Head Of Corporate Finance

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

The role of the position holder will be to participate in drawing up annual business development plans in trade and corporate finance and to implement these plans with support from the Head of Trade Finance.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

The role of the position holder will be to participate in drawing up annual business development plans in trade and corporate finance and to implement these plans with support from the Head of Trade Finance.

• Originating and completing trade finance transactions across a spectrum of sectors in different countries in liaison with the branch teams and with support from the Head of Trade Finance;
  

1. Factoring;
   

2. Forfaiting;
   

3. Remittance-backed business;
   

4. Investment Banking etc.
   

• Developing, marketing and managing product programmes such as Africorrbanking and CONTOUR
  

• Design schemes and roadshows for establishing market presence with emphasis on broadening the geographic scope of the Bank’s activities;
  

• Manage given portfolios, from the process of origination, credit approval and contracting to ensure that the process is finalized within optimal time;
  

• Supporting the credit department with information to facilitate the credit process and the legal department in the facilitation of transaction documentation;
  

• In line with the above, liaise with the Banking Operations department to ensure that once approval is got, disbursement is done within the required timelines and that the portfolio is managed according to the terms of the agreement and to the client’s satisfaction, until expiry of the same;
  

• Establishing ties with market participants including international banks, African financial institutions, (trade finance intermediaries), corporates and commodity boards and organizations;
  

• Any other duties as may be assigned by senior management.