Associate Banker

An international development bank is looking to hire a skilled finance professional with strong banking experience, particularly with hands-on involvement in debt or equity transactions, in an associate banker position.

The Associate Banker contributes to all phases of the project cycle, including project origination, structuring, execution, and implementation and monitoring. The Associate Banker will take responsibility for those tasks assigned to them by the operation leader, which may include undertaking comprehensive due diligence, including financial, market, integrity and policy compliance, as well as effective post-signing implementation and monitoring. The Associate Banker role may also include elements of business/pipeline development, client management and policy dialogue.

Job responsibilities:

• Structuring and Execution: Work as a project team member on transactions, contributing to all aspects of project structuring and execution, including working with client counterparts, consultants and other parties to progress the project.
• Portfolio Monitoring, Value Creation and Reporting: Take responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of all projects to which the Associate Banker is assigned, including compliance with project agreements and Bank procedures related to disbursement; monitoring of progress of the project implementation and financial performance of the client; assessing evolving risk factors and monitoring and assessing covenant compliance, in the case of more senior Associate’s they may become the OL for the project once it is in implementation and/or monitoring phase.
• Contribute as a project team member to the execution, implementation and monitoring of a number of projects each year.
• Work effectively as a project team member, including, where appropriate, reviewing and supervising the deliverables of more junior team members.
• The Associate Banker is expected to progress to the point of being able to assume the role of an operation leader for straightforward projects (this may involve assuming this role for monitoring responsibilities first), in which case their responsibilities will expand to include accountability for project development, execution, implementation and monitoring. A more senior banker will often be part of the project team to provide oversight and guidance

Candidate requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in the areas of expertise.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, CFA, ACCA, or CIMA desirable.
• Strong quantitative/numerical skills are critical with the ability to interpret financial information and to design and use financial models.
• Credit analysis skills, with the ability to interpret accounts, understanding local and international accounting principles and practice of credit analysis.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and French