Associate, Real Estate Finance - Investment Banking at Stanbic IBTC

Position Description
To provide support to Senior colleagues and Unit Heads for all administrative aspects involved throughout the entire Real Estate finance value chain process (i.e. origination, structuring, execution and closing of projects).

Key Responsibilities

• Keeping abreast of developments in the local, regional (Nigeria and Ghana) and international Real Estate finance market;
• Assisting in writing credit application documents jointly with team members;
• Assist in developing financial advisory and or debt arranging mandates for identified opportunities;
• Developing, building and manipulation of excel spreadsheets and other comprehensive financial models for Real Estate finance transactions;
• Working in conjunction with other team members in putting forward innovative financing solutions to clients, the bank’s senior management and colleagues;
• Assist in handling client correspondence/contact/relationship from an office management perspective
• Preparing and distributing client Calling Reports in a timely manner;
• Establishing, developing and maintaining relationships with existing and potential clients and accompanying other senior members of the bank at client meetings;
• Assist in undertaking financial analysis of company / projects and project financial statements and preparing brief internal reports based on findings;
• Assist in developing scopes of work / terms of reference for Technical, Legal, Valuation, Insurance and other relevant consultants required for validating project and company assumptions;
• Assist in undertaking data gathering for model / spreadsheet inputs and working alongside relevant consultants in finalizing Base Case model;
• Assist in undertaking “high-level” review of project documents in coordination with relevant consultants;
• Assist in developing and completion of project deliverables (i.e. Information Memoranda, Project
• Timetable, Financial Models, Term Sheets, etc);
• Monitoring and following up on deliverables being prepared by consultants assigned to transactions;
• Assist in preparing presentation materials and presenting deal structures to other units within the bank, at client marketing pitches and to co-financiers;
• Assist in submitting Work In Progress Reports to senior management located in Nigeria and South Africa;
• Preparing transaction summaries identifying key follow-up and monitoring steps after transaction closing for the benefit of other business groups;
• Preparing files as to be ready for the annual audit process and assist in discussing, responding and reacting to comments raised by the Audit division;
• Assist senior members of the department in day-to-day work as delegated and carrying out other duties as required by the job;
• Ensure that the policies and procedures of the bank are being followed.

Key Performance Measures
FINANCIAL:

• Assists in providing support for the preparation of business plans and budgets on a unit and
• Real Estate Finance Unit – Investment Banking

Job Description (Associate)

• department basis;
• Assist in contributing to and delivering financial targets on transactions as agreed with the line
• manager, personal objectives and Key Result Areas.

CUSTOMER:

• Perform calls to existing and potential customers to follow up on opportunities and support in the
• presenting of the bank’s credentials;
• With guidance from the respective unit head and senior colleagues, interact on a select basis with
• clients on mandated transactions until project achieves financial closing;

INTERNAL PROCESS:

• Assist in preparing and reviewing memos and proposals;
• Working with the Unit Head to ensure that all compliance issues (i.e. KYC etc) are suitably addressed;
• Ensure that the policies and procedures of the bank are being followed;
• Assist in identifying, pursuing and executing agreed business in a professional manner and within the
• framework as set out by the bank;
• Assist in preparing transaction summaries, assist in identifying key follow-up and monitoring steps in
• co-ordination with the Transaction Management Unit after transaction closing;
• Keeping the Transaction Management Unit fully up to date on transactions prior to hand-over at
• financial close;
• Working alongside the Transaction Management Unit in attending general asset monitoring requests;
• Taking guidance and liaising with Legal and Risk Officers to ensure all necessary documentation on
• transactions are suitably addressed;
• Assist in providing clarifications and responding / reacting to comments received from the Audit
• Division;
• Assist unit head and colleagues in the day-to-day work as delegated.

PEOPLE:

• Working in co-ordination with individuals from other divisions, and in particular members of the
• investment banking team to enhance teamwork efforts within the division;
• Provide guidance to junior members of staff in undertaking their duties;
• Provide support in allocation tasks to junior members of staff;
• Take a proactive approach towards the job holders own personal learning and development;
• Adhere to the core values of Stanbic IBTC and apply professional codes of conduct at all times;
• Key Dimensions of the Job
• The job holder will be required to guide junior members of staff in undertaking their duties