Associate Banker, Transport Team recruitment
Role Overview
The Transport Team is a leading provider of finance for transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. It finances projects in both the private and public sectors in all areas of transport including roads, railways, airports and aviation, ports and shipping. It is active across all of the Bank's countries of operations.
An Associate Banker is sought, with a proven track record, to provide support and participate in transaction-related processes such as project preparation, appraisal and monitoring, under regular supervision from more senior bankers. The role can progress to more complex aspects of transaction processing, progressively gaining more responsibilities including directly liaising with clients and contributing to the structuring of transactions.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
Under supervision from more senior team members, the Associate Banker will be capable of working throughout the whole life cycle of projects. This will be accomplished through marketing, project screening, due diligence, structuring/preparation, approval, negotiation, and monitoring of projects.
The Associate Banker's responsibilities will include:
· Participating in the promotion of the Bank's activities and contributing to project identification, generation, reviewing and screening of investment proposals;
· Processing projects in accordance with the Bank's investment operation cycle: participating and assisting in financial, technical, legal and environmental due diligence, in particular, undertaking credit, financial and economic analysis, including production of cash flow projections and in-depth analysis of financial statements provided by clients; gathering required complementary data and information; contributing to preparation of project documentation; liaising with clients, government authorities, EBRD support units and other parties as required.
· Undertaking monitoring of existing Bank investments: monitoring of project implementation and operation, loan administration; preparation of monitoring reports based on meetings with clients, site visits, financial review, etc.
· Undertaking any other assignments that may be given by more senior staff, such as contributing to the preparation of briefs and strategy documents, marketing tasks, maintaining client relations.
Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
· Minimum 4 years' relevant commercial experience ofrelevant and commercial work experience (e.g. banking, finance, accounting, audit or project finance) gained from a major commercial/investment bank, equity fund, advisory services or corporate finance firm
· Strong analytical and financial background and be fully capable of working throughout the whole life of cycle of projects. A proven track record of transactions structuring is a pre-requisite.
· Experience and aptitude for effective client relationships and policy dialogue is required.
· Accountancy and Credit Analysis Skills: ability to interpret accounts, good understanding of accounting principles and practice of credit analysis
· Financial Analysis Skills: ability to design financial models and to participate in the financial engineering and structuring of investment projects
· Analytical Skills: ability to analyse macro-economic situation, sector and market trends, legal framework, other background information, report writing skills
· Sound understanding of business principles
· Good relevant degree from a leading university in the country of education (e.g. business administration, economics, finance)
· Computer Literacy: excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and spreadsheet packages including financial analysis models
· Very good written and oral communication skills in English
Desirable
· Prior working experience in emerging markets including Central/Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Balkans and Asia or Mongolia and knowledge of the business environment is desirable.
· Exposure to the infrastructure sector, in particular transport infrastructure, is not essential but would be an advantage.
· Fluency in one or more languages of our countries of operation and/or a major international language would be beneficial.
Competencies and Personal Attributes
- Integrity and Team Working - Ability to operate consistently within business guidelines and ethics and work sensitively in multicultural environments, building effective working relations with clients and colleagues to deliver the objectives of the team and the wider Bank.
- Planning Organising - Self-motivated, ability to work to and meet tight deadlines and to plan and organise work unsupervised in a logical and efficient manner.
- Communication Skills - Ability to communicate appropriate, concise and accurate information in verbal and written formats, appropriate to the audience at the time and confidence in handling senior clients (CEO/CFO) and local officials of government and regulatory bodies.
- Analysis and Problem Solving - The ability to tackle issues and problems in a logical and practical manner.
- Flexible in working hours and willingness to travel to and work in EBRD countries of operation.
This job description is not limited to the responsibilities listed and the incumbent may be requested to perform other relevant duties as required by business needs.