Current Recruitment at Meristem Securities Limited, 21st June, 2019

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Meristem Securities Limited is a leading capital market conglomerate that offers Wealth Management services, Stockbroking services, Registrar services, Trustee services and Investment Banking services to our clients. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Officer Location: Lagos

Job Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the position include:

Coordinate the business unit’s daily administrative processes and procedures.
Assume primary responsibility for transaction management; working effectively with others to complete documentation and booking on a timely basis within prescribed guidelines.
Ensure company policies align with and advance business objectives
Provide excellent customer service in order to build and maintain a strong relationship with customers.
Strategically map-out, plan, and manage projects
Analyse and maintain operational data
Develop improved business functionality that increases profits
Conduct frequent performance reviews
Ensure compliance with best business practices throughout the business unit.
Implement improved operational measures and policies that promotes efficiency
Contribute to innovation of new products
Track and maintain budgets of operational costs
Monitor product inventory
Maintain positive client and vendor relationships

Experience & Skill:

At least 1-year experience on a similar position
A good first degree in any discipline
Professional qualification will be an added advantage.
Focused, self-driven individual with ability to work with little or no supervision

Job Title: Investment Advisor Location: Lagos Type: Full-time Job Description

The role of the investment advisor is to generate new business ideas and devise strategies for acquiring new clients while providing effective investment advisory services to clients.

Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the position include:

Generate income and meet income target in line with the set-target determined at the beginning of an appraisal period
Aggressive marketing of the company’s products and services. Effectively profile prospects/clients, analyse their financial risk appetite, needs and goals for investing and provide guidance to them as regards their investments.
Follow up on clients’ mandates to ensure they are promptly executed and error free.
Maintain a cordial business relationship with all clients whilst ensuring regular communication with assigned clients.
Effectively work with members of the team in handling all relationship management issues, such that all clients have access to more than one account officer at any given time.

Experience & Skill

A good university degree - preferably in social sciences, finance or accounting
Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience preferably in a similar role in a financial institution
Professional qualification e.g. CIS, ACA, ACCA, may be an added advantage.

Job Title: Performance Monitoring Analyst Location: Lagos Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is Monitor and report on the performance of CBN-NEMSF disbursed to all beneficiaries in line with identified key performance indicators

The Main Responsibilities of the Position

Execute and follow through NESI Stabilization Strategy Limited transactions to a timely completion
Define and implement appropriate performance management framework to track and monitor facility repayment performance by all beneficiaries and ensure clear metrics, targets and accountabilities are established for all beneficiaries
Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and measure performance of facility disbursed to approved beneficiaries
Implement an appropriate credit administration, measurement, monitoring and reporting process by establishing a system for the ongoing administration of the portfolio and monitoring the condition of individual credits.
Implement a system for monitoring the overall composition and quality of the credit portfolio including the development and utilization of an internal risk rating system.
Utilize information systems and analytical techniques that enable management to measure the credit risk inherent in all on- and off-balance sheet activities which may arise.
Design and maintain automated performance management dashboard to aid performance measurement and reporting
Conduct periodic data and information collection required for performance measurements from all beneficiaries in line with transaction documents, including organization of field visits as may be required
Ensure that all information is reliable and up-to-date
In line with approved KPIs, conduct detailed performance analyses based on the data and information received from beneficiaries and/ or field visit reports
Generate first draft of performance measurement reports indicating views, forecasts and recommendations on beneficiaries and industry sector issues
Ensure accuracy and integrity of all performance measurement reports
Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Head of Performance Monitoring.

Experience & Skills

A good university degree preferably in Economics, Finance or Statistics
MBA, ACA, ACCA, CFA, ACS or similar qualification would be an advantage
0-2 years relevant experience in executing research/data analysis

Job Title: Financial Controller Location: LagosDetails

The role of the Financial controller will be to Provide full financial and management accounting services to the Management, especially, MD/CEO.

