Corporate Development Consultant - Sandton

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Overview The Absa Corporate Development team is seeking a consultant to assist in the management and execution of its strategic Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) agenda. This role also involves ensuring correct governance and control within M&A processes at Absa Group Limited. What you will do You will manage and execute the group's strategic M&A agenda, ensuring adherence to governance requirements. Key responsibilities include: * **Origination:** Developing and managing the strategic M&A agenda with senior management, building stakeholder relationships, providing market coverage, evaluating draft business cases, and preparing valuations. * **Execution:** Overseeing the due diligence process, developing final business cases, leading deal structuring from start to finish, negotiating key terms and legal documentation, managing the offer/bidding process, overseeing announcement preparation, managing conditions precedent resolution, and overseeing the completion process. * **Governance:** Establishing and managing deal teams, managing insider lists, selecting, engaging and managing advisors, implementing Confidentiality Agreements, managing internal approval processes, and performing the M&A evaluation support function for Absa's Group Investment Committee. * **Stakeholder Management:** Effectively communicating developments to all relevant internal and external stakeholders, developing and maintaining good working relationships with business partners, liaising to ensure timely provision of management information, and performing other reasonably assigned duties. Requirements (from the original advert) * Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies Required * CA SA or equivalent preferred. Alternatives considered based on relevant knowledge, skills and experience. * Essential: minimum 2 years post-qualifying experience in investment banking, corporate finance, transaction services or private equity. * Desirable: 5 years post-qualifying experience in investment banking, corporate finance, transaction services or private equity. * Excellent analytical and technical skill set (financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, modelling and commercial documentation). * Experience in a global investment banking environment with exposure to M&A international best practice. * Banking and insurance sector M&A experience, including African M&A experience. * Tactful and persuasive with the ability to convince minds at various levels of the organization. * Strategic and commercial mindset. * Problem-solving / solutions oriented. * Strong attention to detail and an analytical approach. * Persistent in nature and a data-driven working style. * Ability to work in a team environment and foster knowledge sharing and mentoring of other team members. * Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills at various levels. * Competencies: Technical Knowledge, Business Skills, Control Environment, Personal & Interpersonal Skills, Commercial Effectiveness. Who should apply The ideal candidate is an experienced M&A professional with a strong background in investment banking, corporate finance, transaction services, or private equity, preferably with a CA SA qualification or equivalent. They should possess excellent analytical, financial modelling, and valuation skills, coupled with a strategic, commercial, and problem-solving mindset. The role requires a detail-oriented, persistent individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of navigating a global investment banking environment, managing complex deals from origination to execution, and effectively engaging a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Experience in banking and insurance sector M&A, particularly within Africa, is also highly valued. Deadline October 13, 2026 Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/corporate-development-consultant-sandton-absa-group-limited-absa Source: myjobmag

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