Key Requirements

• 9–12 years of overall professional experience within the banking or financial services sector, with strong exposure to corporate financing, lending solutions, and supporting businesses with their funding requirements.
• Proven experience assessing financing requirements across monthly, quarterly, and annual business periods and translating those requirements into appropriate financing strategies and solutions.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and engaging with banking financial institutions, lenders, investors, and other relevant funding sources to secure suitable financing arrangements.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance principles, financing structures, lending requirements, financial documentation, and the processes involved in securing funding for business operations and growth.
• Proven ability to prepare detailed financing proposals, supporting documentation, financial information, and presentations required by financial institutions and potential funding partners.
• Experience working directly with high-net-worth individuals, corporate clients, senior stakeholders, financial institutions, and other key business partners in a professional and commercially focused environment.
• Strong ability to understand business requirements, analyse financial needs, identify potential challenges, and recommend appropriate financing solutions that support operational and strategic objectives.
• A strong customer-focused approach with the ability to build and maintain professional relationships while proactively addressing financing requirements and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to work under pressure, demonstrate resilience when pursuing financing opportunities, and remain persistent throughout potentially complex or lengthy financing processes.
• Strong understanding of business processes and financial operations, with the ability to evaluate requirements and identify opportunities to improve financing approaches and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the organisation’s financing requirements on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, taking into consideration operational requirements, cash flow needs, business objectives, and planned growth.
• Identify suitable sources of financing through banking financial institutions, lenders, investors, and other relevant funding partners to meet the organisation’s short-term and long-term financing requirements.
• Develop, prepare, and coordinate financing proposals, supporting documentation, presentations, financial information, and other materials required to initiate and progress financing opportunities.
• Arrange and participate in meetings with financial institutions, lenders, investors, and other stakeholders, ensuring that financing requirements and business objectives are clearly communicated.
• Manage the financing process from initial assessment and identification of potential funding sources through to negotiations, approvals, documentation, and finalisation of financing arrangements.
• Ensure that all requirements and conditions set by financiers, lenders, and investors are fully understood, addressed, and complied with throughout the financing process.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with banking institutions, financial partners, investors, and internal stakeholders to support ongoing access to appropriate financing solutions.
• Analyse business requirements, financial processes, and financing objectives in order to identify potential gaps, recommend improvements, and support the development of effective financing solutions.
• Monitor financing activities and maintain accurate records of proposals, discussions, documentation, approvals, and ongoing requirements to ensure that financing processes remain organised and effectively managed.
• Provide relevant financial and financing information to management and other stakeholders to support informed business planning, financial decision-making, and strategic discussions.
• Proactively identify potential financing challenges and work with relevant stakeholders to develop practical solutions that support the organisation’s financial and operational requirements.
• Perform other finance-related duties and responsibilities as required, while maintaining a high level of accuracy, professionalism, confidentiality, and integrity.

Key Skills

• Strong corporate finance and financial analysis skills, with the ability to understand business funding requirements and develop appropriate financing approaches.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, particularly when dealing with financial institutions, lenders, investors, senior management, and high-net-worth individuals.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate financing proposals confidently and work towards suitable commercial outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to prepare professional documentation and clearly communicate complex financial information.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to assess financial requirements, identify risks, and develop practical financing solutions.
• Strong customer-service and business-partnering skills, with a proactive approach to understanding stakeholder requirements and delivering effective solutions.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple financing requirements, deadlines, meetings, and documentation simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when reviewing financial information, preparing financing documentation, and ensuring compliance with lender requirements.
• Strong resilience and persistence, particularly when managing lengthy financing processes, negotiating with stakeholders, and following up on outstanding requirements.
• Good understanding of financial processes, lending structures, corporate funding mechanisms, and the requirements commonly applied by banking and financial institutions.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand how financing decisions can affect business operations, cash flow, profitability, and strategic objectives.
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, professionalism, and ethical conduct when handling sensitive financial and business information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking, Business Management, Economics, or a closely related field.
• An equivalent recognised qualification in finance, accounting, banking, or a related discipline may also be considered where supported by substantial relevant professional experience.
• Professional qualifications or additional certifications in finance, banking, accounting, corporate finance, or financial management would be advantageous.
• Relevant training or professional development in corporate lending, financial analysis, investment, financing structures, or relationship management would be beneficial.
• Strong practical knowledge of banking and corporate financing gained through substantial professional experience within the financial services or banking environment.
• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at different levels of seniority.

How to Apply

Apply using the following link: https://www.recruitmentmattersafrica.com/careers/?job_id=z5G7h3l6a1kMvyS65NP3c4PWFaSYNglYyQQolHLG_KU=