Deal Specialist at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Job Description

• To manage the on-boarding processes of a transaction and mitigate associated operational and financial reporting risks.
• 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
• Read and understand legal agreements in order to draw up an amortization 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
• Prepare the monthly accounting trial balance, monthly/quarterly investor reports and other relevant regulatory reports/returns within the required deadlines
• For FirstRand Group transactions, complete the monthly and interim/year-end reporting FAS pack reports in HFM within the required deadlines
• Continually look for ways to enhance efficiencies
• Ensure proper handover processes to the Operations Team are adhered to ensure seamless execution of deals
• 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
• Participate in ad hoc projects as required
• Demonstrates pride in the organization’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
• 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 other feelings, needs, values, views and attitudes and be courteous and diplomatic when dealing with difficulties and problems others may be experiencing (demonstrate EQ)

Qualification and Experience

• 2 + Years’ banking experience (accounting background required) 
• Relevant Accounting Degree 
• Additional Requirements  
• Regulatory changes 
• Anti-Money Laundering 
• FAIS 
• FICA 
• CA(SA) registration advantageous 
• Experience in Securitizations / Asset backed finance