• Full Time
  • Cape Town
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Job Description

Our client a growing Asset Management Company based in Cape Town has the requirement for Senior Credit Portfolio Manager reporting to the Chief Investment Officer.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/ Finance/Economics/ Financial Analysis) or equivalent qualification
    CA (SA) and CFA preferable

Skills and Experience:

  • Minimum of 7-10 Years relevant experience in commercial credit i.e. listed and unlisted credit analysis, managing credit process, structured credit, project finance, securitisation transactions and portfolio management experience an advantage.

Job Description:

  • Credit Portfolio Management duties:
    – Manage credit exposure in portfolios in accordance with prescribed investment mandates guidelines
    – Developing and managing a credit investment strategy which leads to credit portfolio construction through selecting credit investment opportunities on relative value analysis
    – Responsible for monitoring credit exposure in portfolios after the selection and execution of investment decision
    – Must have a sound understanding of Legislation governing Investment funds
    – Managing concentration risk
    – Responsible for credit pricing
    – Proactively seek credit investment opportunities in order to meet portfolio risk and return targets by engaging with external debt origination teams with regards to sourcing of suitable unlisted credit investments and by engaging with external parties (e.g. banks and arrangers) to source listed credit opportunities in the primary and secondary markets
    – Risk analysis and reporting on credit exposure in portfolio relative to investment mandate guidelines and risk and performance benchmarks (including VAR metrics for specific portfolios)
    – Formulate, articulate and present credit views and strategy
    – Monitor domestic and global markets, analyzing their effect on investments to ensure the effective management of credit exposure in portfolios
    – Engaging with clients and investment team in order to provide monthly performance feedback and for ad hoc requests
  • Credit Analysis and Process Management duties:
    – Responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the credit risk process
    – Management of deal flow through deal sourcing and pipeline management
    – Identify, develop and maintain counterparty and borrower relationships
    – Management and coordination of new transactions including but not limited to pre-screening of transactions, – Ideal/issuer analysis and due-diligence, financial structuring, deal negotiating, legal process, and closure/drawdowns, collateral registration and post deal monitoring
    – Review and monitoring of existing transactions and oversee scheduled internal reviews, company visits and update reports
    – Management of credit risk through sector and market research, investment mandate compliance and risk reporting
    – Coordination of credit approval process
    – Oversee the credit research process in terms of credit pricing
    – Oversee credit risk analysis and valuations
    – Management of credit team: assign responsibilities & manage performance (if and where applicable)
    – Lead process and systems development
    – Media engagement (i.e. articles, interviews, speaking engagements, etc.)
    – Monitor credit markets and other relevant markets
    – Collate and present credit data required by the team in making investment decisions
    – Design and implement a consistent decision-making framework that optimizes return on VAR based credit limits. – This should include pricing and risk management, and should encompass issuer, sectoral and correlated risks (CLN’s and CDS’s would form part of the investable universe).

Joining the organisation and mastering this opportunity will offer significant career development prospects and the commensurate salary and bonus possibilities.