Overview
Provide strategic leadership to ensure CIF's resources are managed prudently, transparently, and in alignment with governance decisions and an optimal capital adequacy trajectory. This role enables CIF to deploy an expanding set of financial instruments effectively while meeting its impact objectives.
Tasks Summary
- Lead and develop the Risk and Financial Management team, setting workplans, mentoring staff, and ensuring high-quality delivery
- Serve on the CIF extended leadership team and participate in relevant internal committees
- Represent CIF externally on risk and finance matters in coordination with the Treasury Manager where relevant
- Implement and periodically strengthen CIF's risk management framework, streamlining and updating risk policies and procedures
- Develop relevant investment criteria and risk thresholds throughout the programming cycle to ensure optimal portfolio risk trajectory in line with capital adequacy and liquidity requirements
- Maintain risk indicators and risk appetite thresholds; produce risk dashboards and periodic risk reports for senior management and the TFC
- Lead portfolio risk analysis, forecasting, and stress testing; develop tools to streamline and automate risk, portfolio, and disbursement reporting
- In coordination with the Results and Portfolio Management team, conduct risk reviews for new projects and maintain credit portfolio monitoring tools to track concentrations, portfolio limits
- Ensure optimal portfolio risk trajectory in line with capital adequacy and liquidity requirements
- Provide input to support effective operation of CCMM in close coordination with the Treasury Manager and Trustee
- Contribute to consolidated portfolio cash-flow projections, liquidity planning, and financial monitoring required for CCMM
- Support data quality and consistency across MDBs' reporting streams relevant to CCMM and resolve material discrepancies as needed
- Oversee budget preparation, approval, and execution; strengthen forecasting, performance indicators, benchmarking, and internal controls
- Improve and monitor disbursement performance; lead or support operational workstreams that affect financial management (including HLM implementation, private capital mobilization measurement, and financial products terms and conditions)
- Ensure finance-related elements of CIF policies and procedures remain current and fit-for-purpose
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in risk management and/or asset and liability management, with a focus on capital adequacy risk management
- Strong capability in financial modeling (programming languages an asset)
- Demonstrated people management and mentoring experience
- Proven ability to support senior decision-making through clear analysis and writing
- Experience engaging with boards or committees and managing complex stakeholders
- Experience in debt capital markets (including credit agencies rating process) and/or multilateral development banks
- Familiarity with concessional finance instruments
- Experience leading or contributing to institutional budget processes.
Qualification Requirements
• Master's degree in finance, risk management or equivalent degree.
