Afreximbank Associate Project Asset Based Finance PABF Cairo Egypt

Reference Number: JABLR022

Nature & Scope

Given the prominent role that the department is meant to play in enabling the Bank to advance its goals through various projects and initiatives embarked on in various member countries the department will require an Associate to:

• Provide an end to end business support to the PABF Department
• support and work with the PABF team to reduce time spent on less strategic and mundane business activities such as managing the Department’s Transaction pipeline client follow ups preliminary business reviews and transaction support etc

The role will ensure the PABF team focus on strategic and high value tasks for the department which will ultimately lead to the department accomplishing its goals and delivering project finance solutions to our clients in an efficient and effective manner.

Responsibilities:

1. Reviews and Analysis:

• Preliminary review of all financing and nonfinancing requests submitted by customers to ensure they meet the Bank’s eligibility criteria.

• Carry out initial and basic analysis by calculating relevant financial ratios including Leverage profitability efficiency and cover ratios. etc
• Assisting in evaluating the underlying financial assumptions of client’s proposal to ensure they are realistic and reliable.
• Analysing historical and projected financial statements.
• Preparing/Building and Validating Financial Models
• Working out pricing to ensure it meets the Bank’s stipulated hurdle rates as communicated periodically.
• Make business /commercial recommendations on proposals to the PABF team following preliminary review

• Provide analytical support in preparing the department’s budgets (revenues and expenses).

2. Reporting:

• Under the supervision of a designated PABF staff draft a preassessment memo as and when the need arises.
• Develop and draft term sheets for straight forward transactions in line with customer’s request and the Bank’s products.
• Track and manage PABF’s pipeline of transactions/ Deal register and develop analysis of the department’s transaction pipeline.
• Submission of departmental and status reports.
• Analyze and prepare relevant reports related to the department’s operations and business information from relevant business software (Salesforce Finacle etc) in a timely and efficient manner to support the decisionmaking process.

3. Business Development:

• Assist with the review developing and marketing of Business Materials to various target customers of the Bank
• Advising clients on presentation of their financing proposals and requests to ensure it conforms to the Bank’s requirements
• Participate in the preparation of annual business development plans for the department
• Undertaking desktop research into business models and new initiatives.
• Assist the PABF team with the due diligence selection process for transactions and support the officers from consultant engagement till the issuance of the final reports.

4. Administration:

• Following up on action tracking logs resulting from internal committee meetings external meetings and missions for which PABF actions are required.
• Manage the department’s Service Level Agreement (SLA) tracker.
• liaise with relevant departments in communicating queries and feedback to clients
• Supporting the PABF team with administrative services during meetings missions and conferences.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Business Administration Banking or Finance from a recognized University or a professional qualification in Banking or International Trade Finance
• Masters Degree or Professional qualification equivalent
• experience of at least 5 years with a similar organization(s) and familiarity with the major trade and project finance products to be offered to clients especially syndication cofinancing club deals correspondent banking products including letters of credit factoring forfaiting structured trade finance corporate finance risk participations projectrelated financing and considerable knowledge of how these works
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting
• Innovativeness resourcefulness and ability to learn quickly
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Working knowledge of one of the Bank’s other working languages (French Arabic Portuguese) will be an advantage
• Excellent computer skills especially in MS Word Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong knowledge of Financial Modelling and Financial Analysis
• Demonstrable organization and planning skills
• Ability to complete tasks to acceptable standards with minimal supervision
• Willingness to work hard and to devote extra time to complete the required tasks in a timely manner
• High level of integrity and confidentiality
• experience in marketing trade and project finance products
• Willingness to travel extensively and to work long hours where required in order to achieve the Bank's objectives

Contractual information:

• Permanent
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply

If you wish to apply for the position please send your CV to Jamie Adams at