Chief Investment Officer

Malengo

📍 Remote (Global) 🔄 Rolling Applications 🕔 Full Time

Malengo is hiring a Chief Investment Officer (CIO) to lead the organization’s overall investment strategy and financial performance. This senior executive will shape our financial vision, oversee fund structuring, and lead engagement with mission-aligned investors. Key responsibilities include structuring income-sharing agreements (ISAs), analyzing portfolio performance, forecasting long-term sustainability, and developing impact models that inform both strategic decision-making and fundraising. The CIO will serve as a core partner to the CEO and Board, provide strategic oversight of the Compliance & Legal and Financial Planning & Accounting functions, and play a pivotal role in Malengo’s fundraising strategy.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in lending or investment management, advanced financial modeling capabilities, familiarity with impact finance structures, and a strong ability to articulate value to philanthropic and impact-focused capital partners.

Key Responsibilities

Investment Portfolio Strategy & Execution

• Design and oversee the financial and legal structuring of ISA vehicles and investment funds to enable investor participation.

• Refine and manage financial models to forecast ISA performance, investor returns, and long-term sustainability across cohorts and markets.

• Define and set contractual terms for ISAs, including repayment parameters and risk assumptions.

• Monitor ISA portfolio performance through dashboards and scenario modeling to inform strategy and ensure program cash flow integrity.

• Partner with Program and Finance teams to optimize disbursements, repayments, and delinquency management across the ISA lifecycle.

Financial & Organizational Leadership

• Lead the internal finance team, including hiring, performance management, and professional development.

• Oversee legal, compliance, and regulatory matters related to ISA contracts, international flows, and grants.

• Manage relationships with external legal, audit, and compliance partners to maintain financial integrity.

• Serve on the executive team and contribute to overall organizational strategy, risk management, and impact scaling.

Budgeting, Grants & Financial Oversight

• Co-lead the development and management of annual budgets, forecasts, and grant-specific financial planning.

• Ensure alignment between strategic financial models and operational budgeting.

• Oversee financial reporting, audits, and internal controls to meet regulatory and grantor requirements.

• Own overall organizational financial performance and accountability.

Fundraising & Capital Strategy

• Collaborate with Finance & Operations to develop and manage annual budgets and grant-specific financials.

• Provide forecasting and modeling support for grant applications and funder reports.

• Ensure integration between operational budgeting and long-term program models.

• Oversee executional finance functions including budgeting, accounting systems, and internal controls, ensuring consistency between strategic and operational financial practices.

• Lead and supervise financial reporting and audit processes, ensuring compliance with grantor requirements and regulatory standards.

• Take full responsibility for organization-wide financial performance, not just programmatic modeling, ensuring alignment between strategic planning and fiscal accountability.

Fundraising & Capital Strategy

• Partner with the CEO to lead investor and funder engagement, including financial storytelling and impact modeling.

• Develop and present clear, data-driven financial materials and sustainability projections for funders, investors, and the Board.

• Maintain tailored financial dashboards and reports to support ongoing capital strategy and fundraising efforts.

Qualifications

  Required

• 10+ years of experience in strategic finance, impact investing, education finance, or nonprofit financial leadership.

• Proven experience in operational leadership at a lending or investment organization, ideally as a senior executive in a high-accountability environment

• Expertise in underwriting, portfolio management, credit or ISA/lending structures, and financial risk mitigation

• Strong grasp of financial planning, reporting, and compliance

• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills

• Experience leading teams and scaling systems and operations in a growing organization

• Deep commitment to Malengo’s mission and a passion for expanding educational access

• Demonstrated expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and data-driven scenario planning.

• Experience presenting complex financial information to funders, boards, or investors.

• Strong analytical and storytelling skills; able to translate financial models into actionable insights.

  Preferred

• Familiarity with legal and financial frameworks in the US, Europe, and East Africa

• Track record of supporting philanthropic or impact fundraising

• Experience in mission-driven or hybrid nonprofit/business organizations

• Familiarity with ISA design or alternative financing structures

• MBA, CFA, or other advanced finance training

Application

To apply for the Chief Investment Officer position, please submit your CV along with a brief statement of interest to careers@malengo.org