Treasury & Investment Officer

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaise and coordinate with other Investment Officers and Bank staff in order to obtain information about current market facets and investable assets for the organization.
• Prepare project appraisal reports for presentation to the department review committees, senior management and finally to the Board of Directors. (Monthly investment operations report)
• Justification of Investments, obtaining approvals from the finance director and the investment operations committee. Prepare and process payment approvals to disburse funds for investments.
• Continuous money market analysis and outlook, industry trends and practices. Proposals on investment opportunities in fixed income securities, money market securities, equities and real estate.
• Undertake the work on aspects of investments and industrial development and align them with institutional objectives. Contribute to and coordinate in the investment’s inputs development of strategies at regional level. Provide input and comments on project, policy and other papers related to respective sector operations and development across a range of key themes and sectors.
• Knowledgeable with the company’s internal investment policy and the regulator, NAICOM’s policy on investments.
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new transactions, with a strong focus on credit and asset quality (include processing mandates, due diligence, negotiating term sheets and other documentation, syndications and Board approval).
• Daily liquidity report on funds available in the company’s accounts.
• Treasury Management: ensuring funds are adequate to cover operating and investment activities.
• Obtaining high quality investments in terms of credit rating and returns which align with the short and long term investment objectives of the business.
• Adequate knowledge of the company’s products to ensure liabilities are adequately matched with assets. Contribute to the documentation of lessons learned from investment operations and emerging best practices in areas of expertise.
• Records of amortization schedule for investment assets and Computation of monthly investment income on investment assets.
• Participate in and contribute to activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building relating to investments/operations, products and initiatives.
• Provide peer review to other colleagues to share industry knowledge and information on respective sectors.
• Assist in the development of the Industrialization Department’s knowledge management strategy and assist in execution of this strategy.
• Coordinate closely with social, environmental, advisory and technical assistance colleagues in order to champion value to our clients’ businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

• Three (3) Years cognate experience in a similar role
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
• Affiliate, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Competencies:

• Adept time management; planning and prioritization skills.
• Organized multi-tasking; able to handle more than one task simultaneously.
• Ability to process sensitive data and handle all correspondence and dictation with uncompromised integrity and competence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to leverage education in accounting to accurately prepare financial statements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Positive and consummately professional demeanor with ability to instill the trust and engagement of others.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.