11 months ago
Job title : Investment Banker
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : June 17, 2023
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Job Summary
To ensure effective & efficient deal origination, structuring, execution and closure.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Company and Sector Analysis to create deal flows- deal origination.
- Preparation of proposals to drive deal origination process
- Business analysis/ financial modelling to develop innovative financing options and effective deal structuring
- Use financial modelling to predict outcomes
- Negotiating and structuring financial deals
- Assess and predict financial risks and returns
- Effective liaison with the Research Unit for technical analysis and deal recognition.
- Unsolicited financial advisory: Identify companies and render advisory services to companies based on in-depth knowledge & understanding of industry developments.
- Distribution network: Maintain an effective network of deal takers- PE firms, development banks, private investors, and institutional investors for effective distribution of mandates-originated and structured deals.
- Effective and efficient follow up/ follow through on mandates originated to ensure adequate follow through and profitable/effective deal closure.
- Relationship Management & Customer Service:
- Client relationship management: maintain an effective flow of communication with existing and new clients
- Maintain/ manage an adequate flow of information between client companies and potential investors throughout the deal negotiation stage to ensure the effective closure of ongoing transactions.
- Ensure clients’ records and transactions are handled with utmost confidentiality before, during and after deal execution.
- Ensure effective record-keeping of all details relating to transactions handled on behalf of clients for the statutory period or as dictated in the unit’s manual of operations whichever is longer.
- Provide technical support to the business development desk to spot and secure target mandates
- Contribute to competitive bids, proposals and formal presentations
- Ensure cost efficiency and timeliness in the execution of mandates handled by the unit and provide summary reports on all mandates executed upon completion for review by the unit.
- Ability to handle all aspects of transaction execution including transaction packaging, analysis and preparation of offer memorandum, valuation and pricing, project evaluations, liaison with transaction parties and regulators, etc.
- Networking: Ensure effective networking across the industry value chain to aid effective deal origination, structuring and financing
- Transaction tracking: Ensure adequate tracking of transactions across the industry for effective participation and traction.
- Any other responsibility assigned by the Team Lead
QUALIFICATION/EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent
- Relevant Professional Qualifications (such as CFA, ACCS, CIS, AFM, etc.) will be an added advantage
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 1-2 years experience in a Financial Advisory capacity with hands-on participation/experience in Financial Modelling, Deal packaging, and transaction structuring – (Analyst)
- At least 2-3 years experience in the financial services sector out of which 1-2 years must have been spent in a Capital Markets Advisory capacity – (Senior Analyst)
- At least 4-5 years experience in the financial services sector out of which 3 years must have been spent in a Capital Markets Advisory capacity – (Associate)
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:
Skills/Knowledge
- Good technical analytical skills
- Strong finance modelling skills
- Good project/business evaluation skills
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent initiative & problem-solving skills
- Proactive and highly motivated; able to follow through
- Excellent Team spirit
- Excellent coordination skills
- Strong IT skills- strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Strong numeric skills
- Multitasking capabilities
Attributes
Leadership
- Must possess good listening skills
- Must be goal-orientated, responsible and skilled
- Must possess excellent coordinating skills
- Excellent Supervisory Skills
- Ability to teach and impact others
Proactive decision-maker
- Ability to forecast the market
- Ability to pay attention to details
- Ability to question assumptions
- Ability to seek a richer set of alternatives
- Ability to proactively measure performance.
Self-starter
- Must be an energetic person with unusual initiative
- Must be resilient
- Must be proactive and result-oriented
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to work within stringent timelines
Sound ethics and integrity.
- Must be discernibly honest and of consistently upright character
- Must be ethical i.e. must follow the ideals and responsibilities of the investment banking industry as set out in the code of ethics guiding operations and operators in the industry.
- Capacity to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information
Closing: 31, May 2023
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