Director, Transaction Structuring and Advisory (GWB)

Strategy and Planning

1. Contribute to the TSA team's business plan by identifying and pursuing high-value structuring and advisory opportunities within assigned sectors and clients.
2. Support the Head of TSA on sector strategy, pitch pipeline and origination priorities, including providing input on resourcing requirements for assigned mandates.

Business Performance

1. Contribute to the TSA team's revenue, deal volume and other KPIs as agreed with the Head of TSA.
2. Originate tailored structuring and advisory mandates across M&A, ECM, DCM, structured/hybrid products, capital structure advisory, liquidity management and restructuring.
3. Build and deepen client relationships at senior corporate and board level within assigned coverage, in partnership with senior bankers and Corporate Coverage teams.
4. Lead end-to-end execution of transactions, including deal structuring, valuation oversight, financial modelling review, due diligence coordination, transaction documentation review, regulatory submissions and stakeholder negotiations.
5. Lead deal teams and coordinate internal product partners across GWB, including IB coverage teams, ECM, DCM, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Islamic banking and other relevant product teams, as well as external advisers such as legal, tax, technical and reporting accountants.
6. Promote cross-selling of integrated wholesale banking solutions in partnership with Corporate Coverage and product teams.
7. Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes and market developments and apply these insights to live transactions, client dialogue and origination efforts.

People Management & Resource Planning

1. Lead, mentor and develop deal teams on assigned mandates, including Associate Directors, Managers and junior bankers involved in execution.
2. Supervise execution workstreams, review key analyses and support timely delivery of high-quality client materials, transaction documents and internal approval papers.
3. Support the Head of TSA in talent development, coaching, performance feedback and knowledge transfer within the TSA team.
4. Act as a role model and support activities that encourage the desired organisational culture, values and reputation in the Group's markets and with staff, customers and regulatory/official bodies.

Compliance

1. Ensure compliance on assigned mandates with relevant regulatory requirements, guidelines and updates, and market conventions issued from time to time.
2. Ensure compliance within assigned deal teams with CIMB Group policies and procedures, Department policies and procedures, client mandates and external auditor requirements.

Others

1. Represent TSA in relevant internal and external meetings and perform any other duties as and when instructed by the Head of TSA.
2. Perform any other responsibilities/tasks as assigned by Management from time to time.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree, or Professional Qualification, in a relevant discipline (Accounting / Finance / Business / Economics / Engineering or equivalent).
• Possess CMSRL license.
• Minimum 12 to 15 years of relevant investment banking, corporate finance advisory or transaction advisory experience, with a demonstrable track record of originating and executing complex transactions across M&A, ECM, DCM, structured/hybrid, capital raising and restructuring.
• Prior experience leading deal teams and managing multi-workstream execution is required. Experience across multiple sectors and cross-border transactions is preferred.
• Strong technical foundations in deal structuring, valuation methodologies, financial modelling and transaction documentation.
• Deep expertise in end-to-end deal execution across M&A, ECM, DCM and/or structured/hybrid products.
• Strong project management skills across multi-workstream, multi-adviser transactions.
• Ability to coordinate internal product partners and external advisers, including legal, tax, technical and reporting accountants.
• Sound familiarity with Malaysian regulatory requirements, including Securities Commission, Bursa Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia requirements, and where relevant, cross-border regulatory frameworks.
• Proven origination and client relationship management ability, including senior corporate and board-level dialogue.
• Leadership, mentoring and team management skills at deal-team and sub-team level.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.
• Commercial judgement, deal-shaping instinct and ability to identify and mitigate execution risk.
• Professional integrity, discretion and ability to handle confidential client information.
• Ability to work collaboratively with coverage teams, product partners and external advisers in a matrix environment.

Note: Only shortlisted candidate will be notified.