Financial Advisory Officer

Job Objectives:

• The candidate shall be responsible for supporting the Head of Unit in executing financial advisory mandates. The candidate is expected to have core financial analysis and modelling skills as well as experience in transaction structuring and fixed-income securities issuance.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain client base, and engage new clients for advisory transactions
• Identify and determine feasibility of financial advisory transactions, and contribute to negotiations
• Articulate clients' business objectives and financial plans and engage buy-side or sell-side counterparties on transactions
• Conduct financial and commercial due diligence and prepare advanced financial models
• Prepare financing structures, information memorandums, investor presentations, technical bids and other presentations as applicable
• Work closely with other transaction parties and manage/coordinate virtual and physical data rooms
• Keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect various industries and consistently monitor local and international financial markets
• Manage work streams on multiple transactions
• Conduct relevant industry research and update databases accordingly
• Participate in the management and development of the department by carrying out marketing and proposal efforts
• Manage and supervise financial advisory analysts in the execution of the above responsibilities

Educational Qualification:

• Minimum of a First Degree (Second Class Upper), a Master's Degree and / or Professional Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CFA)
• Training in Islamic Finance or SRI will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years of core investment banking and financial advisory experience in an investment bank/Issuing house
• Experience in infrastructure projects, Non-interest Finance or Thematic Investing will be an added advantage

Key Competency Requirements:

• Entrepreneurial skills, creativity and people management skills
• Strong analytical abilities, self-confidence, persistence, initiative and persuasiveness
• Good knowledge of applied Corporate Finance techniques
• Advanced business writing, presentation and communication skills
• Good research and financial modeling skills
• Good appreciation of major industry and regulatory trends and challenges