Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Senior Credit Officer: Credit Origination x6

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Job Description

The role is responsible for the origination and structuring of complex credit transactions across various sectors, e.g.infrastructure, sovereign, sub-sovereign, public sector projects for investment considerations in South Africa, the Rest ofAfrica and High Impact. This role is instrumental in ensuring that new transactions align with the DBSA’s mandate, riskappetite and strategic objectives. Applying technical and commercial expertise, and legal knowledge, the role supportsdecision-making by appraising new transactions, through conducting due diligence, credit assessment of financial andnon-financial risks, financial modelling and well-structured credit risk mitigation strategies. This role interacts closely withthe Business teams and various Sector and Country Specialists in the origination process.

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