Vice President, Investment Banking, Nairobi Job Ecobank
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Job Purpose
- To lead the origination of Advisory and Capital Market solutions across multiple products areas in the country.
- Represent and take ownership of the Advisory and Capital Market platforms and franchise in the region
- Supervise the support functions.
Job Context
The incumbent will have:
- The opportunity to work across a number of countries in Africa and the rest of the word to support the team, if need be, in the transactions in which Advisory and Capital Market acts as participant.
- To provide close support to the Regional Head of IB in creating and maintaining strong relationships with high value customers to facilitate development of a strong pipeline of good quality
- To establish a high degree of trust with clients during execution, and grow rapport with clients by demonstrating an understanding of their needs and being responsive
- To understand Ecobank’s approach and policies for managing risks and applicable legal and regulatory rules.
- To demonstrate leadership capabilities, including ability to organize and manage human resources from varied cultural backgrounds to attain goals.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development
- Identifying new Advisory and Capital Market opportunities within existing or new clients
- Develop aggressively deal pipeline by working closely with the Coverage Teams.
Relationship Management
- Responsible for maintaining excellent relationships with our Clients/ Sponsors and relevant official stakeholders (Government, regulators)
- Responsible for maintaining good relationships with colleagues, especially the Coverage Managers in the Bank
Process and Reporting
- Full compliance with Regulators, Authorities, and Ecobank Group respective policies.
- Accuracy and timely submission of all reporting, financial data and statements.
- Preparation of reporting and financial returns as required with the Finance Business partner.
People management and development
- Provide support and coaching/training of all the staff in view of building capacity.
- Motivate, Lead and develop the Advisory and Capital Market Team across the footprint to achieve consistent profitability through a clear process of target settings and appraisals.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum educational level is master’s degree in Economics/ Business Administration or related fields of study; fluent written & spoken French & English; proficiency in MS Office especially with excel skills
- At least 8 years of experience with a track record in a client facing role
- Ability to interact and negotiate with clients at the top level.
- Knowledge of African markets or Industry background
- Good understanding of credit
- Sound business judgement to quickly assess opportunities and risks
Skills, Capabilities & Attributes
- Cooperative working style and strong communication skills.
- Results-driven,
- People management skills
- Inclusive, flexible, savvy and sensitive to client culture.
- Ability to pull together resources to sell and deliver client solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
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