Transaction Manager Company Name Rand Merchant Bank at Rand Merchant Bank

• Stakeholder relationship management:
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders’ requirements are delivered
• Preserves relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
• Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
• Act speedily to resolve problems, queries and complaints
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
• Management of IBD deals:
• Read and understand legal agreements in the Structured and International Finance team in order to draw up an amortisation schedule and accurately book deals on appropriate systems Ensure all legal requirements are fulfilled before draw-down can occur
• Ensure all ongoing deal management tasks are performed in line with the legal agreements
• Respond to queries from internal and external stakeholders
• Continually look for ways to enhance efficiencies
• Ensure proper handover processes to the Operations Team are adhered to in order to ensure seamless execution of deals
• Mitigation of operational risk:
• Adhere to policies and procedures
• Use discretion and informed judgment to anticipate and interpret potential risk issues
• Remain abreast of regulatory and process changes, and communicate any specific training requirement
• In conjunction with Operational Risk Manager, identify trends and themes for rehabilitative action
• Ad hoc project management:
• Participate in ad hoc projects as required
• Teamwork, self-management and alignment with group values:
• Self-management:
• Demonstrates pride in the organisation’s brand, services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
• Plan and manage own workflow, anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time-frames and according to quality standards
• Stay relevant and up-to-date with legislations and new development
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
• Take ownership of personal career development, leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Act in an ethical, transparent and morally defensible manner, including highlighting unethical practices
• Teamwork:
• Continually share, debate and communicate learning’s
• Flag and debate issues constructively
• Contribute to a friendly, co-operative climate in working with others to achieve collective goals
• Be sensitive to others feelings, needs, values, views and attitudes and be courteous and diplomatic when dealing with difficulties and problems others may be experiencing (EQ).

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Relevant Degree
• Finance Honours Degree with Articles Preferred
• 2 Years CIB Banking experience advantageous