Financial Analyst / Corporate Lending

A dynamic and entrepreneurial financial services holding company with diverse investments in various debt capital and insurance-related businesses is seeking an energetic and proactive individual to join their fast-paced and exciting business. The suitable candidate will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives, executing growth plans and providing general oversight for three key divisions within the organisation. This is a permanent, full-time, hybrid position. The candidate can be based in either Cape Town or Johannesburg.

Responsibilities:

Primary

Broker Finance (division) A mezzanine credit fund that provides growth capital to various short term insurance intermediaries and

independent financial advisors.

Responsible for developing the strategy and driving growth within this business unit.
Responsible for building relationships in the short term broking and independent financial advisor space.
Responsible for executing debt transactions and driving the entire process (negotiation, execution, credit motivation and

administration)

Responsible for managing the operations team within this business unit and ensuring all administration is performed

adequately.

Working with the general management and board on capital raises and general treasury functions required within this

business unit.

Responsible for overall expansion of the business within its current markets (South Africa & Namibia) and its general

expansion into alternate territories.

Continuity Solutions (division) A Sell side advisory offering bespoke to short term insurance intermediaries and independent

financial advisors.

Responsible for developing the strategy (distribution, pricing, product offering) and driving growth within this business

unit.

Responsible for building relationships in the short term broking and independent financial advisor space.
Responsible for negotiating, executing and running the corporate finance process associated with this offering.
Responsible for the corporate finance and quantitative analysis on transactions.
Responsible for overall expansion of the business within its current markets (South Africa) and its general expansion into

alternate territories.

Responsible for managing and driving the alignment of Continuity Solutions and Broker Finance into one focused business

unit.

Specialised Credit Solutions (subsidiary)

Responsible for developing the strategy (distribution, pricing, product offering) and driving growth within this business

unit.

Responsible for working with the team on driving distribution of this product into the market.
Responsible for working with the operations team on managing existing clients and any ad-hoc requests that are

applicable.

Secondary

Responsible for building relationships within the general insurance industry (particularly in short term broking and independent

financial advisor sectors) and building the brand amongst the local market.

Assistance on certain expansion projects and running both the due diligence and viability analysis on these projects.

Requirements

Based in JHB or CPT
Person needs to be able to intermittently travel regionally to visit key clients and execute on certain transactions
Although company operates a very flexible work policy, Employee is required to be in the office 3 days per week
Minimum of 3 years experience in a banking, insurance or corporate finance
Strong written and verbal communication skills particularly in areas of negotiation
Ability to cope with urgent and sudden changes in workload
Self-motivated, energetic and proactive
Strong ability to work independently

The following elements are advantageous: