• Application Deadline: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Associate Deal Origination & Investment Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 4 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

• To ensure proper screening of investment applications and that structured finance proposals are in strict compliance with the company’s “Viability Model” as well as Investment Strategy and Policy Framework.


• The primary responsibility is to prepare projects for lending decisions to enable acceptance into the project preparation pipeline


• Providing end-to-end support to the Head of Deals on deals origination on the origination, development, due diligence, approval and implementation process


• Developing marketing materials / pitch packs and PowerPoint presentations, review and update of market commentaries, Confidential Information Memorandum, written analyses, research, financial statement analysis.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics or a related field


• CFA or ACCA


• Master’s Degree in Finance or MBA, will be preferred


• At least 4 years’ post-graduate finance / banking / credit experience, largely gained within a Leveraged Finance context or professional services environment.

Skills and Competencies:

• Good working knowledge of the syndicated loan and project finance markets and the corresponding products


• Ability to influence and persuade people


• Ability to understand and interpret economic and sectoral development plans and to identify and select a project preparation pipeline of bankable projects


• Strong attention to details


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


• Excellent written and verbal communication


• Robust ability to identify issues and present creative and practical solutions;


• Judgement and decision making


• Ability to comprehensively analyze financial statements;


• Ability to think out of the box and generate creative solution


• Ability to develop financial model and conduct reviews and analysis;


• Superior level of resourcefulness and ability to work with considerable autonomy


• Credit risk analysis and risk structuring skills


• Capacity and willingness to work under pressure


• Industry/market and product knowledge


• Demonstrates accountability and ownership of own duties


• Demonstrable track record of originating, preparing of project financing transactions;


• Aspires to excellence through quality and timely delivery of outputs


• Must be knowledgeable with the financing of infrastructure projects;


• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptation to different situations to get the job done.