Senior Officer – Corporate Finance at The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Nairobi, Kenya
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) plays a key role in the economy through raising capital for businesses, mobilizing savings for investment and improving corporate governance.
We do this through providing a world class trading facility. In line with this mandate, the Exchange is seeking to recruit qualified, dynamic, self- motivated and results- oriented individuals to fill the above position.
Overall Purpose
The Senior Officer - Corporate Finance will actively seek new listings. He/ she will market the value add of NSE products, helping the Exchange to take advantage of new growth opportunities.
Additionally, he/ she will be actively involved in maintaining relationships with strategic partners such as sponsors, institutional investors and other stakeholders.
The Senior Officer will also be involved in building long term relationships with listed companies and understanding their business needs.
He/ she will establish and maintain this relationship by actively engaging with the companies and together with the Business Development Team, run various initiatives intended to add value and educate listed companies in new company requirements, corporate governance initiatives etc.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Supporting and improving existing products and markets;
- Participating in creation of new products and markets;
- Participating in educating, marketing and promoting new & existing markets & products;
- Fostering a broad understanding of technologies relevant to NSE business strategies;
- Understanding in detail the relationships between markets, products/ services and their architecture;
- Planning, designing, and conducting collaborative research and surveys on the capital markets industry performance, characteristics and trends, business practices and risks to address the challenges of an emerging securities industry;
- Defining business opportunities and research alternate solutions, including options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities; and
- Communicating and building strong relationships with market participants in order to create new listings, products and improve existing products;
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, law or any other relevant field.
- Professional qualifications such as CFA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent and membership to a relevant professional body.
- Minimum three (3) years experience in capital market environments and/or have at least two (2) years experience in corporate finance advisory roles.
- Working knowledge of IT landscape of Broker Dealers, Mutual Funds, Exchanges, Market feed providers etc.
- Working knowledge of the Capital Markets in Kenya and other jurisdictions.
- Must demonstrate strategic thinking and insight.
- Expert experience with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Key Competencies
- Self-starter and results-oriented with emphasis on expansion and application of business and technical knowledge.
- Flexibility to work in a changing, fast-paced, complex and often highly charged environment.
- Possess a high level of energy and enthusiasm.
- Possess a strong work ethic and sense of urgency.
- Service delivery and outcomes driven and is an effective team player.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
This is a very challenging position that provides great opportunity for candidates seeking to grow professionally and work in a highly dynamic environment.
If you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above positions and can clearly demonstrate your ability to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV stating your current position, remuneration (current & expected), qualifications, experience, names and addresses of three referees, email and telephone contacts together with copies of your academic and professional certificates and testimonials by Friday, 26th October 2012 to:
The Chief Executive
Nairobi Securities Exchange
P.O. Box 43633-00100
Nairobi
Email: recruitment@nse.co.ke
Kindly indicate the position for which you are applying for clearly. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
