Senior Manager, Equity Risk at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to assess, value and manage the Equity and Equity Finance book of CIB, as well as play a role in valuation and reporting of other equity exposures across the wider Standard Bank Group.

The successful incumbent is required to play a key role in risk-assessing and mitigating, originating, managing and reporting Equity and Equity Finance transactions originated by the Structured Capital (SC) team, the Coverage team or Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team.

Key Outputs in this role: 

• Provide direct (specialist / professional) Equity Risk origination services at the customer interface to the Specialized Front Office and Originating team.
• Assessing or Preparing formal Equity  Applications:
• Building Risk partnership with relevant stakeholders and communication. 
• Providing independent Risk oversight in terms of carrying values of investments.
• Managing the Equity and Equity Finance portfolios over their respective tenors

Qualifications

• Degree in Commerce, Finance and/or Engineering 
• CFA / CA (SA) / CIMA, BSE Engineering (preferred)
• Other Preferred Accreditation : Credit / Risk Management Qualifications (FRM / PRM)
• 7 - 10 years in a Risk Management function - experience and application of extensive credit and/or equity risk management, preferably in a Corporate & Investment Banking or private equity environment
• 5 - 7 years in an Investment Banking function - experience working on structured transactions, mergers & acquisitions and/or project finance deals and investment vehicles
• 5 - 7 years in a Finance function - experience interpreting company financials (balance sheets, cash flow projections, etc. but with specific experience in mergers, valuation or higher risk transactions)

Additional Information

• Generating ideas
• Interpreting Data
• Detail-orientated
• Exploring Possibilities
• Providing Insights
• Seizing Opportunities
• Assertiveness / Resilience 
• Pursuing Goals
• Convincing and influencing People
• High regard for teamwork and collaboration

Technical Competencies:

• Capital Markets
• Company Valuations
• Fundamental Investment Analysis
• Credit and Risk identification and assessment
• Financial statement analysis including a strong emphasis on cash flow
• Working knowledge of legal issues around preference Shares, Dividends, Company and Shareholder issues