KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Deal Execution: Work with Head of Advisory and the Managing Director, to execute debt capital markets, syndicated loans, and structured products transactions in Kenya and across the wider East African region.
Placements: Take a lead on placements of the transactions with various classes of investors including DFIs, Banks, Fund Managers, Insurance Companies, Private Equity amongst others.
- Partnership Management; In conjunction with the corporate banking team leverage off the bank’s customer base in order to originate debt capital markets mandates.
- Product Development: Develop innovative debt financing structures that are responsive to customers’ needs.
- New business: Onboarding new business to ensure growth & sustainability.
- Customer experience: Champion the delivery of consistent, seamless and trusted customer service to ensure customer retention and loyalty.
- People Management: Develop and grow a high functioning advisory team with deep capacity to execute debt capital markets, structured products, syndicated facilities as well as financial modelling skills.
- Stakeholder Management: Develop and manage the relationships with clients as well as the investing community.
Documentation and Compliance: Ensure that the transaction documentation meets all regulatory and compliance requirements.
Job Requirements:
- Academic & Professional
ParticularsDetailSpecific Field or QualificationNeed Type[1]Education Bachelors Degree
A university Degree
RQ
Professional QualificationICIFA/ CFA/CPARQ
Master’s DegreeA master’s degreeAA
- Experience
Experience in investment banking/Corporate Banking, Private Equity and or structured \corporate finance
Minimum 7 years’ experience
Detail
Minimum No of Years
Need Type[2]
Financial modelling5
ES
Credit Analysis/Quants5
ES
Debt /Equity/Structured products transaction structuring and execution3
ES
Project Finance Experience4
ES
[1] Need Types are: RQ = Required, AA = Added Advantage
[2] Need Types are: ES = Essential, DE = Desirable but not Essential
Skills Required
- Experience executing debt capital markets, syndicated loans, and structured products
- Proven track record placing transactions with DFIs, banks, fund managers, insurance companies, and private equity
- Origination skills leveraging corporate banking relationships to source mandates
- Product development experience designing debt financing structures
- Experience onboarding new business and driving growth
- Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills
- People management experience building and developing advisory teams
- Strong financial modelling skills
- Knowledge of transaction documentation, regulatory and compliance requirements
What We Do
KCB Group, is the largest financial services organization in East Africa in terms of asset size. The Group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi. In 2015, KCB Group opened a representative office in Ethiopia, expanding the growth of the organization. The Bank is over 124 years old having started in Mombasa in 1896. KCB Group has over 354 branches, 26,394 Agents/POS Merchants and 1,103 ATMs. The bank also offers Mobile Banking though the KCB App, Internet Banking and Diaspora Banking Services platform that can be accessed 24/7 basis. The Bank services over 26.8 million customers across the region. KCB Group is the largest financial services organization in East Africa, with an estimated asset base of approximately Ksh. 1.02 trillion as at the of end H1 2021.
