Corporate Finance Analyst at CITIBANK

Job Req ID: 21340241
Job Category: Institutional Banking
Job Family Group: Institutional Banking
Job Family: Corporate Banking

Job Purpose

• The position entails working and supporting other Transactors/professionals with overall responsibility of end-to-end corporate finance business including origination, structuring, execution, and distribution of cross border & domestic transactions across Nigeria.
• To assist SSA Corporate Finance on regional deals  

Key Responsibilities

• Working on the direct end-to-end origination, structuring, distribution, and execution of episodic debt funding solutions for high-impact customers in conjunction with Capital Markets Origination (CMO) and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) partners. This will involve:
• Producing presentation materials & pitches to high impact clients
• Analyzing financials of clients to develop funding or advisory solutions
• Working with coverage and product partners on all internal approvals required for transactions   
• Preparation of investment and marketing materials (e.g. transaction teasers and investment memorandums)
• Reviewing transaction documentation
• Assisting Transactors to procure investors for structured & funded solutions in form of international, regional, and local financial institutions – including banks, non-bank investors multilateral and bilateral financial institutions, and other non -traditional investors
• Assisting on structuring nonstandard funding solutions whilst driving multi-product cross-sell to deliver ‘One Citi ’ to customers in close collaboration with product, industry, risk, and Business/ coverage  partners in Nigeria 
• Assisting Transactors to manage and mitigate all risk aspects embedded in the episodic CF transactions, including credit, XB, liquidity, and operational risks.

Person Specifications
Qualifications:

• BSc Degree / BA Degree
• A postgraduate degree and relevant professional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of 3 to 4 years post qualification experience which ideally should be within Corporate Finance
• Credit and financial analysis experience or relevant experience from other areas of the bank or other companies.
• Customer management and negotiation skills
• Ability to recognize and exploit business opportunities
• Analytical skills
• In-depth understanding of Accounting & Finance principles

Thinking Complexities:

• Understanding the impact of constant regulatory changes on customers businesses and in converting them to business opportunities
• Ability to optimally coordinate the activities of the different units within the bank in order to deliver good quality service to the customer.
• Designing strategies and products to enable Citibank to stay ahead of the competition
• Ability to convince customers to adhere to high compliance/ethical standards of Citibank for transaction processing in a non-compliant environment.
• Problem loan recognition capability.