Phillips Consulting - Our Client is a leading diversified business conglomerate in Africa with a reputation for excellent business practices and product quality. As part of a remodeling exercise, Dangote is seeking to recruit astute and qualified candidates to fill vacancies for its new Corporate Centre.
Job Title: Associate, Business Development (ABO)
Deptartment: Business Development
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Responsibilities
1.) Reviews and Analysis:
- Preliminary review of all financing and non-financing requests submitted by customers to ensure they meet our Client's eligibility criteria.
- Carry out initial and basic analysis by calculating relevant financial ratios including, Leverage, profitability, efficiency and cover ratios. etc
- Assisting in evaluating the underlying financial assumptions of client’s proposal to ensure they are realistic and reliable.
- Analyzing historical and projected financial statements.
- Working out pricing to ensure it meets our Client’s stipulated hurdle rates as communicated periodically.
- Make business /commercial recommendations on proposals to the ABO team following preliminary review.
2.) Reporting:
- Under the supervision of a designated ABO staff, draft a pre-assessment memo as and when the need arises.
- Developing and drafting term sheets for transactions in line with customer’s request and our Client’s products.
- Prepare and manage ABO transaction pipeline on a timely basis.
- Creating and reporting the department’s management information (MI) for accurate decision making.
- Submission of Branch Monthly reports through the Regional Manger to the Director – Trade Finance & Branches.
3.) Business Development:
- Assisting with the review, developing and marketing of Business Materials to various target customers of our Client.
- Advising clients on presentation of their financing proposals and requests to ensure it conforms to our Client’s requirements.
- Develop, update and manage a database of Trade Finance Intermediaries.
- Representing ABO department in Internal & external meetings when required to do so.
- Undertaking desktop research into business models and new initiatives.
4. ) Administration:
- Following up on action tracking logs resulting from internal committee meetings, external meetings and missions for which ABO actions are required.
- Liaise with relevant departments in communicating queries and feedback to clients
- Supporting the ABO team with administrative services during Road shows, missions and conferences.
Skills
- Ability to research, evaluate business models and analyze financial statements and Information.
- Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French.
- Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments;
- Demonstrate organizational capabilities, including ability to manage work load with limited supervision to attain goals.
- Being able to be multitasked, proactive and able to use initiative appropriately.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from a recognized University backed by appropriate experience of at least 5 years.
- An MBA would be accepted in lieu of experience.
Application Closing Date
11th March, 2014
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
Click here to apply online