Associate: Corporate Finance

**Job Purpose**
- To develop financial valuation models to enable clients to make optimal investment decisions; and support the team by providing requisite documentation for proposals; transactions and implementations thereby assisting the business in revenue generation.

**Responsibilities**:

- Build and maintain professional relationships with external clients by understanding their needs through the analysis and research process and responding to their queries promptly.
- Establish and maintain trusting working relationships with Cluster and team to enable smooth flow of work through being active member of the team (eg: providing any information as may be required).
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with vendors eg: Bloomberg; INET etc through interaction with them on an ad hoc basis.
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (eg: staff surveys etc).
- Ensure continuous improvement of service delivery by keeping abreast of latest trends and developments in the market.
- Support corporate responsibility by participating in corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (eg:. Green Strategy).Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
- Contribute to making Nedbank a great place to work by living the Deep Green values.
- Ensure that work is completed according to plan and expectations by executing duties / tasks / instructions / responsibilities within internal and external guidelines and regulatory / compliance / governance requirements.
- Ensure that resources (eg: own time) are utilised effectively to produce balanced output by effective time management and communication.
- Manage reputational risks by complying with industry regulations; other legislation ( in particular FICA sanctions screening; NDA processes) and acting professionally at all times.
- Solve various problems (eg: client and Nedbank problems) by providing quality advice and recommendations; documenting them into internal and external reports and requisite documentation pertaining to proposals; transactions and implementations.Implement/co-implement transactions or components of transactions by coordinating legal input and requisite transaction administration; and by diligently following due processes and procedures.
- Provide support activities to the team to generate revenue by designing; developing; testing; updating and maintaining financial valuation models of varying degrees and conducting research and analysis into market trends; targeted clients and sector analysis; as well as latest tax; JSE regulation and other legislation.
- Ensure that delivery timeframes are met through being proactive; effective communication and proper time management.
- Ensure that mandates; assignments and pitches are implemented and that feedback is obtained from principals and clients by assisting in the implementation thereof.
- Achieve financial results in line with that of the Corporate Finance team by through performance of daily tasks.
- Ensure Nedbank gets its dues by collecting outstanding debtors
- Ensure that business results are met by assisting in the development of proposals and implementation of transactions.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned.Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
- Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction to contribute to intellectual capital development in the team.
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Preferred Qualification- Post Graduate Qualification / CA (SA) / CFA / Bcomm. LLB. / BSc. Engineering / Actuarial Science- Minimum Experience Level- 3-5 years relevant experience**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Business terms and definitions
- Business writing
- Communication Strategies
- Data analysis
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Industry trends
- Microsoft Office
- Principles of project management
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Decision-making process
- Behavioural Competencies- Continuous Learning
- Stress Tolerance
- Work Standards
- Managing Work
- Quality Orientation
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

**Employment Equity Statement**
- Preference will be given to individuals from underrepresented groups.- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_