Associate Banker

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Description

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The Associate Banker contributes to all phases of the project cycle, including project origination, structuring, execution, and implementation and monitoring. The Associate Banker will take responsibility for those tasks assigned to them by the operation leader, which may include undertaking comprehensive due diligence, including financial, market, integrity and EBRD policy compliance, as well as effective post-signing implementation and monitoring. The Associate Banker carries out these tasks as part of a project team under the guidance of an operation leader or under the supervision/guidance of more senior bankers or the team Director. The Associate Banker will have a particular focus on the Green aspects of the investment projects, including those related to ensuring alignment with the Paris Agreement objectives, and Climate Risk assessments. The Associate Banker role may also include elements of business/pipeline development, client management and policy dialogue. Part of the responsibilities will cover projects in francophone west Africa.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities 

Under the guidance of the operation leader or a more senior banker:

Structuring and Execution :

• •    Work as a project team member on transactions, contributing to all aspects of project structuring and execution, including working with client counterparts, consultants and other parties to progress the project;
• •    Participate in climate assessment including compliance with the Paris agreement alignment methodology, understanding of industry specific low carbon pathways, climate risk assessment
• •    Be the primary driver of the scope and quality of project due diligence, including financial, climate, market, integrity and EBRD policy compliance;
• •    Prepare internal project documentation, including approval project memoranda, financial models, draft term sheets, presentations, etc. as and when required;
• •    Take responsibility, as TC operation leader, to design and process technical co-operation assistance, ensuring that TC processing and approval fits with the approval schedule of any related investment project or the related policy dialogue initiative;
• •    Ensure that all tasks within his/her are completed within the specified time frames to a high standard and in line with the policies, procedures and objectives of the Bank.

Business Development :

• Assist, as required, with marketing and business development efforts.
• The responsibilities of the Associate Banker are designed to allow for the development of transaction expertise and expansion of responsibilities, leading to assuming the role of an operation leader on standard, non-complex transactions. In such cases, the Associate Banker’s accountabilities and responsibilities would be increased to undertake a role of an operation leader under the supervision/guidance of more senior bankers or the Team Director.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications : 

• •    Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in the areas of expertise.
• •    Professional qualification such as ACA, CFA, ACCA, or CIMA desirable.
• •    Relevant financial industry experience from an investment or commercial bank, private equity firm, asset management firm, or auditing/financial consulting firm operating to international standards.
• •    Strong quantitative/numerical skills are critical with the ability to interpret financial information and to design and use financial models.
• •    Credit analysis skills, with the ability to interpret accounts, understanding local and international accounting principles and practice of credit analysis.
• •    Understanding of physical and carbon transition climate risks, and Paris Agreement alignment/Net-zero methodologies (e.g. EU Taxonomy, Science-Based Target initiative)  
• •    Understanding of the technical and market decarbonisation challenges faced by Corporates in the Manufacturing and Services sectors is desirable
• •    Computer literacy, conversant with Microsoft Office and spreadsheet packages including financial analysis and modelling modules.
• •    Ability to work effectively as a team member and to deadlines and under time pressure.
• •    Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and French.
• •    Experience in SSA is desirable
• •    Knowledge of one other language (especially, Russian, Arabic, Turkish or German) is desirable.
• •    Exposure to the manufacturing and services sectors.
• •    Previous exposure or understanding of development finance architecture, including concessional/donor co-financing is desirable

Source :  https://jobs.ebrd.com/job/London-Associate-Banker,-Manufacturing-&-Services/1211372101/

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