[Investment Banking] - Assistant Vice President, Investment Banking at United Capital Plc

Job ID (AVP001)

Reporting directly to the MD, Investment Banking, you will provide specialist advisory services on Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Divestitures, Privatizations, Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances, Capital Raising, Corporate Restructuring TRANSACTIONS amongst others.
Support with driving profitability and meeting performance targets by developing the relationships, tactics and business plans necessary to realizing revenue, earnings growth and increase in shareholders’ value.

Location: Lagos, but with extensive travel

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsibility for originating, structuring and executing client projects and mandates
• Networking and marketing.
• Expand opportunities with existing clients
• Identify and act on referrals typically in relation to Investment Banking mandates
• Coordinate the end-to-end capital raising process (public offers, private placements, commercial papers etc) from the preparation of offer documents to the collation of returns/allotments.
• Oversee the development and evaluation of financial models with the capability to sensitize key inputs and stress test financial covenants.
• Screening new projects, defining project description & scope and conducting feasibility studies to determine the financial viability of new ventures projecting cash flow & growth opportunities
• Liaison with regulatory authorities for sanctions & approvals
• Manage all activities related to funding tie-up & financial closure, up to disbursement.
• Contribute to revenue and business development of other business.
• Oversee quality transaction execution and client satisfaction
• Implementation of strategic action plans
• Enforcement of governance and control standards across the business
• Any other duties assigned from time to time

Experience/Skills/Competencies Requirements:

• Good business and relationship management skills
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate productive business networks.
• Well established relationships with companies in the Private and Public sectors
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Due Diligence
• Financial Valuation
• Corporate Restructuring,
• Negotiation skills
• Risk Management
• Client Service
• Business Management (including Project Management skills)
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• BA/BSc. required; MBA, CFA or other advanced degrees/credentials desirable
• 13+ years of relevant investment banking industry experience required
• Capital raising experience in public equity markets required.