Senior Executive/Manager/AVP, Corporate Finance

The Opportunity

We are seeking experienced Corporate Finance specialist in the local market to join our expanding Corporate Finance department under our Islamic Banking entity, Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, as we come to the final Financial Year of our Acceler8 journey and preparing for the next 5-Year strategy to excel & enhance on our current existing capital market capabilities. The successful candidate will join the department as Senior Executive or Manager or Assistant Vice President level depending on experiences and exposures.

An overview of the role would be:

• To prepare application to the regulators to obtain their approval for corporate exercises
• To assist in providing advisory services to clients in relation to on various corporate exercises such as Initial Public Offering (IPO), Merger & Acquisition (M&A), debt restructuring, fund raising and valuation

Key Responsibilities

Business Development Support

• To assist in the coordination and implementation of corporate exercises on a timely basis
• Assist in overseeing timely billings and collection of fees
• Assist in ensuring proposals are reasonable and consistent with market-based principles and meet with regulatory requirements

Compliance and Risk Management

• To draft submissions / circulars / announcements in compliance with regulatory standards
• To draft proposals which are consistent with market-based principles and compliance with regulatory requirements
• Assist in reviewing from time to time the sufficiency of due diligence procedures for Corporate Finance to be in line with latest regulatory requirements
• Ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 and the relevant requirements under the ABG Policy on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy and AIS Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Procedural Manual, in order to prevent AIS from becoming a conduit for money-laundering and financing to terrorism activities.

Service Quality

• Assist in the execution of assigned mandates within reasonable predetermined timelines
• To attend regular team meetings on specific jobs to report progress of transactions assigned to the team and to minimize possibility of client dissatisfaction
• Assist in maintaining regular contact with clients to ensure clients need and objectives are met
• Assist in the review of proposals for consistency with market-based principles and compliance with regulatory requirements, to minimize possibility of rejection of transaction by authorities and/or shareholders

Requirements

Skills

• Strong inter-personal skills for negotiation and presentation to clients
• Strong analytical skills for problem solving and providing solutions to clients
• Strong planning and co-ordination skills
• Good command of written and spoken English language

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge in Bursa Securities Listing Requirements, Securities Commission's Guidelines, Islamic Capital Markets & Services Act, Companies Act, accounting treatments and Corporate Finance activities
• Able to structure products

Experience

• For Manager and Assistant Vice President positions, overall working experience of minimum 4 years, with at least 2 to 4 years experience in Corporate Advisory dealing with IPOs, M&A, Fund Raising, Restructuring, etc.
• For Senior Executive, at least 2 years of working experience in Corporate Advisory, audit, etc exposure.
• Fresh graduates with accounting related degrees are also encouraged to apply.

Qualification

• Degree in Accounting / Finance / Business / Economics / Law or equivalent professional qualifications (i.e. ACCA, CA, CPA, CFA, etc)