Analyst, Corporate Banking, Johannesburg

Job Description:

Job Title: Analyst, Corporate Banking

Corporate Title: Analyst

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

The Team:

• South Africa CBK is a small team, that works closely with our key global product and industry partners (primarily UK, USA and Australia)
• CBK forms part of the wider Global Corporate and Investment Banking team
• Given the small size of the team, the successful candidate will be given a significant level of responsibility and global exposure early on.
• The SA CBK team is the top International CBK franchise in South Africa and has maintained a Top ½ league table position for the past 7 years
• The team has won numerous global achievement awards for deals concluded over the past 7 years.
• Training & development opportunities on the ground and also through a close linkage to the global business.
• The SA CBK team is well established and highly respected within the wider organisation for consistently delivering sustainable results while appropriately managing the associated risk.
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Financial analysis of companies in target, analysis will include maintaining and updating comparable company trading analysis and transaction analysis
• Assume responsibility for monitoring targeted clients in terms of news and announcements
• Support on transactions across the banks products. Such support may include maintaining financial models, coordinating due diligence, managing working group lists and timetables
• Research on companies and industries and support on client initiatives including generating and developing new ideas to present
• Formulate and develop client pitch-books and analysis in addition to supporting other bankers within the team
• Build direct cross functional relationships with bankers in product and regional business units
• Assist with KYC and client onboarding activity
• Provide support in the credit, risk and GLP approval processes – including assisting with drafting of approval memos and related materials and background work.
• Build a deep understanding of the clients business.
• Develop relationships within the CBK-SA client universe
• Meeting preparation and logistics coordination
  
  

What we are looking for:

• Solution oriented self-starter
• High EQ essential
• Resilient and well balanced
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills as well as proficient level of MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Meticulous attention to detail, diligence and conscientiousness
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Capable of working effectively both independently and with multiple teams/individuals
• Fluency in English is essential
• Educated to Honours degree level (preferably in a numerical discipline such as engineering, economics, actuarial science or finance etc.)
  
  

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.