Senior Associate: Property Partners - Cape Town at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To conceptualise, identify, develop, execute, implement and manage profitable complex Structured Finance solutions with targeted clients of the bank related to mezzanine lending and equity commercial property transactions; in line with Nedbank business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Achieve sustainable financial results set by management by assisting Principals in securing; equity investments and mezzanine funding opportunities, in the real estate sector, which contribute to improved client service.
• Deal structuring; origination; implementation; and monitoring of deals; taking corrective action when required; by assisting in compiling and pitching presentations to prospective clients; compiling investment papers for presentation to Investment Committee for new and existing deals and assisting Property Finance, Finance, Legal and other stakeholders on the implementation of deals.
• Cross-sell other products offered by Nedbank by keeping abreast of Nedbank's offerings in terms of quality; cost; business expectations and compliance
• Appropriate ongoing deal management and disposal of asset at optimal time to preserve returns (may include representing the bank on various board of directors)
• Effective execution of transactions; complying with risk standards; monitoring and taking corrective action when required by modelling; researching; analysing investment proposals and executing legal agreements. Improve deal origination by providing multidisciplinary solutions; identifying and resolving work problems and delivering the required output to clients; and refining and enhancing coverage.
• Ensure deals are implemented appropriately; and adhere to policies; procedures and regulatory requirements by developing; maintaining; and running risk and pricing models.
• Develop collaborative client and internal relationships by providing high quality advice; execution; and delivery on new and existing transactions meeting business needs.
• Meet and exceed client needs constantly by maintaining open channels of communication with internal stakeholders and ensuring smooth workflow.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate.
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.. Green Strategy).
• Ensure the SPV's with which we are involved in comply with the legislature in so far as the company secretary and accounting practices are concerned.
• Undertake quarterly reviews of each investment, updating the committee on progress and highlighting identified risks.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Post-graduate degree in Finance/Accounting/Property Studies/Quantity Survey or similar

Preferred Certification

• Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or QA(SA)

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 to 8 years experience in Real Estate Equity and/or Mezzanine Finance or Property fund and/or Property development environment.
• 5 to 8 years deal structuring experience in property finance or development environment

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Business Acumen
• Business principles
• Business writing
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of financial management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Research methodology
• Relevant product knowledge

Type of Exposure

• Developing ways to minimize risks
• Managing conflict situations
• Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas
• Sharing information in different ways to increase stakeholders understanding
• Brainstorming ways of improving a product or situation
• Challenging the status quo with a view to improving the environment or peoples understanding
• Comparing two or more sets of information
• Working with a group to identify alternative solutions to a problem Interacting with diverse people
• Analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data

Behavioural Competencies

• Applied Learning
• Influencing
• Communication
• Collaborating
• Building partnerships
• Managing Work
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills