Investment Officer X2 - Midrand, South Africa - DBSA
Description
The Investment Officer is responsible for executing the strategic objectives of the business in collaboration with the Transacting Head whilst being accountable to move investment opportunities / projects (provided by the Coverage Team) from early review to bankability.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct Transaction Assessment and meets DBSA's Mandate
- Evaluate the feasibility of investment opportunities / project transactions with a view ensuring that they are commercially sound prospects for debt financing and developmentally impactful aligned to the DBSA's strategy and mandate.
- Make transactions bankable by identifying and mitigating key risk issues by working closely with Investment Support Team (Sector Specialists, Country Risk Specialists, Financial Analysts, etc.)
- Provide input into early review proposals and documentation in the agreed format.
Execute Transactions & Drive the Credit Approval Process to ensure best class output
In liaison with the Head:
Transacting structure and negotiate the detailed terms of the deal / transaction with Treasury, Legal, and Loan Administration Teams to drive the approval of transactions.
- Close deal / transactions by obtaining the relevant internal approvals for the transactions and leading or actively participating in the successful conclusion of negotiations.
- Actively manage the transaction unit to drive the credit approval process in its entirety from early review to the relevant approval committees.
- Ensure proposals submitted to these committees are well structured and documented for effective decision making.
- Implement transactions by facilitating the preparation or managing the preparation of complex multiple jurisdiction documents and compliance with all required procedures, laws and regulations.
In liaison with the Head:
Transacting resolve any potential constraints in the lending value chain.
- Manage all risk aspects of the State Own Entities (SOE) and Sovereigns related financing delivery function, in terms of ensuring appropriate structuring of investment risks and on-going mitigations of operations-related risks.
- Ensure sound financial capital management through assuming responsibility for stewardship over the capital under management, and as well as efficient utilisation of financial resources.
- Ensure the capturing of learning opportunities post transaction conclusion for continuous improvement and ensuring successful delivery of deals.
Monitor Client Performance
- Record and continuously monitor State Own Entities (SOE) and Sovereigns performance i.e. revenues
Key Measures
- Revenue performance in terms of Interest Income and/or Fees generated.
Delivery on the agreed Operations Mandate; these include:
a. Growth rate in assets of loan book;
b. Annual disbursements, commitments and approvals;
c. Quality of loan book;
d. % of loan book in priority geographies and sectors;
e. Number of new clients;
f. Number of potential deals worked on
- Management of Client Relationships and key Stakeholders.
Key Internal Liaison Relationships
- Executives - CIO, Coverage, Transacting, Project Preparation, Treasury
- DBSA Committees, e.g. Deal screen, Investment Committee, Asset/Liability Committee
- Management and staff - Risk, Project Preparation, Transacting ,Treasury, Finance, Financing Operations, Investment Support
Key External Liaison Relationships
- Government entities - National, Provincial, Local, Sovereigns
- Investment partners - commercial, DFIs
- Service providers - e.g. EPCs, advisors, O&Ms
Expertise & Technical Competencies:
Minimum Requirements
A Bachelor's degree i.e. Finance, Business, Accounting, or Economics; Science; Mathematics; Statistics and Engineering
2-5 years' experience in appraising, negotiating and closing Project Finance, Corporate Finance, or Structured Finance transactions in a financial institution;
Experience in securing infrastructure investment deals in relevant sectors/geographies in Africa.
Experience in initiating and developing new business strategies and opportunities to create a pipeline of development impact projects ensuring deal flow and bankability.
Good networks and relations with clients, particularly State Own Entities (SOE) and Sovereigns, and stakeholders/partners e.g., local, regional, and global private investors and banks in order to identify and source viable projects/investments.
Experience in using Financial models;
Comprehensive knowledge of the complex financial and regulatory environments in Africa.
In depth knowledge and understanding of infrastructure market, financial markets and the macro landscape.
Demonstrabl
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