Investment Banking Associate

at  Workforce Group

JOB DESCRIPTION/REQUIREMENTS

Job Title: Investment Banking Associate
Location: Lagos
Work mode: Hybrid
Annual Salary: Attractive
About hiring company:
Our client is a leading independent, multi-asset investment management firm offering an assortment of financial services to a diverse institutional, high net worth and retail clientele base. The company’s business is conducted across six divisions – Investment Banking, Asset Management, Securities Trading, Trust Services, Registrar Services and Financing.
Job Objective:
To provide experienced support to the Team Leads of the different IB areas to achieve set goals

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Build and review robust financial models
• Perform and review valuation analysis for various sectors
• Prepare marketing and statutory transaction documents including information memoranda, teasers, prospectuses, scheme documents among others
• Prepare client presentations and pitch books
• Lead day-to-day responsibilities with respect to transaction execution throughout the deal life cycle and liaising with external and internal parties to deal with day-to-day execution issues
• Lead and manage liaison with regulatory authorities including the Securities & Exchange Commission, FMDQ, FCCPC and other relevant regulatory authorities on advisory and capital raising transactions as applicable
• Supervise and mentor Analysts within the team
• Assist Senior team members with marketing and deal origination initiatives
• Develop relationships with new and existing clients in order to expand the business
• Keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect various industries, as well as monitor the economy to originate new mandates
• Manage other activities as delegated by Manager

Knowledge

Education

• First degree in a Finance, Accounting, or Economics related coursePost Graduate Degree or MBA is an added advantage

Experience

• NYSC Completed

• Minimum of 5 years of Corporate Finance experience in a reputable Investment bank or top tier consulting firmKnowledge, Skills and Attitudinal Requirements

Strong Financial Modelling skills

• LicenceSEC Sponsored Individual will be an added advantage

• Certification
  Relevant professional qualifications (or ongoing certification program) such as ACA, ACCA, CFA will be an added advantage
  Skills

These are the skills required to enable this individual excel in this role Skills Level

• Ability to organize and track overlapping tasks and assignments, with frequent priority changes
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Impeccable research, quantitative and analytical skills, especially in explaining market events
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision
• Problem solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Networking skills

• Good Interpersonal skillsClient Management

Attitudes

• This involves the attitude, behaviour and values the employee is expected to possess
• Adherence to company culture
• Respectful communication
• Confidentiality
• Attention to details

• ResilienceSelf-starter and able to work with minimum supervision

Definition of Skill levels

• Quality and timeframe utilized to build and review comprehensive financial models
• Quality of valuation reports prepared and reviewed
• Quality and turnaround time for preparing and reviewing client presentations, pitch books and marketing documentation
• Error rate during team lead level reviews of quantitative and qualitative outputs
• Quality of mentoring offered to analyst pool evidenced by their outputs over 6 monthly cycles
• Demonstration of top-notch analytical thought process evidenced by the quality of outputs and decisions made in the course of transaction execution
• Proactiveness in engendering origination initiatives through market scanning and close review of market trends

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Build and review robust financial models
• Perform and review valuation analysis for various sectors
• Prepare marketing and statutory transaction documents including information memoranda, teasers, prospectuses, scheme documents among others
• Prepare client presentations and pitch books
• Lead day-to-day responsibilities with respect to transaction execution throughout the deal life cycle and liaising with external and internal parties to deal with day-to-day execution issues
• Lead and manage liaison with regulatory authorities including the Securities & Exchange Commission, FMDQ, FCCPC and other relevant regulatory authorities on advisory and capital raising transactions as applicable
• Supervise and mentor Analysts within the team
• Assist Senior team members with marketing and deal origination initiatives
• Develop relationships with new and existing clients in order to expand the business
• Keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect various industries, as well as monitor the economy to originate new mandates
• Manage other activities as delegated by Manage

These are the skills required to enable this individual excel in this role Skills Level

• Ability to organize and track overlapping tasks and assignments, with frequent priority changes
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Impeccable research, quantitative and analytical skills, especially in explaining market events
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision
• Problem solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Networking skills
• Good Interpersonal skillsClient Managemen