Head: Infrastructure Finance - Africa at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• The Head of Infrastructure Finance Africa is responsible for overseeing the financial management and strategic planning of infrastructure deals within the Africa region. This role is critical for ensuring the financial health and strategic growth of infrastructure deals within the investment banking franchise.

Job Responsibilities

• Generate sustainable earnings, with acceptable risk adjusted return by conducting infrastructure deals, managing & optimising efficiency ratios to reduce the cost to income ratio.
• Grow market share by building networks, the brand and originating transactions.
• Develop, engage and execute strategy and business achievement, including cost management to ensure team profitability.
• Achieving business objectives by aligning risk taking activities with risk appetite.
• Monitor market trends by researching, tracking and responding to client requirements and competitor activity.
• Grow bank wide profitability by retaining clients and supporting cross selling to relevant product areas.
• Ensure client retention and cross sell through constant communication and engagement.
• Drive the advancement of collaborative banking solutions to realise synergies.
• Contribute to the development of a robust and effective team through leadership and active participation.
• Deliver quality structured infrastructure solutions to meet requirements of existing and potential customers.
• Build relationships with identified external stakeholders by networking through targeted and informal interactions.
• Maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders by adhering to applicable internal risk policies.
• Participate in industry forums to contribute to thought leadership, evolution of the market and market standards.
• Develop and implement an integrated strategic business plan and budget by following 3-year planning cycle.
• Manage portfolio risk to maintain profitability and acceptable credit loss ratios.
• Manage credit risk by ensuring compliance with credit policy.
• Identify and mitigate operational risk by implementing controls.
• Manage risk by ensuring adherence to internal and external compliance and governance policies.
• Continuously enhance quality by reviewing and improving processes, systems and workflows.
• Drive efficiency by maintaining operational costs at optimal levels.
• Ensure optimal allocation of resources by assigning roles and responsibilities to achieve business objectives.
• Conduct regular and effective team meetings to monitor and evaluate delivery.
• Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a completive advantage.
• Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the vision and values.
• Build a high-performance team through managing resources, attracting and retaining critical staff.
• Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division / function by ensuring leadership relevant strategies and plans have been implemented.
• Manage performance of direct reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.
• Actively build a culture of improvement by ensuring the design and implementation of active talent management, succession planning strategies and obtaining buy-in from relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Optimise performance and motivation by holding managers accountable for developing their staff and themselves.
• Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions through coaching and mentoring practices.
• Ensure the achievement of targets by monitoring implemented Divisional EE and Transformation Plan.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

• CA(SA)/CFA/Master’s Degree/Relevant Post Grad Qualifications

Minimum Experience Level

• 10+ years relevant experience in an Investment Banking environment, preferably including 3-5 years influencing and managing others in a sector or product-specific Specialised Finance environment, with a demonstrable track record of originating, structuring and executing deals, broad knowledge & skill application in all relevant aspects of Infrastructure Finance.  Previous knowledge and experience of deal origination in African markets.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Capacity planning
• Client service management
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Strategic planning

Behavioural Competencies

• Coaching
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Customer Focus
• Entrepreneurship
• Operational Decision Making
• Initiating Action