Head: Infrastructure Finance - South Africa

• Generate sustainable earnings, with acceptable risk adjusted return by conducting SA infrastructure deals, managing & optimising efficiency ratios to reduce the cost to income ratio.
• Grow market share by building networks, the brand and originating transactions.
• Develop, engage and execute strategy and business achievement, including cost management to ensure team profitability.
• Achieving business objectives by aligning risk taking activities with risk appetite.
• Monitor market trends by researching, tracking and responding to client requirements and competitor activity.
• Grow bank wide profitability by retaining clients and supporting cross selling to relevant product areas.
• Ensure client retention and cross sell through constant communication and engagement.
• Drive the advancement of collaborative banking solutions to realise synergies.
• Contribute to the development of a robust and effective team through leadership and active participation.
• Deliver quality structured infrastructure solutions to meet requirements of existing and potential customers.
• Build relationships with identified external stakeholders by networking through targeted and informal interactions.
• Maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders by adhering to applicable internal risk policies.
• Participate in industry forums to contribute to thought leadership, evolution of the market and market standards.
• Develop and implement an integrated strategic business plan and budget by following 3 year planning cycle.
• Manage portfolio risk to maintain profitability and acceptable credit loss ratios.
• Manage credit risk by ensuring compliance with credit policy.
• Identify and mitigate operational risk by implementing controls.
• Manage risk by ensuring adherence to internal and external compliance and governance policies.
• Continuously enhance quality by reviewing and improving processes, systems and workflows.
• Drive efficiency by maintaining operational costs at optimal levels.
• Ensure optimal allocation of resources by assigning roles and responsibilities to achieve business objectives.
• Conduct regular and effective team meetings to monitor and evaluate delivery.
• Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a competitive advantage.
• Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the vision and values.
• Build a high-performance team through managing resources, attracting and retaining critical staff.
• Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division / function by ensuring leadership relevant strategies and plans have been implemented.
• Manage performance of direct reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.
• Actively build a culture of improvement by ensuring the design and implementation of active talent management, succession planning strategies and obtaining buy-in from relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Optimise performance and motivation by holding managers accountable for developing their staff and themselves.
• Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions through coaching and mentoring practices.
• Ensure the achievement of targets by monitoring implemented Divisional EE and Transformation Plan.

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

• CA(SA)/CFA/Master’s Degree/Relevant Post Grad Qualifications

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Capacity planning
• Client service management
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Strategic planning

• Coaching
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Customer Focus
• Entrepreneurship
• Operational Decision Making
• Initiating Action

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