Private Equity Transactor

Job Description To identify attractive investment opportunities in private companies with a view to selling them in five to seven years to maximise the profit for the bank

• Maintain strong relationships with the management team co-investors and financiers
• Ensure governance and incentive structures are appropriate
• Nurture potential exit opportunities
• Optimise balance sheet
• Ensure appropriate capital structures for all strategies
• Ensure succession planning is in place
• Evaluate market for potential acquisitions and disposals
• Provide strategic insight and align strategy with capital structure
• Seek and evaluate opportunities for disposals and growth opportunities
• Devise a commercial offer that is feasible for all parties
• Develop an investment thesis
• Obtain preliminary approval for the proposed offer from Private Equity team
• Prime the business for exit
• Identify prospective buyers and exit mechanisms
• Follow through on executing successful exit
• Devise a programme of work to ensure all significant risks are identified and quantified through
• Appoint appropriate third party advisors as necessary
• Coordinate the process according to tight deadlines and budgets
• Ensure that direct commercial due diligence is completed by the team
• Manage the funding process including equity and debt
• Analyse all due diligence information and synthesise into a cohesive investment report
• Submit investment report to the team and RMB
• Investment Committee for approval
• Negotiate a set of legal agreements that give effect to the finally approved offer
• Ensure that debt and equity funding has been raised
• Ensure management deal is approved
• Ensure all regulatory approval has been obtained
• Ensure there are legal agreements in place with all parties and executed
• Ensure all internal sign offs are obtained
• Establish and maintain internal and external networks for deal leads
• Scan the market for possible opportunities
• Devise a financial model to establish valuation ranges and returns
• Benchmark against other market valuations
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Job Details Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below 04/07/25 All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.