Senior Manager, Corporate Finance & Advisory Services

AFRICAN EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

BANQUE AFRICAINE D’IMPORT-EXPORT (AFREXIMBANK)



Job Description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Finance & Advisory Services
Grade: Senior Manager
Location Headquarters

Reporting to: EVP (Business Development & Corporate Banking)
Responsible for: Corporate Finance and Advisory Services Management

1. Vision & Purpose

The role is to help the Bank to achieve its mission “stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase

Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a centre of excellence in African trade matters”. This will be by taking a lead in ensuring that the Bank promotes the development of entrepreneurship in Africa as well as the development of its capital markets through the provision of required corporate finance and trade related deals structuring advice to clients in order to assist them in achieving optimality in their trade related operations.

2. Dimensions

Subordinates: 1 support staff

3. Nature & Scope

The nature and scope of the job is to support and advise Management in the creation and operation of an appropriate investment and corporate advisory business to support entrepreneurs and clients of the Bank engaged in trade, trade related projects as well as trade facilitating activities, on how best to structure their trade related business.






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4. Duties and responsibilities


a) Support the creation of an environment through which Africa’s access to international debt, FDI and portfolio investments flows can be enhanced, by providing corporate finance and advisory services to clients who may require such advice;

b) Advise African Governments on the development of sound export promotion policy and required export incentives for increased competitiveness and enhanced capacity of the export sector in Africa;

c) Provide required advisory services to given clients in broad areas that include business valuations, corporate strategy, investment appraisals, evaluating

structuring, negotiating, and closing new transactions, mergers or acquisitions, portfolio restructurings, rescheduling, capital increases, equity sales, for purposes of creating financially stable African entities in trade related matters;

d) Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment and corporate finance advisory opportunities within the trade related mandate of the Bank;

e) Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for trade related transactions for various clients, within the Bank’s laid down risk management guidelines;

f) Participate in negotiations; use negotiation skills to overcome difficulties and finalize negotiations in ongoing advisory transactions;

g) Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop the corporate finance and advisory business of the

Bank’s business development activities;

h) Prepare financial models and conduct related industry and market research to support the investment advice process of the Bank;



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i) Manage subordinate staff performance through appropriate performance

planning, coaching and performance reviews; and

j) Provide ongoing feedback to subordinate staff to ensure they develop the

skills and competencies required for effective planning and individual

professional and personal career growth.

k) Communicate with staff across the organisation to understand advisory

management related issues and identify areas for improvement for the

organisation as a whole;

a) Develop new methodologies to implement and improve all advisory services related processes;

b) Provide assistance to the business in meeting best practice investment management advice requirements;

c) Keep abreast of developments in corporate finance and investment banking management; and

d) Any other duties as may be assigned to the jobholder by senior management.

5. Skills, Knowledge and Attitude

• Good first degree (not below a second class lower honours degree) from a leading University in either Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or other disciplines relevant to the position;

• Candidates should hold a post graduate degree in a related field from a reputable university ,with up to 10 years of relevant experience. However, those without a post graduate degree but with a recognised investment management or accounting qualification (e.g. CFA, ACA, CPA) and at least 10 years of relevant corporate finance/investment banking experience in an international commercial environment may also apply;

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of relevant Corporate Advisory and Investment Banking issues;

• Demonstrable experience in investment banking and advisory services in Africa will be an added advantage;

• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa;

• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments;


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• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of the Bank's other working languages is an added advantage (French, Arabic and Portuguese); and

Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including ability to organize and manage

human resources from varied cultural backgrounds to attain goals.


Interested candidates should send detailed CVs to our retained Consultant, Robert Baldwin of the Willis Partnership, at the e-mail address: RobertBaldwin@willis-partnership.co.uk.

Applications should indicate the position sought and be sent not later than 3 weeks from the date of this advertisement