IBD Associate at Rand Merchant Bank

This position presents the opportunity to gain a holistic view of the Investment Banking Division (IBD) with a focus on West Africa. This role will provide an opportunity to work across all product areas within IBD based on a staffing model, whilst assisting with the formulation and implementation of the IBD strategy.

Responsibilities:   

• The ideal candidate will fulfil the role of an associate, including execution of financial advisory/corporate finance transactions as well as leverage finance, infrastructure finance and corporate lending transactions. 
• The associate will be responsible for originating client pitches, building financial models (for valuation and debt capacity) and writing credit memos/papers.
• The associate will assist the lead transactor in facility documentation and will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of admirative processes to ensure financial close on transaction.
• The associate will be responsible for managing and allocating workflow to analysts within the team as well as be partly responsible for upskilling the analysts.
• The associate will coordinate the preparation of reports and presentations, including research and analysis of African economies, market trends and business opportunities which they will collate and share with relevant stakeholders across the Business.  

Qualifications and Experience:   

• Candidates should have a relevant graduate degree and at least 4 years work experience in investment banking, accounting, or related fields, and be interested in working in a small-team environment with a high degree of client contact.   
• Successful completion of Level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) programme would be an added advantage. 
• Experience in Excel financial modelling, including detailed income statement forecasting and scenario analysis, capital structure modelling, and Merger modelling.   
• Candidates should be motivated to take on multiple tasks, should enjoy working in a constantly changing environment, have strong attention to detail, interact well, and enjoy working within a team.   
• Strong leadership qualities and communications skills are key as is a well-developed business acumen.   
• Conceptual thinking coupled with strong analytical ability.
• Report writing skills essential.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills are required.