The main responsibilities of the position include: Strategic:

Ensure that an appropriate financial policy framework is in place to guide management decision-making, particularly in the areas of asset and liability management (ALM).
Establish comprehensive operational guidelines & workflows covering all business transactions and processes.
Maintain contacts and liaise with bankers, auditors, regulatory authorities (SEC, NSE, PFAs, and e.t.c), tax authorities (Federal & State) to ensure compliance and long term financial security and stability.
Participate in meetings of departmental heads as necessary and work closely with all departmental heads/management team, advising them on likely financial consequences of all proposed courses of action.
Be prepared to act as a member of the project management team as necessary.

Financial / Accounting:

Ensure accuracy and integrity of all financial records and data input.
Ensure production of accurate monthly and quarterly performance reports and management accounts.
Ensure financial and other reporting systems are maintained in accordance with company’s accounting policies and relevant standards required by regulatory bodies, management and external auditors.
Prepare weekly and monthly banks’ reconciliation reports.
Ensure error-free trades posting into software(s) and timely settlement.
Manage and monitor daily cash position to ensure effective liquidity management as well as minimize company’s exposures/liability
Production and submission of quarterly reports and any other reports as may be requested to SEC in specified format.
Ensure effective coordination of offers processes and returns rending to issuing houses.
Ensure the appropriateness of the key financial assumptions included in the company’s strategic policies and budgets.
Prepare annual accounts and report for consideration by Management & the Board.
Maintain records to meet management, statutory & legal requirements.
Provide full accounting services to the management including departmental financial analysis and exploring any potential problems with them in order to make appropriate budgetary decisions.
Undertake such other financial analysis and reporting as requested by the management from time to time.
Prepare and render tax returns (PAYE, VAT, WHT, e.t.c) as and when due.
Plan and manage company’s tax liabilities.
Evaluate the tax liability impact of complicated courses of actions, minimize tax burden and deal with tax authorities and other government agencies (Federal & State).
Advise management & departmental heads on major financial issues as they arise.
Manage and maintain fixed assets schedule and depreciation schedules.
Manage and maintain the company’s payroll system.
Prepare and submit staff monthly pension remittances to the PFAs.
Manage and maintain the financial accounting systems for the company.
Coordinate/facilitate annual budget and forecasts sessions.

Experience & Skills

A minimum of first degree in any management science/social science related discipline preferably in accounting, economics/finance.
Minimum of 5 years post-graduate work experience with a minimum of 3 years in a strategic/similar position in the financial services sector
Professional qualification- A minimum of ACA/ACCA is compulsory while other qualifications such as ACS, ACTI, CFA will be added advantage.

Job Title: Real Estate Officer Location: Lagos Main Responsibilities

Effectively coordinate real estate projects
Project ideas for Execution
Submit feasibility report on real estate projects and investments
Using IT or other systems to keep track of people and progress
Executed project evaluation, setting success of the project against its benchmarking and sharing lessons for future use
Drive sales of projects/properties
Project Risk Analysis

Requirements

A good University Degree - preferably in Real Estate, Electrical Engineering (M.Sc. or professional qualification in a related field will be an added advantage)
Minimum of 2 years experience preferably in a real estate agency
Experience in facility management would be an added advantage
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Strong attention to details
Strong Interpersonal skills
Result oriented
High sense of integrity and accountability

Job Title: Trust Service Business Development Officer Location: Lagos Job Description

The main purpose of the Trust Service Business developer is to generate new business ideas and devise strategies for acquiring new clients in a bid to generate income in line with the set-target of the company while managing business relationships between the company and its clients and ensure excellent service delivery

Main Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the position include:

Generate income and meet income target in line with the set-target determined at the beginning of an appraisal period
Aggressive marketing of the company’s products and services. Effectively profile prospects/clients, analyze their needs and goals and proffer solutions.
Follow up on clients’ mandates to ensure they are promptly executed and error free.
Maintain a cordial business relationship with all clients whilst ensuring regular communication with assigned clients.
Effectively work with members of the team in handling all relationship management issues, such that all clients have access to more than one account officer at any given time.
Ensure that awareness of Trustee services is created and maintained across the Group.
In-depth understanding of Trust business

Experience & Skill

A good first Degree in any discipline from a reputable Higher Institution.
Other professional qualification may be an added advantage.
Entrepreneurial and a flair for marketing
Strong Interpersonal skills
Result oriented
High sense of integrity and accountability.

Job Title: Strategist (Client Service) Location: Lagos Job Description

The role of the Strategist (Client Experience) will be client experience strategy development, implementation and monitoring across all business units within the group.

Job Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the position include:

To deploy key analytical tools to monitor, diagnose, predict and activate customer experience insights across the Group.
Identify and prioritize customer experience improvement initiatives
Make recommendations based on market and competitive analysis to support product development, process improvements and customer service activities that enhance customer experience across the Group.
To advise on strategic issues and strategy direction/redirection as it concerns customer experience improvement.
Provide comprehensive periodic reports to top management on Customer experience strategy implementation
Track customer service trends, global and national best practices and report on their potential impact on the Group’s customer experience strategy.
Work towards continuous improvement in the customer experience by reviewing/developing customer service procedures, policies and standards and workflows for the entire organisation, with a view to moving them to the next level.
Develop effective feedback or complaints procedures for customers and staff members to use and communicate efficiently at all levels.
Keeping ahead of developments in Customer Service by engaging in mystery shopping, reading relevant journals, and attending relevant forward-thinking courses.

Experience & Skills:

Minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in a similar role, preferably in the financial sector.
A good first degree in any discipline from a reputable Higher Institution, professional qualifications will be of high advantage.
Excellent writing skills with a creative approach to work
Team building, training and presentation skills.
Sound leadership, decision making and management abilities.
Possess excellent people skills along with an understanding of performance monitoring.
High analytical and problem-solving ability gained through practical experience as well as implementation skills.
Ability to work in a spontaneous environment where responding to and managing change is very essential

Job Title: Programmer Location: Lagos Job Description

This role reports to the Head of IT, he/she will provide assistance in the day-to-day operations of the company.
The ideal candidate will be doing most of his/her development in Java & PHP, with a focus on developing and consuming Web Services, utilizing JavaScript, J2EE technologies, core development in Spring, web application development using established frameworks such as Struts and Spring MVC, etc.

Key Responsibilities

Implementing high-quality software products to deliver to a global audience
Implementing custom projects to extend and integrate on-demand services with other enterprise applications
Code and test programming for in-house software programs
Debug code for existing programs based on immediate need
Conduct end-user training upon completion of software
Balance workday between multiple projects and respond immediately to tech support requests from staff
Implement systems in in-house production environment
Report issues and concerns immediately to IT manager
Troubleshoot system bugs and issues
Any other tasks as assigned by Management

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or related field
Ability to focus on multiple projects at once and to troubleshoot problems quickly
Commitment to continuing education in computer programming
Good understanding of object oriented methodologies and design patterns.
Experience with XML a plus.
Experience with Web Services a plus.
Experience with Microsoft .NET and PHP is a plus.
Thorough understanding of product/project workflow processes including requirements gathering and use cases, analysis & design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

Desired Experience:

3+ years’ software development experience
Extensive experience with Java, C, PHP, SQL server database, Node.js, Laravel
Advanced knowledge of Windows operating systems, Linux, Microsoft software, HTML and CSS experience preferred

Desired Requirements:

Strong interest in Financial Markets and keen intellectual curiosity
Strong proficiency in Database and server management.
Team player with the ability to think and act independently who possesses excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
Possess knowledge of open source applications
Experience in developing applications
Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
Quick learner, comfortable dealing with ambiguous and fluid situations.
Ability to multitask; juggle multiple deliverables and perform under very demanding conditions.
Superior analytical & critical thinking skills; ability to make good decisions when faced with complex data.
High level of passion, integrity, creativity, inquisitiveness and self –confidence

Job Title: Wealth Advisor Location: Lagos Description

The purpose of the role is to generate new business ideas and devise strategies for acquiring new clients
To generate income in line with the set-target of the company, effectively manage business relationships between the company and its clients and ensure excellent service delivery.

