Chief Investment Officer

Nedbank


Date: 1 day 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
  • Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree
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
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
  • Industry trends
  • Microsoft Office
  • Relevant regulatory knowledge
  • Strategic planning
  • Business Acumen
  • Corporate finance knowledge
  • Customer relationship management
  • Financial modelling and analytics
  • Performance and talent management
Behavioural Competencies
  • Aligning Performance for Success
  • Building Partnerships
  • Decision Making
  • Guiding Team Success
  • Driving for Results
  • Delegation and Empowerment
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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