;

  • Possess

    the ability to build and maintain relationships with different

    stakeholders;

  • Past

    experience in managing investor relations;


All suitably qualified

candidates should send their applications and updated curriculum vitae in

confidence to: hr.s@ug.pwc.com.


Deadline: Friday, 26th

June 2015




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