Agriculture Specialist

2 weeks ago

Centurion, South Africa Secondments Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
To provide expert agriculture industry economics support services across the company when requested with particular emphasis on where there are either skills / competency shortages or where potential investments are either highly complex or high value.

**Minimum Requirements**:
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience

Degree with Agriculture as base

Experience in Agricultural management and financial Extension Services - 5 years; or

Experience in Agricultural businesses, a Co-op, or similar organisations, focusing on farm related financing - 5 years

Critical Competencies

Microsoft Office

Knowledge / Experience of financial and business analytical principles, tools and systems

Farm Valuation Principles

Agricultural Economics

Risk Management Principles

Lending / Credit Assessment Principles

Financial and Business Acumen

Additional Requirements

Extended hours as and when required.

Travel as and when required

Knowledge/Experience of Agricultural Industry and commodities

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Key Performance Areas
1. Specialist inputs into business case viability

Provide expert agricultural support to the Bank to facilitate accurate and efficient structuring of appropriate financial solutions and feasible transactions.

Provide support in terms of the completion and submission of reports as and when requested ensuring a comprehensive assessment of potential business transactions, including

Viability/Feasibility of the Business Plan

Debt serviceability

Sustainability of the Farming operations

Risks, mitigations and opportunities identified

Recommendations

In collaboration with and support of other Bank divisions, conduct collateral management valuations in accordance with the relevant company policy and procedures.

Best practice approaches in terms of farming trends, potential income realisation and determine the production Margin of the farming enterprise in relation to available resources.

Analysis of the financial position (past, present and future) and compare to the projected income to determine the debt serviceability when requested. (Or the relevant assessment tool).

Evaluation of the financial position to determine solvency when requested.

2. Agricultural knowledge database and knowledge sharing

To undertake or provide support with the collection, process, and packaging of information in order to determine, amongst others, the following:
Market value of property

Production costs

Establishment costs

Profit margins

Produce prices

Market trends

Economic patterns

Potential of land

Ensure relevant and updated information for knowledge sharing as and when required

Contribute information to the national agricultural specialists’ database

To ensure knowledge transfer to the various Bank representatives in order to ensure skills transfer and empowerment in terms of technical context.

3. Customer and stakeholder relationship management

Build, foster and maintain consistent, effective and strong relationships with all stakeholders in order to strengthen relationships with the potential to secure new business opportunities for the bank.

Ensure that all stakeholders remain aware of the value of the company’s products, the processes and principles related to agricultural financing within the company environment.

Stay up to date with provincial initiatives and developments and further strengthen the relationship to assess further business opportunities to promote long term mutually beneficial relationships

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