Executive: Specialised Finance

Join a market-leading specialised finance team at Nedbank, where you will play a pivotal role in originating, structuring, and executing complex financing transactions that drive sustainable growth for clients and the bank. In this executive leadership role, you will work alongside senior decision-makers, influence strategic investment outcomes, and lead high-performing teams across a dynamic and evolving market landscape. The opportunity offers exposure to high-value transactions, broad stakeholder engagement, and the ability to shape innovative funding solutions while contributing to the growth of South Africa’s economy.

You’ll thrive in a purpose-driven environment that values leadership, collaboration, transformation, and continuous excellence, while creating meaningful impact for clients, colleagues, and communities

To lead and provide strategic direction to others with a view of maximising sustainable revenue streams through the identification, development and execution of profitable specialised financing transactions.

Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

CA(SA)/CFA/MBA/Relevant Post Grad Qualifications

10+ years relevant experience in an Investment Banking environment, preferably including 3-5 years influencing and managing others in a sector or product-specific Specialised Finance environment, with a demonstrable track record of originating deals & broad knowledge & skill application in all relevant aspects of Specialised Finance.

Generate sustainable earnings, with acceptable risk adjusted return by conducting specialised finance transactions, managing & optimising efficiency ratios to reduce the cost to income ratio.

Grow and/or maintain market share by building networks, the brand and originating transactions.

Develop, engage and execute strategy and business achievement, including cost management to ensure team profitability.

Achieving business objectives by aligning risk taking activities with risk appetite.

Monitor market trends by researching, tracking and responding to client requirements and competitor activity.

Grow bank wide profitability by retaining clients and supporting cross selling to relevant product areas.

Ensure client retention and cross sell through constant communication and engagement.

Drive the advancement of collaborative banking solutions to realise synergies.

Contribute to the development of a robust and effective team through leadership and active participation.

Deliver quality structured debt solutions to meet requirements of existing and potential customers.

Build relationships with identified external stakeholders by networking through targeted and informal interactions.

Maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders by adhering to applicable internal risk policies.

Participate in industry forums to contribute to evolution of the market and market standards.

Develop and implement an integrated strategic business plan by following 3 year planning cycle.

Manage portfolio risk to maintain profitability and acceptable credit loss ratios.

Manage credit risk by ensuring compliance with credit policy.

Identify and mitigate operational risk by implementing controls.

Manage risk by ensuring adherence to internal and external compliance and governance policies.

Continuously enhance quality by reviewing and improving processes, systems and workflows.

Drive efficiency by maintaining operational costs at optimal levels.

Ensure optimal allocation of resources by assigning roles and responsibilities to achieve business objectives.

Conduct regular and effective team meetings to monitor and evaluate delivery.

Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a completive advantage.

Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the vision and values.

Build a high performance team through managing resources, retention and critical staff.

Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division / function by ensuring leadership relevant strategies and plans have been implemented.

Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.

Actively build a culture of improvement by ensuring the design and implementing active talent management, succession planning strategies and obtaining buy-in from relevant stakeholders.

Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.

Optimise performance and motivation by holding managers accountable for developing their staff and themselves.

Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions through coaching and mentoring practices.

Ensure the achievement of targets by monitoring implemented Divisional EE and Transformation Plan.

Analyse deviations from Divisional EE and Transformation Plan