About the position
Position open to all races and citizens from other coutries.
Our Client is seeeking a Senior Associate to join its Metals & Mining investment banking team, based in either Johannesburg or Harare. The role focuses on advising clients across the mining value chain - including precious metals, bulk commodities and strategic minerals, especially in terms of junior miners. The geographic focus of the team is the full African continent. The successful candidate will advise on M&A transactions (both sell-side and buy-side) alongside a broad range of private capital raisings, including equity, debt, royalty and streaming finance, working with corporates, financial sponsors and specialist mining investors active in the sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Developing client relationships across mining corporates, developers, producers and financial sponsors active in the sector.
- Screening prospective clients and evaluating new M&A and capital raising mandate opportunities within the sector.
- Preparing pitch materials, sector thought pieces and business development presentations tailored to metals & mining and commodity themes.
- Assisting the negotiation of new advisory mandates.
- Building and reviewing financial and valuation models, including sector-specific approaches such as life-of-mine DCF and NPV models, resource and reserve-based valuations, commodity price assumptions and NAV multiples.
- Preparing information memoranda, teasers and other transaction marketing materials.
- Supporting negotiations on behalf of clients and coordinating closely with legal, technical and competent persons' / independent expert advisers throughout transaction execution.
- Maintaining and expanding relationships with existing clients and specialist mining and resources investors.
- Collaborating closely with colleagues across Verdant IMAP's regional offices.
- Contributing to firm-wide business development and metals & mining sector coverage initiatives.
- Supporting ancillary businesses, including hedging and trading
The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the growth of the firm's metals & mining franchise and to broader business development initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPREINCE:
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years of investment banking or corporate finance experience and MUST HAVE prior transaction experience within the metals & mining or wider natural resources sector. The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strong technical capabilities across financial analysis, valuation and transaction structuring, combined with a working understanding of mining-specific metrics and how exploration, development and producing assets are valued.
- A proven ability to build relationships with corporate clients, financial sponsors and specialist mining investors, and to originate and execute mandates.
- Familiarity with the deal types relevant to the sector, including M&A, equity capital raising, project and debt finance and royalty and streaming structures.
- Experience within an investment bank, corporate finance advisory, private equity or resources-focused fund, with sector exposure to precious metals, base and battery metals, bulk commodities or mining services considered a strong advantage.
Desired Skills:
- Investment Banking
- Valuation
- Corporate Finance
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
One of Africa's largest private capital markets advisers, with a team of more than 30 professionals and offices across five countries.
