Overview
The Associate Investment Officer - Financial Institutions Group will collaborate in developing client strategies, analyze financial performance and risks of potential clients, and lead straightforward investment transactions.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate in developing client strategies/ engagement plans and pitch books for industry and countries.
- Establish and maintain relationships with mid-level clients and other stakeholders to explore straightforward business opportunities.
- Analyze operational and financial performance as well as credit and integrity risks of potential clients/ projects.
- Build complex financial models, perform due diligence and financial analysis, and/or provide quality control over financial analysis/ projections developed by an analyst to evaluate the benefits and risks of straightforward transactions.
- Assess and articulate development impact and IFC’s role/ additionality in straightforward transactions.
- Lead straightforward investment transactions incorporating lessons learned from IFC’s earlier investments and portfolio management.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to identify ways to strengthen the development impact and financial sustainability of projects.
- Perform credit and risk assessments, financial projections, covenant compliance reviews, and monitor changes to risk flags to determine the performance of the assigned portfolio with limited supervision.
- Responsible for rating reviews or loan loss reserves on a quarterly basis for the overall assigned portfolio.
- Run models for equity valuations to determine the need to modify the exit strategy.
- Supervise and ensure the quality of portfolio reporting information prepared by junior staff, providing broader industry, sub-sector and country perspective into project risks and issues.
- Engage with mid-level clients on straightforward projects to understand their business directions and challenges that may lead to new opportunities, and support the design of client engagement plans, as applicable.
- Follow up with mid-and-senior level clients to resolve problems on straightforward projects.
Required Experience
- At least 4 years of experience in finance with a proven track record of sourcing, structuring, and closing investments, as well as active portfolio management of debt and equity investments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of industry trends and opportunities in the sub-region countries, and understanding of local issues.
- Strong financial and credit skills; experience working with different financial instruments (debt and equity, structured finance).
- Good understanding of IFC’s financial instruments, including typical investment conditions and key structuring terms.
- Business development and client relationship skills, track record, and ability to focus on clients’ needs effectively.
- Ability to interact directly and independently with the management of potential clients, financial and technical partners, as well as government officials.
Qualifications
MBA or other equivalent master’s degree in finance or management.
