Senior Credit Manager, Natural Resources, Origination, CIB
Standard Bank of South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa · Southern Africa
Role type
Legal, Risk & Compliance
Experience
Senior
Deadline
Not stated
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Summary
Lead independent credit-risk analysis for Natural Resources financing at Standard Bank’s Corporate & Investment Banking business in Johannesburg. The role supports origination, structuring and execution across South Africa and wider African markets, challenging transaction assumptions and shaping financing structures that balance sustainable growth, portfolio quality and acceptable risk-adjusted returns.
About the role
Working with Coverage, Product and Transaction teams, the Senior Credit Manager provides sector expertise before formal credit submission and throughout transaction approval. The mandate includes mining and metals, oil and gas and related Natural Resources exposures, with attention to commodity markets, country risk, technical feasibility and ESG. The manager engages clients, sponsors and advisers, presents recommendations to credit committees, reviews transaction documents and develops less experienced credit professionals.
Key responsibilities
Identify and assess credit risks early in new Natural Resources financing transactions and challenge proposed structures and assumptions.
Provide sector, commodity-market, macroeconomic and country-risk insight to transaction and portfolio decisions.
Review term sheets, legal agreements, security and financing documents to ensure risks are mitigated and documented.
Coordinate with environmental, social and governance risk specialists on policy, sector appetite and sustainability requirements.
Originate credit applications, prepare or evaluate annual reviews and present balanced recommendations to credit committees and senior approval forums.
Coach credit colleagues and contribute to a resilient portfolio through high-quality analysis and constructive transaction challenge.
Key requirements
Postgraduate degree in Business Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline.
Eight to ten years in credit risk, preferably with meaningful Natural Resources sector exposure.
A track record working on new, complex and structured transactions across South Africa and broader African markets.
Knowledge of credit policies, delegated authorities, ratings, Basel requirements, regulatory expectations and counterparty-risk products.
Strong financial-market, commodity-market and sector-risk analysis; CA(SA), CFA, FRM or another relevant professional qualification is preferred.
Project-finance, corporate-lending, derivatives, leveraged-finance, trade-finance or diversified-industrials experience is advantageous.
Apply through the verified Standard Bank corporate job-detail page, requisition 744000160193139. No application deadline stated.
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