Assistant Vice President, Sukuk Capital Markets

About Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries, Alliance Direct Marketing and Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, offers banking and financial solutions through its Consumer, SME, Commercial, Corporate and Islamic banking. The Bank provides easy access to its broad base of customers throughout the country via multi-pronged delivery channels that include retail branches, Privilege Banking Centres, Business Centres, and Digital banking services.

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our Islamic Capital Markets department under Alliance Islamic Bank division as an Assistant Vice President, Sukuk Capital Markets.

The Role

A successful candidate in this position will be accountable for:

- undertaking Corporate Bonds & Sukuk (CBS) / Asset-backed Securities (ABS) / Syndication activities of CBS including assisting in marketing, securing mandates and execution of assignments.

- achieving individual income and other performance targets set.

- to support the department in achieving the department’s income and other performance targets.

- to achieve other targets as detailed in the appraisal form.

Job Description

CBS/ABS/Syndication activities/Finance Advisory:

- Responsible for achieving individual as well as departmental performance standards and targets.

- Undertaking and completing Sukuk/ABS/Syndication/Finance Advisory activities efficiently and diligently, in compliance with all regulatory and bank requirements.

- Evaluating CBS/ABS/Syndication potentials and prepare financing proposals.

- Preparation and reviewing of information memorandum.

- Undertaking requisite due diligence for each transaction as required by Securities Commission (SC).

- Reviewing legal documentation and attend legal documentation meetings.

- Liaising with relevant regulatory authorities.

- Assist in product research and development as well as market research.

- Perform other related work tasks incidental to CBS operations as and when required.

- To ensure timely and accurate review of SC lodgment, information memorandum, legal documentation, and drawdown conditions, to ensure compliance SC and BNM guidelines.

- To ensure zero reprimands from SC based on specific SC lodgment by CBS including timely submission of information requested by SC pre and post issuance notice.

- Ensuring compliance under AMLA:

- Monitor activities for compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and counter-financing of terrorism requirements / initiatives.

- Ensure reporting for suspicious transactions and escalate it to AMLA Compliance Officer.

Other Activities

- Maintaining of FAST administrator password and facilitating requests by relevant parties.

Job Requirements

Skills

- Strong corporate loan, CBS and ABS structuring skills.

- Strong analysis skills.

- Good analytical and writing skills.

- Good interpersonal skills and strong customer service culture.

- In depth understanding and appreciation of the debt capital market.

- Good knowledge of legal documents and procedures

Knowledge

- Strong appreciate the regulatory requirements and compliance environment.

- Good grounding in credit.

- Good business knowledge.

- Good knowledge of the domestic/ world economy

Experience

- At least 5 years’ relevant working experience.

- Experience in structuring and executing CBS and loan syndication transactions.

- Relationship origination & management, compliance and reporting driven experience in corporate banking and/or debt capital market.

- Focused experience in corporate lending/debt capital market environment with strong customer care culture.

- Awareness of developments/trends in capital markets and financial sectors.