Analyst, Corporate Financing Solutions East Africa at Standard Bank Group

JOB PURPOSE

To support the origination, structuring and execution of CFS debt solutions by delivering outputs to the standard necessary to support the product solution. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

Client

• Establish internal stakeholder relationships across Corporate and Investment Banking to support the transaction process
• Develop a network of external stakeholders to build own knowledge, understanding and insights of trends and market developments
• Stay abreast of developments and trends in the market, industry and client base by conducting research to support existing deals and new opportunities.
• Work closely as part of the deal team to define and draft content for proposals, pitchbooks and other content and ensuring it is readily available and delivered in a timely and quality manner that can be used in client engagements.
• Support the origination process by working closely with the deal team to prepare relevant content and attend client engagements where required

Risk, Regulatory, Prudential & Compliance

• Complete pipeline information on Salesforce Dot Com (SFDC) timeously and accurately to maintain pipeline relevance.
• Develop an understanding of pricing model, FTP, capital regulations and risk frameworks to support the deal process
• Adhere to applicable internal and external policies, systems, processes and procedures to ensure compliance with all relevant Corporate and Investment Banking risk, regulatory and business control requirements.

People

• Contribute towards realising the IB and Corporate and Investment Banking desired culture by modelling and displaying appropriate behaviours, collaborating across the business and promoting teamwork.
• Provide support and guidance to new analyst, graduates and interns to enhance their understanding and application of processes and standards to enable improved performance.

Product

• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, support the legal and distribution process and drive the CP and deal closing memo to ensure successful deal execution
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and processes, conduct due diligence and prepare documents required to support the approval process
• Prepare all relevant deal negotiation information to assist with deal negotiations and where required attend negotiations
• Interpret and understand financial information and prepare financial models (e.g. Debt capacity models) to assess financial covenants and risk.
• Post disbursement work closely with Coverage, Transaction Management Unit (TMU), Credit and other relevant business teams to track and monitor allocated deals to provide support in managing exposure while ensuring ongoing governance and business performance during the life cycle of the deal.

Data

• Collate information for the purpose of tracking performance metrics (e.g., price benchmarking, liquidity, market and client trends) to support the deal pipeline and grow the IB business.

Financial Management

• Contribute and provide relevant information, data input, and financial reports to team members to support the monitoring and tracking of financial performance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Business degree
• 1-2 Years basic client facing experience with a foundational understanding of CIB's Lending value proposition. Understanding and knowledge of local and global Lending products / solutions to effectively develop and present innovative client solutions, ’Building simple financial models, conducting research, and analysing large amounts of data and information to develop and present reports to key stakeholders