Role & Responsibilities
Responsibilities
include, but are not limited to:
- Work with teams to identify and assess potential
Blended Finance projects (including projects to be funded by the IDA PSW,
CCW, FOF and BFF and LCF, the various Blended Finance facilities for
Climate, GAFSP Private Sector Window, the Gates Foundation partnership,
the Global SME Finance and the Women Entrepreneur Financing Facility
(We-Fi) and other blended finance facilities.
- Liaise with staff to monitor and support the
expansion of Blended Finance pipeline.
- Contribute to investment structuring related to
the blended finance funded investment in projects, platforms &
programs, including modeling of respective risks and subsidies, and to
assess the products/structure that meets the project needs and has an
adequate risk/return for the contributor.
- Work closely with IFC investment teams to
prepare and take responsibility for documentation and processing of
blended finance co-investment to Blended Finance Committee/Director and
for contributing to the IFC investment proposal, Board documentation, and
client legal agreements.
- Have a keen interest in financial engineering
for derisking projects and enhancing PCM
- Work with colleagues in the Unified Guarantee
Platform / MIGA on customized political risk mitigation products where
IBRD / MIGA products are not available.
- Understanding of local currency solutions
offered by development banks
- Attend appraisal on an as-needed basis depending
on transaction team need for additional skills and analysis to be provided
by the blended finance investment officer or if proposed co-investment
structure has significantly different interests than the IFC investment
The
candidate should be someone with:
- MBA or Graduate degree, specialization in
finance/investment strongly preferred.
- [6]+ years relevant experience in working on
cross-border emerging market investments with a track record of
structuring/executing and supervision and portfolio management of complex
investment transactions, including in local currency, capital markets, and
structured finance.
- Experience with IFC’s investment and portfolio
management processes, equity, quasi-equity, loan, guarantee, and other
investment documentation, accounting, and financial statement analysis.
- Knowledge of IFC products, operations and,
preferably also, its approach to blending concessional finance alongside
IFC’s investments for its own account a plus.
- Understanding of IFC’s investment practices with
knowledge of current issues, challenges, and opportunities in implementing
blended finance investments a plus.
- Ability to grasp details, solve problems,
identify key issues for action and manage/incorporate stakeholder
interests, and explain issues clearly and confidently.
- Clarity in the presentation and delivery of
information, including gathering lessons of experience and impact stories
to be shared with contributors and other internal and external
stakeholders, and resilience to work well under time and workload pressure
with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage and complete multiple projects
simultaneously and to meet deadlines under pressure.
- Commercial interest in development issues and
strengthening sustainable development.
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills in English and other languages, such as French or Portuguese a
plus.
- Deliver Results for Clients – Proactively
addresses clients’ stated and unstated needs.
How to Apply
