Head: Agency

1 month ago


Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary
- A solid understanding of Corporate Investment Products in the various sectors
- 10 years of experience within Investment Banking
- A solid understanding of loan documents is preferred.
- Experience in Team Management
- Post graduate degree in Finance

**Job Description**:
Responsibility for managing a portfolio of Pan Africa clients in Corporate Investment Banking ,

co-ordinate the end-to-end deal life cycle of syndicated Investment Banking originated products, as well as any third party, originated transactions to which Agency has been assigned as the Facility Agent, focusing on facility origination post financial close, ongoing facility management in terms of the underlying legal agreements and document management on the bank’s syndication platform

The key responsibilities are as follows:

- Revenue Strategy
- Align and drive implementation of the business strategy
- Understand financial and economic concepts/drivers that impacts business performance
- Formulate and implement strategies to gain competitive advantage
- Utilise digital technologies effectively to enhance business performance
- Drive suitable innovative solutions to difficult and complex problems using robust and creative methods
- Accountable for establishing high performance team and developing a culture of continuous improvement
- Responsible for placing the client at the heart of the operating model, ensuring that only value add services are provided
- Responsible for the achievement of the Agency revenue target and effective cost managment
- Deal Team Management
- Deals originated are managed effectively within operating capabilities in line with legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. With maximum use of loan system.
- Agency fees invoiced and recovered for the full portfolio managed.
- Number of findings reported via the governance process review on deals managed that is not in line with the operating model.
- Number of Operational Risk Incidences reported on deals managed.
- Successful maintenance of relationships with all key stakeholders, keeping the client at the heart of everything we do.
- Ensure robust facility documentation process
- Effective covenant monitoring
- Efficient processing for waivers and amendments
- Efficient secondary transfer process
- Continually growing the team and improving overall performance.
- Risk Management and Compliance
- Maintain a good knowledge of relevant legislation, governance, regulation, risk management practices
- Good knowledge of risk concepts
- Ability to review and suggest changes or improvement of the effectiveness of the risk strategy control requirements and risk management frameworks that have been designed for the area.
- Promote the importance of compliance in the team and ensure the teams comply and adhere to all audit and compliance requirements
- Ensure Operations Governance framework is documented, negotiated and implemented with relevant stakeholders
- Represent IBD at Operation Risk forum, and take responsibility for the execution of risk policies
- Establish a, in conjunction with the IBD COO and Risk Manager, suitable principles for the setting of operation mandates for transaction processing
- Adhere to Absa frameworks, policies and procedures applicable in the role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management, and when required highlight breaches and request dispensations & waivers on a timely basis
- Green Audits
- Internal, External and Regulatory-ensure timeous close out of observations and continuous embedment of corrective actions
- People & Culture
- Lead, develop and motivate the Operations team, including responsibility for performance management, development, under-performance, training, assuming reward and recognition, grievance cases and discipline
- Appropriately resource the team to execute on the strategy by recruiting and attracting talent to the organisation
- Provide ongoing leadership to the immediate team that report into you ensuring the team are aligned to the deliverables and managing performance against the strategy and objectives.
- Provide clear leadership and direction to the SA and ARO value chain stakeholders to achieve optimal performance in Operations
- Continuously up-skill colleagues upon their knowledge of Debt/STCF Products including knowledge of related processes, procedures, legal, credit, compliance and external market knowledge
- Establish and maintain a succession plan for the key roles in the team and ensure they are in place by collaborating with HR
- Monitor compliance training is undertaken by team members and ensure that they complete the required tra


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