Corporate Finance Transactor at Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

The role involves the origination, structuring, and management of a portfolio of investment banking clients, relationships, and transactions. The successful candidate will oversee the entire transaction lifecycle, from origination and implementation to closure, ensuring that client transactional requirements as outlined in mandates and legal agreements are fully implemented and adhered to.

The candidate will be actively involved in the deal origination and structuring processes, while also participating in the implementation of transactions within their allocated sector or product. This will drive improved profitability, market share, and enhance the firm’s competitive positioning.

Key to success in this role will be the ability to add value to client transactions through innovation, subject-matter expertise, and lateral thinking, ensuring that all mandates align with the Bank’s standards and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Support the execution of the strategy for Corporate Finance in Nigeria in partnership with broader Corporate Finance leadership;
• Lead and mentor a team of junior bankers in analyzing operations, business plans, and financial forecasts to support M&A, capital raising, and equity capital market transactions;
• Review and assess detailed financial statements, related reports, and drafts to prepare financial documentation relating to a range of sophisticated and complex investment banking transactions involving numerous parties
• Review and assess financial statements and reports to prepare comprehensive documentation for complex investment banking deals involving multiple stakeholders
• Advise clients on strategic options, market positioning, and industry trends, providing insights for decision-making
• Co-ordinate with the wider RMB’s South African and regional teams on an ongoing basis to drive CFD origination and execution efforts
• Drive the execution of mandates in line with RMB standards;
• Build and promote the RMB brand in the Nigerian market; particularly in the Corporate Advisory context;
• Conduct his/ her business in a manner that is consistent with the RMB leadership brand;
• Able to add value to transactions for the benefit of RMB and/or the client through knowledge of the subject, innovation and lateral thinking.
• Have a good understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape and how this impacts potential transactions in Nigeria.
• Able to add value to the implementation of transactions through an understanding of valuation, the Companies Act and relevant regulatory authority rules and regulations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Suitable business qualification and an MBA from an accredited institution/ CFA would be preferred;
• More than 6 years of relevant experience in a financial or corporate and investment banking environment.
• Ideally 3-4 years of relevant corporate finance/transaction advisory / private equity experience.
• Ability to think laterally, innovate and add value for RMB and client.
• Excellent communication skills – both written and spoken.
• Must understand the theories and practices of company valuations, reviewing and building financial models, presentation skills and undertaking complex statistical analysis.
• A strong track record of achievement in previous work experience. 
• Good level of social and interpersonal skills, professional, passionate, ambitious and able to demonstrate a high level of integrity
• Candidate must be a self-starter, willing to work in a multicultural environment and be able to think and act well under pressure.
• Candidate must be willing to learn with a strong desire to succeed.