Senior Investment Specialist (Guarantees and Syndications)

Asian Development Bank - ADB

Staff Closes 08 Apr 2026 13 days left

Overview

Mobilize financing for ADB's clients through guarantees and risk transfers from commercial sources by originating, structuring, and executing these transactions.


Key Responsibilities
  • Advise on the use of risk transfers and guarantees during transaction design.
  • Support PSOD teams and Sector Groups for transactions with risk transfers or guarantees.
  • Identify, structure, execute, and help distribute transactions involving ADB's clients in infrastructure, financial, and other sectors.
  • Work with approved risk transfer counterparties to originate and execute risk transfers.
  • Lead and/or support the administration of risk transfers and guarantees, including maintaining documentation.
  • Mobilize private capital through the application of risk transfers and/or guarantees.
  • Lead and contribute to promoting innovative application and design of risk sharing structures.
  • Lead building relationships with major risk transfer counterparties.
  • Lead in building awareness of risk transfer and guarantee opportunities.
  • Lead and/or support project teams in identifying opportunities that may need risk transfers and/or guarantees.
  • Recommend improvements to ADB's private capital mobilization policies, guidelines, and practices.
  • Contribute to the administration and reporting of ADB's risk transfers and guarantee products.
  • Lead and contribute to efforts to increase awareness of ADB's risk transfer and guarantee products.
  • Lead and/or participate in preparing staff instructions on risk transfers and guarantees.
  • Lead and/or contribute to maintaining knowledge of emerging best practices in risk transfers/credit insurance and guarantees.
  • Lead and/or contribute to preparing related in-house seminars and workshops, updates of commercial financing transaction briefs, manuals, brochures, and other publications.
  • Provide leadership and support to reporting staff.
  • Supervise the performance of reporting staff, providing clear direction and regular monitoring and feedback.
  • Ensure the ongoing learning and development of reporting staff.
Required Experience

At least 10 years work experience in project, structured finance and/or structured credit and political risk insurance or guarantees, preferably including hands-on experience in originating, structuring and executing loans and/or credit and political risk insurance, guarantees for infrastructure and/or financial sector transactions. International experience working in development in several countries.

Qualifications

Master's Degree, or equivalent, in a business or finance related field or University degree and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.

Other Details
Languages Required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Languages Preferred
Not specified
Contract Duration
initial fixed period of 3 years, may be extended once for up to 2 years
Work Modality
on-site
Remuneration
Not specified
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