Analyst: Corporate Finance at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To develop financial valuation models to enable clients to make optimal investment decisions; and support the team by providing requisite documentation for proposals; transactions and implementations thereby assisting the business in revenue generation.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain professional relationships with external clients by understanding their needs through the analysis and research process and responding to their queries promptly.
• Establish and maintain trusting working relationships with Cluster and team to enable smooth flow of work through being active member of the team (eg: providing any information as may be required).
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with vendors eg: Bloomberg; INET etc through interaction with them on an ad hoc basis.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (eg: staff surveys etc).
• Ensure continuous improvement of service delivery by keeping abreast of latest trends and developments in the market.
• Support corporate responsibility by participating in corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (eg: . Green Strategy).Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
• Contribute to making Nedbank a great place to work by living the Deep Green values.
• Ensure that work is completed according to plan and expectations by executing duties / tasks / instructions / responsibilities within internal and external guidelines and regulatory / compliance / governance requirements.
• Ensure that resources (eg: own time) are utilised effectively to produce balanced output by effective time management and communication.
• Manage reputational risks by complying with industry regulations; other legislation ( in particular FICA sanctions screening; NDA processes) and acting professionally at all times.
• Solve various problems (eg: client and Nedbank problems) by providing quality advice and recommendations; documenting them into internal and external reports and requisite documentation pertaining to proposals; transactions and implementations.Implement/co-implement transactions or components of transactions by coordinating legal input and requisite transaction administration; and by diligently following due processes and procedures.
• Provide support activities to the team to generate revenue by designing; developing; testing; updating and maintaining financial valuation models of varying degrees and conducting research and analysis into market trends; targeted clients and sector analysis; as well as latest tax; JSE regulation and other legislation.
• Ensure that delivery timeframes are met through being proactive; effective communication and proper time management.
• Ensure that mandates; assignments and pitches are implemented and that feedback is obtained from principals and clients by assisting in the implementation thereof.
• Achieve financial results in line with that of the Corporate Finance team by through performance of daily tasks.
• Ensure Nedbank gets its dues by collecting outstanding debtors
• Ensure that business results are met by assisting in the development of proposals and implementation of transactions.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned.Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction to contribute to intellectual capital development in the team.
   

People Specification

• Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Post Graduate Qualification / CA (SA) / CFA / Bcomm. LLB. / BSc. Engineering / Actuarial Science

Essential Certifications
Preferred Certifications

• Type of Exposure
• Completed Reports and Achieved Budgets
• Established regulatory monitoring)
• Managed Internal Processes
• Managed Governance
• Managed Relationships
• Managed Self
• Managed client relationships
• Monitored compliance risks
• Prevented Compliance Breaches
• Provided operational support for Governance, Compliance and risk based assurance

Minimum Experience Level

• 0 - 2 years� relevant experience
• Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Business terms and definitions
• Business writing
• Communication Strategies
• Data analysis
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Industry trends
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of project management
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Decision-making process

Behavioural Competencies

• Continuous Learning
• Stress Tolerance
• Work Standards
• Managing Work
• Quality Orientation
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills