FirstRand Corporate Centre

Markets Banker

FirstRand Corporate Centre  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  5 days ago
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Job Description

A Markets Banker is responsible for driving relationships with our clients whose needs are predominantly single asset class and flow-driven and that have an opportunity to migrate to being more strategic. Typically these are clients that are mostly serviced using FX flow solutions and that have no appetite for structured hedging solutions.

A Markets Banker will partner with a cross-functional team which includes relevant sector heads, sponsors, and sector bankers.

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships with key decision makers
  • Increase RMB’s market share of the client’s banking wallet
  • Enhance RMB Markets sales position by partnering with the data analytics and insights team to better understand the client’s activity
  • Engage with clients in advance of existing deals maturing on the books to retain the deals
  • Be able to articulate the RMB Markets flow business (FX, rates, commodity)
  • Drive client action plans for the specific clients in the portfolio
  • Obtain data insights and understanding of client pain points and share with the respective Markets solutions team
  • Ensure that the respective Markets partners provide the best innovation and quality solutions to clients
  • Drive proactive engagement with clients and engage with the relevant asset class specialist
  • Drive opportunities for revenue growth and cost reduction such as adoption of digital and other self-service options across client base
  • Provide regular reports on delivery of services against agreed service level agreements and in terms of overall customer targets.
  • Client account plans for strategic clients and contribute those plans into the ICG, CCG and SCG client account plans (CAP)
  • Drive and update CAP as the client strategy evolves
  • Communicates the credit lines requirements to the respective lead banker or sector head in advance
  • Drives the use of the CRM systems for the market activity link to clients
  • Interacts with the Markets Enablement centre of excellence for expert advice (excon, clients insights, data analytics etc)
  • Drive and monitor the respective client portfolio’s MIS
  • Create solutions to meet client demands to deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards.
  • Generates market flow leads and directly manage clients within their portfolio
  • Is the sales lead for all markets opportunities for the respective clients
  • Responsible for attracting, growing and retaining RMB’s key clients across sectors and client groupings
    • Attract key clients that RMB currently does not have a relationship with
    • Grow client relationships where we have a mono-product relationship
    • Retain and cross sell into our existing clients and improve the quality of cross sell
  • Partner with the relevant role players in the bank for market cross-sell opportunities
  • Drive Markets to be the key strategic risk partner to our clients
  • End-to-end management of the flow market sales process, anticipating client needs and responding with appropriate solutions to the client’s emerging needs
  • Joint responsibility to close deals with the asset class specialist and dealers
  • Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability.
  • Build and manage objective working relationships with various stakeholders to be recognised as a trusted flow market advisor, living the RMB principles and values
  • Communicate client closed-loop feedback effectively to maintain and enhance the Markets sales teams’ brand of client excellence
  • Networks and participate in client business information sharing and decision-making forums where required
  • Demonstrate leadership behaviour through personal involvement, commitment, and dedication in support of organisational values

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a commerce field or related discipline
  • A CFA or post-graduate degree qualification is advantageous

Experience and Skills

  • 4–6 years’ experience in derivatives structuring and/or sales
  • Derivatives product knowledge (multi‑asset preferred)
  • Proven ability to manage client relationships independently
  • Self‑starter
  • Africa experience (cross‑border exposure advantageous)
  • Evidence of structuring deals executed
  • Proven ability to maintain internal stakeholder relationships
  • Ability to operate confidently with senior executives internally and at clients

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Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

29/05/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

FirstRand Corporate Centre

About FirstRand Corporate Centre

The FirstRand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group. The Corporate Centre’s stakeholders are external, such as regulators, shareholders, global developmental institutions and government; and also internal, mainly the market-leading businesses that service the group’s customers. These critical functions cover risk, compliance, governance, internal audit, treasury, finance and tax amongst many others. They require deep specialist and technical skills and ultimately represent the custodianship of the FirstRand group’s licence to operate.

Employees of the Corporate Centre develop a very unique perspective of the group because nowhere else can you own or be part of a mandate that operates across the portfolio. This allows for both big picture thinking and operational learning. It is also a great place to drive collaboration and a place to have a significant impact.

The Corporate Centre has adopted a blended approach to working, with a focus on balancing remote working and connections with colleagues in the workplace. Face-to-face interactions remain important to its way of working as these connections protect the business’s social capital, which is key to ensuring that FirstRand’s unique culture stays alive and continues to thrive.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Sandton, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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