Investment Officer Treasury

Job description

NPS 04 – Investment Officer Treasury (1) ( Permanent & Pensionable)

Location: Lusaka Province Closing Date: October 23, 2026

Job Description

Investment Officer Treasury’s responsibility is to manage the investment and treasury for the investment of NAPSA’s funds to ensure that all the policy decisions of the investment committee are implemented to the latter. And to ensure all investment documentation is ready for review by the Manager Treasury.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor existing and newly created assets by placing funds timely to maximize returns and contribute towards NAPSA deficit reduction.
• Improve efficiency in the way assets are managed and monitored though innovation of strategies and monitoring credit worthiness, grading and other financial indicators with a goal to reduce cost and create new value to ensure maximum realization of investment returns in all asset classes.
• Conduct a research on economic performance through continuous monitoring and reporting of market conditions including analysis of its potential investor base both domestic and international and write a report, making recommendations which will cite relevant actions for market strategy to increase NAPSA investment portfolio.
• Do investment placements on the market to acquire additional assets to expand the investments portfolio to enable growth of the pension fund for benefit of members.
• Do investment appraisals for as guided by the Manager Treasury and Investments to acquire additional high yielding assets so as to expand the investments portfolio through high returns in investments.
• Monitor payback periods of all property investments such as shopping malls, housing etc., private equity funds, STI/ETIs etc. and infrastructure projects funded by treasury to ensure timely receipt of cash flows, achievement of internal rates of return and reporting on non-performing assets for decision making.
• View all Authority investment bank statements and balances
• Ensure that dividends are recorded when declared; record and payment dates are monitored and ensure that all blocks of shares acquired by the Authority have been paid and dividends timely credited to the Authority’s appropriate bank account.
• To deal in forex transactions with various financial institutions depending on the Authority’s forex needs.
• Work with Manager Treasury and Investments to evaluate structure, negotiate, and close new transactions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Grade 12 Certificate with 5 ‘O’ levels with credit or better including English and Mathematics.
• A Degree in Accountancy / Business Administration, or ACCA CIMA or equivalent  or business related fields

Minimum Experience Required

• Not less than 4 years’ experience in a similar position and organisation with similar scope of investment operations