Oragroup Securities, the management and intermediation company (SGI) of the Orabank group, recruits a Head of Financial Engineering and Capital Markets for its establishment in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The position is to be filled on a permanent basis, under the direct responsibility of the Director General.
The Orabank Group is a leading pan-African banking player, developing its expertise in commercial banking, asset management and financial intermediation. With a network of 12 banking subsidiaries spread across West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Togo), an SGI and a BMB entity, the Group offers a diversified local and international clientele a complete range of innovative financial products and services. With its headquarters based in Lomé (Togo), it pursues an ambitious strategy of growth and digital transformation, positioning Oragroup as a key financial partner.
Main duties
The incumbent will be responsible for prospecting new markets in order to source financial transaction arrangement and fundraising mandates on behalf of private companies, public enterprises and the States of the Union. It will identify potential transactions, including bonds, share issues, securitization, restructurings, M&A and structured finance.
He will be responsible for structuring and assembling financial transactions, designing financing solutions tailored to the needs of clients, conducting financial analyses and feasibility studies of transactions, and editing financing files by preparing documents for investors.
Fundraising and investor relations are a central part of the position. This will involve implementing the various mandates obtained and ensuring the coordination of financial operations, supporting companies in their fundraising, identifying and negotiating with institutional and private investors, and developing a pool of international resource partners.
The position also includes a strategic advisory and support dimension: supporting companies in their financial strategies and external growth, carrying out valuation models and business plans, and ensuring the follow-up of post-financing transactions as well as their profitability.
The Manager shall also promote and supervise the financial research activity within SGI, coordinate capital market activities (securities placement, brokerage, securities retention, etc.) and take charge of SGI’s product offerings distribution, marketing and communication strategies. He will also contribute to SGI’s development projects and take on any other mission entrusted by his hierarchy.
Candidate profile
The candidate must hold a minimum BAC + 5 in finance, economics or equivalent. He must have knowledge of corporate finance and financial markets, a capacity to structure complex financial operations and a mastery of trading techniques.
A minimum of 8 years experience is required, including at least 4 years in a similar position in IMS and/or commercial banking, in the large corporate customer segment, investment banking or transaction services; experience in other markets would be a plus. The candidate must have a good knowledge of the regulation of the regional financial market of the WAMU, financial operations and the functioning of the financial markets, in particular that of the WAMU zone, as well as a good editorial level.
Other information
An excellent command of computer tools and office automation is expected (VBA, Excel, PowerPoint). The position requires proficiency in French (read, written, spoken) and English (read, written, spoken).
In terms of skills, the candidate will have to demonstrate leadership and good managerial abilities, autonomy and sense of initiative, excellent writing skills, communication skills, rigor, organization and planning, analytical and synthesis skills, team spirit and a sense of discretion, determination and direction results, a pronounced sense of ethics and respect for diplomacy.
The position is based at Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Female candidates are strongly encouraged.
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