Credit Analyst: Lev Fin and FOGS at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Are You Someone Who Can:

• Unpack and critically think about the risk of new and existing debt and equity deals for clients across a broad range of geographies and industries,
• Engage with the client,
• Interrogate a client’s business model and identifying risks,
• Assesses financial data put forward by the client,
• Build a financial model to forecast performance or assessing a model put forward by the client or the client’s advisors for accuracy and appropriateness,
• Work alongside the members to structure a deal in line with the risk philosophy of the bank,
• Assess and manage overall limits for a client in line with the bank’s risk framework,
• Put forward a deal for recommendation after objectively assessing all the facts,
• Take ownership of the application which requires strong report writing skills,
• Manage timelines of a deal in line with the agreed-upon submission deadline,
• Prepare and present a deal at committee and working together with the deal team to take questions and answers which require strong verbal skills, the ability to debate and manage differing views and ultimately influence and negotiate a good outcome for both the client and the bank.
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, which includes working alongside experienced business and risk executives and acting as a bridge,
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences, and
• Manage conflict.

You Will Be An Ideal Candidate If You:

• Are ideally CA (SA) or CFA with >2+ years of Investment Banking experience
• Have strong work ethic with a self-starter attitude and a keenness to take ownership of the role’s opportunities and personal development
• Have resilience and an openness to receiving and sharing feedback,
• Have the ability to handle stress well, which includes self-management of workload (2 to 3+ deals at any point in time), quick adaptation to deal changes, prioritization of deals, and open communication on capacity.
• Are looking for the opportunity to network, collaborate and innovate.

We Can Be a Match If You Are

• Curious & courageous – you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery – you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it