Executive Assistant: Corporate Finance

Job Description

Hello Future Executive Assistant,

RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.

United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it's the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.

Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa's number one employer in Financial Services for 2023, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.

Are You Someone Who Can: do the following:

• Stakeholder relationship management:

• Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to listen, advise, influence, negotiate and present at all levels

• Lead and facilitate difficult conflict situations into consensual agreements

• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions

• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences

• Find opportunities to leverage relationships and promote knowledge sharing, ideas and insights

Identification, planning, co-ordination and/or execution of strategic projects / initiatives:

• Assist with the development and roll-out of strategy and business plans

• Specific responsibility for CFD digitisation strategy

• Prepare for and facilitate workshops to develop strategies

• Action items and key issues requiring resolution; monitor to ensure actions are completed by the right people at the right time

• Assist the business to address strategic problems and answer strategic questions

• Monitor and adjust strategic frameworks as required

• Take responsibility for the end-to-end management of projects, setting out the scope of work, developing a project plan, project-managing internal and external resources and driving the initiative to completion

• Providing decision support through data gathering, information analysing and presenting considerations to relevant stakeholders

• Liaise with internal and external advisors and stakeholders on strategic projects; stakeholders include the CFD Exco and team leaders, IBD co-heads, IBD exco members CCG, ICG and SCG heads and relevant sector heads

• As required by specific projects, create governance structures and dashboard metrics to monitor progress against strategy and highlight initiatives / risks

Research, analysis and integration of proposed solutions:

• Conduct local and international research on corporate finance developments e.g. competitor analysis, sector research, etc.

• Benchmark research against peers and global best practice

• Cut to the core of a vast volume of information and prioritize what is relevant to understanding specific issues and trends in the broader environment; know who to contact for specific information

Administrative:

• Work with the PA's in CFD to schedule CFD Exco and other relevant meetings

• Project managing CFD Exco meeting preparation and creation of relevant meeting materials; capturing key output / next steps and tracking the completion of these

• Coordinating calendars

• Planning and executing CFD's business forum, strategy sessions and offsites

• Working with CFD PA's and other team members to plan weekends away and social events for CFD

• Coordination of CFD's contribution to the annual Conference including award nominations

• Assume overall responsibility for managing CFD's workbench data, working with the relevant team members in CFD

Co-ordination / execution of relevant reports, presentations, speeches and other written material:

• Handle documentation that requires the attention of the co-heads of CFD and prepare reports on various matters

• Write / co-ordinate strategy documents, presentation material, speeches, briefing documents, minutes of meetings, business emails, award submissions to various publications and other relevant documentation as required

• Monitor CFD market share in M&A, general corporate finance and equity capital markets with various providers

Operational and technical support:

• Keep the co-heads of CFD informed of various activities within and outside the Group

• Analyse, review and/or assist with issues of an operational or technical nature

• Follow-up on assignments / tasks delegated by the Head of IBD

You Will Be An Ideal Candidate If You:

• Relevant post-graduate degree with 3 -5 years' financial services, preferably banking experience

We Can Be a Match If You Are

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

You Will Have Access To:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate Challenging Working Opportunities to innovate

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now

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Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

30/10/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group's Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.