Chief Banker at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Lagos

Objective of Position

The Chief Banker is skilled in undertaking all duty connected with, and comprehends every facet of, project development and execution, which includes project origination, arranging, implementation, execution and supervising, for all types of financial funding instruments presented by the Bank. The Chief Banker will act both as a top level member of a project team or as an process leader (typically on less sophisticated financial record than an Associate Director, Top level Banker). The Chief Banker, in their position as an process leader, is anticipated to assume accountability for efficient executive guidance of their project team/s, oversight of entry-level banking employees, while supporting to their mentoring and offering training support, as necessary. The Chief Banker’s position also comprises elements of business/pipeline development, customer management and regulatory framework dialogue.

Profile

The Project life cycle includes several stages from origination to signing, followed by execution and supervising until full finalization and repayment or exit. All the stages engage different duty which includes business promotion, project due diligence evaluation, arranging and authorization, bargain and signing of project agreements, disbursement and supervising. The position of the Chief Banker is to support, as a top level project collaborator, to the arranging, execution and supervising of sophisticated financial record, and to head, as an process leader, the development of less sophisticated debt and equity financial record, and the efficient execution and supervising of an allocated number of project sample projects, in line with the Bank’s business targets. The Chief Banker manages, both as experienced contributor and as process leader, more entry-level teammates to guarantee productive processing of transaction flow and project sample supervising. The Chief Banker is capable to build and sustain connections with within and outside the organization participants in engagement to business development, project implementation, execution and supervising, regulatory framework dialogue, co-funding structured and donor financing, as relevant. A substantial academic qualification of autonomy is provided to the Chief Banker, and the candidate is anticipated to guarantee efficient project collaboration and progressively take on entire duty for progressively sophisticated financial record.

As an process leader:

• Head arranging, bargain (which includes evaluate of lawful recordkeeping) and the implementation of financial record, operating with customers, governing bodies, advisors and internal units;
• Oversee the assets and the task volume of the project teams under their oversight;
• Supervise the project due diligence process making sure it meets the Bank’s guidelines;
• Guarantee standard and appropriateness of TC support parts which assist the investments or support to regulatory framework dialogue programs;
• Make sure that all financial record within their duty are finished inside the specified time frames to a high standard (which includes all internal memoranda and Board documentation) and in line with the rules, standardized processes and targets of the Bank.

 As process leader:

Take entire duty for the efficient supervising of all projects within their duty, which includes checking the quality of consistent supervising documentation; taking the head in preserving or directing the management of customer connections; actively coordinating the solution of any execution/supervising concerns in teamwork possessing applicable Project sample Managers; coordinating and directing more entry-level bankers who help in project sample supervising; Oversee execution and supervising of, and status updates on, applicable TC tasks to guarantee their adherence with donor status updates qualifications, business targets and that all documentation are of a premium quality; Assume accountability for making sure prompt alert of any critical project sample concerns to the applicable Project sample Manager and/or Management, making sure accessibility of adequate data and information for the Project sample Manager and/or Management to be capable to take prompt decisions.

Business Development:

Help with promotion and business development endeavors in the related industry and countries to build reputable market connections in order to formulate a broad transaction flow and cross closing sales of the Bank’s skills; Help with the critical screening of project proposal flow that is produced through business development endeavors, coordinating with with other teammates and teams inside the Bank to recognize sound and executable investments that meet the mandate of the Bank.

Employees Management:

Help in hiring, development, mentoring and training entry-level bankers, in synchronization with the team Director and Associate Directors, Top level Bankers, including them in every facet of the project cycle (evaluation, implementation, execution, supervising and business development), making sure adequate quality of assignment and suitable task volume allocation amongst the project team members; support to their specialist and ability development. Formulate efficient connections inside the company to capable to operate productively in a country/sector matrix framework and in a cross-cultural operating environment. Directly responsible for the relation and efficient entire management of the Team which includes hiring process, remuneration, results tracking, mentoring and development. Where matrix status updates is in place, work jointly with the country counterpart when setting targets and executing effectiveness appraisals for applicable employees. Advocate and position model the Bank’s Behavioural Skills and Corporate Actions, making sure compliance inside the team(s) so that the highest guidelines of honesty and reliability and ethical carry out are exhibited at all times. The duties of the Chief Banker are designed to allow for the development of transaction proficiency and growth of duties, top to assuming the position of Top level Banker.

Expertise & Expertise:

• Significant expertise in property funding or property development from an financial funding or business-related bank, IFI, private equity firm, resource control firm, or auditing/financial advisory firm operating to international guidelines.
• Practical expertise of engaging in and top sophisticated financial record in the property and hospitality sectors through the full project life cycle is essential.
• Exposure to business-related property and hospitality sectors in EBRD countries of process is crucial.