Senior Associate: Development Debt Small - Sandton, South Africa - Secondments Recruitment

Thabo Mthembu

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Job Advert Summary:

To ensuring the correct and timeous implementation of approved transactions and the
management of business partners with the view of enhancing portfolio management by
focusing on support, value add and growth and optimizing cashflow collection and protection
of company's interests.


Minimum Requirements:


QUALIFICATIONS:
(Formal qualifications)

CA (SA) or BCom Accounting with post graduate degree e.g. BCompt (Honours)

BEng / BSc or similar qualification with Honours / post-graduate degree

  • Postgraduate qualification such as MBA/MBL will be added advantage.
  • Project Management Professional qualification (PMP).
Formal qualifications, knowledge, type and length of experience and skills required to
perform the job competently)

monitoring / portfolio management or evidencing experience in managing key aspects of
business partner relationships by considering risks, mitigants and protecting financial
interests.

  • Experience and knowledge in the portfolio management, restructurings, Due Diligence,
draw downs and exit processes.

  • Accounting / relevant IFRS9, financial modelling and analysis experience will be an added
advantageous

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
1 Portfolio Management
2 Customer Insight & Focus
3 Formulation of Strategies & Concepts
4 Stakeholder Management
5 Financial modelling
6 Business/Commercial Acumen
7 Report writing skills
8 Value Creation Planning
9 Problem Solving
10 Analytical & Diagnostic Skills
11 Project Management Skills
12 Consulting Skills
13 Report writing skills

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
1 Negotiating & Influencing
2 Credible Activist
3 Deciding and Initiating.
4 Planning & Organizing
5 Coaching and mentoring
6 Presentation and communication skills
7 Negotiating & Influencing
8 Coping with Pressures and Setbacks


Duties and Responsibilities:


MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The main duties of this role will include, but will not be limited to:

  • Post investment and portfolio monitoring and management of allocated portfolio of
complex, technical and/or high value listed business partners

  • Periodically conduct large investments and impairment reviews in accordance with the
approved company guidelines and policies on allocated portfolio of complex, technical and

high value large business partners.

  • Conduct regular BP reviews, undertaking including client visits where feasible and
assigning of risk rating to business partners where applicable

  • Schedule performance feedback sessions with investee companies on a regular basis.
  • Identify Business Partners, where performance is not at the required level and develop
a framework to ensure personal visits occur and diagnostics are conducted to identify

areas requiring improvement and specialized assistance.

  • Ensure that monitoring and counselling services are provided on Value Creation
levers in accordance with the value creation levers in accordance with the Value

Creation Plans and that Business Partners meet the contractual and underwriting

obligations.

  • Collate and analyse business partner performance data to develop a highlevel value
creation plan, assess business partner performance relative to value creation plan and

identify when additional support is required

  • Identify strategic data to be collected from Business Partners to actively monitor and
evaluate the implementation of such strategic initiatives.

  • To provide continuous technical guidance to fellow team members in all key areas of
their responsibilities.

  • To ensure that all necessary amendments and approvals required during the life span
of the business partner are adequately executed and ensuring that the BP meets

contractual obligations and follows up if Business partners are in breach

  • Assist the Manager in other duties related to the department
  • To ensure that all exit processes and other calculations on allocated portfolio of
business partners are properly executed, working closely with Corporate Treasury and

Financial Management Depts.

  • To monitor and timeously report on undrawn facilities on the allocated portfolio of
business partners (where applicable), including the collection of data that is to be

captured by the back office

  • To promptly monitor all payments due to company including interest, capital, dividends,
fees etc. on allocated portfolio of business partners.

  • To analyse financial information from allocated large business partners on a regular
basis and assess the need for initiating intervention based on the analysis.

  • Working closely with large business partners in identify areas for growth and value
creation and monitoring the implementation of the value creation strategy of the

investee companies.

  • To work closely with the boards and management teams of the investee companies to
ensure that the business partners under management are profitable.

  • Work closely with other members of the company team to ensure that the investee
companies under management achieve their stated target

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