Transactor: Corporate Finance

About this role

FNB, through its corporate and investment arm RMB, is hiring a Transactor for its Corporate Finance team in Johannesburg. This is a full-time role that helps the team win new client work and deliver live transactions.

What you’ll do

• Help senior and mid-tier transactors prepare for client meetings, pitches and proactive engagements.
• Research sectors, companies and markets to support origination planning.
• Prepare pitch material, credentials, briefing notes and financial analysis for current and prospective clients.
• Support deal execution across M&A, ECM, BEE, Corporate Solutions, Regulatory Advisory and Private Capital.
• Take ownership of assigned workstreams under supervision, such as financial model inputs, valuation support, data analysis and slide drafting.
• Help manage data rooms, due diligence and information requests, and keep stakeholders coordinated.
• Contribute to transaction documents such as teasers, information memoranda, term sheets, circulars and internal approval memos.
• Keep track of covenants, reporting and post-deal processes once transactions are implemented.

What you need

• A relevant qualification.
• At least 2 to 3 years of corporate finance experience.
• A strong work ethic and a self-starter attitude.
• Resilience, and openness to giving and receiving feedback.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and internal RMB systems.
• Strong attention to governance, confidentiality and regulatory requirements.

Is this job for you?

This role suits someone who already understands corporate finance and wants to build deal skills under experienced transactors. You should be driven to learn, comfortable taking ownership, and keen to grow your sector knowledge and client skills.

Tips before you apply

• Have your qualification certificates and a current CV ready, and check that your dates of experience are clear.
• Show examples of financial models, valuations or transaction documents you have worked on, without sharing confidential client information.
• Give concrete examples of feedback you have acted on and how you have grown in your role.