Blend Financial Services - Senior Manager/AVP - Structured Finance

Senior Manager/AVP - Structured Finance - West Africa ( French Speaking candidate)

Africa desk

Africa is being talked of as the next engine of global economic growth. Strategically, we established ourselves in the continent through our Kenya office in 2014. It has given us a head start in understanding and working intricate channels of the corporate and banking world in Africa. Our Africa desk dedicatedly caters to the financial requirements of local and global businesses across more than 30 African countries. With our finger firmly on the pulse of this untapped, yet booming, economic potential, we have carved out an exciting niche for ourselves in Africa. Our strong inbuilt credit and risk management practice allows us to efficiently execute mandates for even large Africa-centric clients.!

Job Description

- The candidate will be responsible for delivering corporate finance solutions under the umbrella of products like project finance, structured trade finance, working capital and guarantees to clients in Africa.

- Need candidate who know French language

- Developing Strategic Relationship with lenders to pitch about Blend and align with other desks.

- Will be responsible for raising long term and short term working capital finance, project finance, structured finance along with finance backed by various credit enhancement products such as insurance guarantee or Partial risk guarantee for Global/Pan African / Regional Banks / Funds/ DFI across Africa.

- As part of the role the individual will be required to manage the client relationship/escalation of the assigned A/C.

Experience & Education

- Experience in working in international banks, lenders.

- Team experience will be an added advantage.

- Experience in the art of multitasking.

- The successful candidate should, at minimum, possess a bachelor's degree. An advanced degree such as an MBA, CA, CFA is desirable