Senior Advisory Associate

Key Responsibilities:

• Transaction Structuring: Work with the Senior Manager and Head  of Advisory to execute mandates within debt capital markets, equities markets, Mergers & Acquisitions in Kenya and across the wider East African region.
• Financial Modelling: Lead in financial modelling by applying best practices within financial modelling.
• Transaction Documentation: Develop and lead execution of Information Memorandum, Teaser Reports, Prospectus, Pitch books, valuation reports, Term Sheets amongst other transaction documentation.
• New business: Onboarding new business to ensure growth & sustainability.
• Customer experience: Champion the delivery of consistent, seamless and trusted customer service to ensure customer retention and loyalty.
• People Management: Grow a high functioning analysts and Associates teams with deep capacity to execute capital markets, Mergers &Acquisition transactions.
• Compliance: Monitor workflow activities to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures. Ensure procedures, TATs, SLAs, and audit items are maintained/ closed within deadlines.
• Industry awareness: Maintain a detailed and current understanding of the industry; (at a macro, sector specific, current market structures; regulatory requirements and issues) to ensure maximization and risk mitigation
• Tracking, management, and delivery of business needs on day-to-day basis 
• Mentorship, motivation, coaching and alignment of direct reports 
• Ensure all regulatory requirements are met by ensuring compliance with SLA’s.
• Stakeholder management: Develop and maintain productive strategic relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
• Valuation and Due-diligence: Lead the team in valuation and due-diligence assignments.
• Relationship management: Maintaining of clients and investors relationships.

The Person

• A holder of a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution.
• Possession of  CIFA/CFA/CPA will be an added advantage
• Possession of a master’s degree in finance, Strategic planning or Business will be an added advantage
• 5 or more years’ Experience in investment banking/Corporate Banking/ Private Equity/structured corporate finance
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in financial modelling
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience Debt /Equity/Structured products transaction structuring and execution
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Credit Analysis/Quants

KCB Group is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation, National Bank of Kenya, and all associated companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in the management of subsidiaries. Related documentation:  Group Name Change,   Name Change Certificate,  KCB Advise on Non-Operating Holding Company,  KCB Group Structure,  Kenya Gazette Notice.