Main Responsibilities

Market and sell appropriate investment products, financial and wealth management services/products to clients
Prepare and deliver presentations/seminars to clients and prospects for business development purposes
Comply with all industry rules and regulations
Works closely with families, individuals and businesses to provide customized recommendations to help them meet their goals
Consult with clients on investment strategies products and services that are suitable for their needs
Respond to clients questions and requests
Track and translate investment performance and make recommendations
Build a strong and long term relationship with clients
Establish a network of referrals
Balances referral activities, customer follow up prospect building and administrator task
Ability to create a sales and marketing strategies for new client

Qualification, Experience & Skills

A good First Degree in any discipline from a reputable Higher Institution.
Minimum of 5 years experience
Other professional qualification may be an added advantage.
Must uphold high ethical standards i.e. know and stick to all capital market rules as contained in Regulatory rules & code of ethics guiding operations in the industry.
Excellent prospecting and marketing skills
Good knowledge of the Capital market in general and Wealth Management Services in particular.
Excellent presentation skills
Must possess good selling skills

Job Title: Lease and Credit Executive Location: Lagos Type: Full-time Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the position include:

Enhance client and industry relationships, generate sales opportunities and tailor superior solutions.
Educate the customer by demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the features, benefits and applications of available products and services.
Demonstrate macro level knowledge of credit risk policy and internal credit ratings to determine client’s creditworthiness.
Develop and foster mutually beneficial relationships with industry contacts including dealers, brokers, insurers, and suppliers.
Establish credibility so as to be viewed as a trusted business advisor within the client organization and industry network.
Through direct selling, generate qualified equipment finance and leasing leads, proposing on and eventually closing required amounts of business.
Properly and consistently recording customer and prospect data and sales efforts in all company used databases and management systems.
For the equipment financing relationship, act as the primary contact for customers and prospects, effectively communicating the company’s products and capabilities to the customer and the customer’s needs to the company.
Identify and understand key risk elements of potential transactions and lessees and work effectively with team lead to competitively structure and price transactions.
Assume primary responsibility for transaction management; working effectively with others to complete documentation, funding and booking on a timely basis within prescribed guidelines.

Experience & Skill

At least 3 years of experience on a similar position
A good first degree in any discipline
Professional qualification will be an added advantage.
Good consumer and product awareness
Entrepreneurial and a flair for lease and credit financing
Strong Interpersonal skills
Result oriented
High sense of integrity and accountability

Job Title: Stockbroker Location: Lagos Job Description

The role is suitable for a person who is genuinely interested in helping Clients to grow their wealth through investment in equities.
The role holder will be the face of the Company to the Clients, both existing and potential, by marketing the various suites of investment options available and see to the successful execution of mandates received from clients.
The greatest aim of the role holder shall be to create happy customers.

The responsibilities will include but not limited to the following:

Generate income and meet income target in line with the set-target determined at the beginning of an appraisal period.
Provide timely and value-adding investment advice to clients.
Maintain a cordial business relationship with all clients whilst ensuring regular communication with assigned clients.
Implement and monitor effective customer relationship such that excellent customer service is achieved.
Ensure trades are executed in consonance with the NSE and SEC rules.
Effectively work with members of the team in handling all relationship management issues, such that all clients have access to more than one account officer at any given time.
Consistent and efficient error-free execution of trades
Analyzing, monitoring and researching the performance of stocks
Interpreting financial reports to understand investments trends and make adequate recommendations

Qualification & Experience

Minimum of 2 - 3years’ experience in a strategic/similar position in the capital market segment of the financial sector.
A minimum of first degree in any Management Science/Social Science related discipline, preferably in Accounting, Economics or Finance.
Professional qualification e.g. CFA, ACCA, CIS or related qualifications will be an added advantage. ACS is compulsory
The ideal candidate must be attentive to details, possess interpersonal and communication skills, able to negotiate skillfully, possess strong ethics and integrity.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed CV to: [email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline 11th July, 2019.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be shortlisted and contacted

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