Senior Associate Advisory

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Advisory, the role will be responsible for deal execution within the Advisory unit. This role will carry the responsibility for transaction structuring, transaction documentation and financial modelling.

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.

• 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.

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.

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 and or structured corporate finance
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in financial modelling
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Credit Analysis/Quants
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience Debt /Equity/Structured products transaction structuring and execution
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in Team management/leadership