Transactor: LCMS at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Are you someone who can: 

Work with IBD Business Units to

• Win mandates for multi lender deals
• provide market and investor knowledge to support underwriting decisions, and
• Ensure that underwritten transactions are timeously placed in the market at or better than underwritten spreads.
• Implement strategies to originate and execute transactions for new clients to the bank (business development) and then fully execute those strategies, including the management of market risk, whether underwritten or best efforts.
• Manage interbank and investor relationships.  Engage investors in the capacity of bookrunner / coordinator for primary syndications or alternatively in secondary sales.
• Formulate, propose and provide tailored and innovative financing risk management solutions to clients including the preparation of informative, influential and insightful marketing presentations and pitches.
• Collaborate and partner with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure the LCMS team successfully maintains and builds relationships with clients, investors and other steakeholders.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have a strong understanding of the loan and capital markets, including a detailed and wide ranging understanding of trends in the global and local lending and credit markets.
• Excellent selling, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Proven track record in originating and/or distributing debt in teh capital markets.
• Have a [graduate degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics]
• Have 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar environment, of which 1 to 2 years ideally at junior specialist level

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to collaborate across the investment bank and externally in the wider loans market both in South Africa and the International Market.
• To be part of a growing and dynamic team working on a broad range of transactions across South Africa and Broader Africa.
• Opportunities to work closely with senior stakeholders across the bank on the origination, execution and distribution of deals to the loan market.

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 manage deals autonomously, whilst also working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.
• Obsessed with attention to detail and mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• A strong team player  - collaborative and supportive of colleagues – working together to achive optimal outcomes for clients.