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<h3>About us</h3>
<p>Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier markets, offering market research, investment advisory and asset management services. We are regulated by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and our daughter company Symbiotics (UK) Ltd has an investment firm license from the FCA in the UK. Symbiotics currently employs 160 people and is headquartered in Geneva, with further offices in Zurich, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Mexico City, Singapore, Cape Town, Delhi and Yerevan. Since 2004, we have invested over USD 6.9bn in more than over 500 microfinance institutions across over 90 emerging and frontier markets, working with more than 62 investment funds and many institutional investors.</p>
<p><br />We are a fast-growing, market-leading company, offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space. Our people are our biggest competitive advantage.</p>
<p><br />We believe that in order to recruit the best professionals all applications must be reviewed equally. For this reason, we will not require personal data such as photos, date of birth or gender to be included on CV applications.</p>
<h3>Who we are looking for</h3>
<p>You are an intern who is interested to work in the social investment space with a for-profit corporation and you will contribute to the Company's mission by providing support to the Markets Team in Cape Town. The position is based in our Cape Town office with the reporting line to the Sub-Saharan Associate and the Regional Manager. The internship is 3 months.</p>
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About the Job

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<li>General administrative tasks including data capture and file management</li>
<li>Support the production of Anti-Money Laundering reports</li>
<li>Complete research for country and markets intelligence reports</li>
<li>Assist the preparation for Investment Committee Meetings</li>
<li>Prepare the analysis of Annual Financial Statements (published in French)</li>
<li>Research and Analysis of potential investees and for reports</li>
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Your Qualification

<p>We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person who is also organised, detail-oriented and able to work in a dynamic and challenging environment. More specifically, we are looking for the following skills and competencies:</p>
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<li><strong>Must be enrolled in degree program in South Africa</strong> (Master's degree in Economics, Development Finance, Accounting or equivalent)&nbsp;</li>
<li>French knowledge</li>
<li>Interest in Microfinance, Impact Investment and Development Finance</li>
<li>Able to work independently in both research and financial capacities</li>
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Job Offer

<h3>What makes us different?</h3>
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<li>The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals</li>
<li>A flexible work environment with colleagues from 38 countries</li>
<li>The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others</li>
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