Chief Investment Officer

Date: 3 weeks ago

City: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Contract type: Full time

Job Purpose

Play a critical role within the broader Investment Bank equity strategy, working alongside the heads of Alternative Equity (“AE”) and Private Equity (“PE), and their teams.
Contribute from your deep equity experience to enhance deal teams’ origination and execution capabilities, raising the quality of transactions and overall business performance.
Provide support to AE and PE in building and refining strategy, systems, processes, frameworks and products, creating a competitive advantage for the business.
Develop trusted and effective relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders to achieve the long-term goals of AE, PE, Investment Banking and Nedbank CIB.
Assist AE and PE in originating opportunities through equity market networks and insights, as well as targeted marketing of targets and capital allocators with pitching ideas.

Job Responsibilities Strategic Advisory & Investment Support

Support the heads and teams of AE and PE in shaping investment strategies within the Investment Banking strategy
Provide market intelligence and insights on investment opportunities across South Africa and Africa.
Assist in portfolio construction, review and optimization, while ensuring optimal levels of risk-adjusted returns and efficient use of capital.

Risk Management & Due Diligence

In collaboration with internal stakeholders including Risk, develop and implement risk frameworks tailored to the Investment Banking equity strategies.
Assist in initial deal assessment and selection, supporting efficient and focused deployment of resources.
Enhance existing due diligence capabilities within the business and contribute directly to the due diligence of complex and significant transactions.

Leadership & Collaboration

Work closely with investment teams to provide expertise and support in execution.
Foster collaboration between AE, PE and the wider businesses of Investment Banking, ensuring strategic alignment and delivery of holistic, knowledge driven solutions.
Promote and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous learning.
Mentor and train dealmakers within the AE and PE businesses, developing talent and building bench strength of the businesses.

Origination & Cross Sell

Assist in refining and enhancing coverage of the private equity market across AE and PE.
Collaborate in delivering the deal origination targets of AE and PE through leveraging networks and industry knowledge.
Deliver innovative thinking and creativity in terms of deal ideation and product development.
Contribute to the cross-sell targets of the business, leveraging equity investments to originate opportunities for the Nedbank CIB franchise.

Portfolio Management

Leverage your industry knowledge and experience to add ongoing value to the AE and PE portfolio assets.
Generate ideas and improvements around portfolio construction in AE and PE.
Where required, represent the bank on boards of investee companies in either director or observer roles.

Essential Qualifications

Preferred Qualification

Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Finance or Accounting, Engineering, Sciences, Economics, Legal or Business Science (Hon) Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Actuarial Science Economics and any BSc (Hon).

Minimum Experience Level

Minimum of 15 years of relevant private equity sector experience.
Strong and demonstrable background in direct equity investing, private equity fund structures, distressed asset restructures and work out scenarios.
Exposure to special situations in the private credit and unlisted equity markets.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

Employment Equity Statement Preference to be given to underrepresented groups Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

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