The Investment Officer within the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) provides critical support in identifying, appraising, structuring, and negotiating investments in the financial sector. This role involves deep analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses of portfolio companies and identifying non-financial risks and opportunities within various business environments.
Duties and Accountabilities
Investment Support: Provide key support in the identification, appraisal, structuring, and negotiation of financial sector investments.
Analysis: Identify and analyze fundamental competitive strengths and weaknesses of projects or portfolio companies and identify non-financial issues, opportunities, and risk/reward factors (e.g., business environment, country, and sponsor).
Transaction Management: Handle disbursements, waivers, and complex client interactions such as restructurings; monitor and value equity investments and recommend/execute the sale of holdings.
Portfolio Monitoring: Monitor existing investments in portfolio companies, comprising various types of financial entities.
Reporting: Review and analyze the financial and operating performance of clients; prepare quarterly risk ratings, annual supervision, and other management reports, as well as country strategy papers, briefs, and project profiles.
Relationship Management: Handle client relationships and provide insight into sector developments in client countries to anticipate new investment opportunities and/or performance issues.
Project Execution: Apply knowledge of the project/portfolio lifecycle to identify and meet critical path milestones and implement tasks in a timely and high-quality fashion.
Industry Trends: Actively keep abreast of regional and industry developments and incorporate trends into the processing or supervision of projects.
Selection Criteria
Education: Master’s degree in a relevant field.
Experience: Minimum 4-6 years of relevant experience in the financial sector, preferably in an investment-related function, audit, corporate banking, and/or the private equity industry.
Technical Skills: Good understanding of financial and operational characteristics of financial institutions.
Transaction Expertise: Clear experience and expertise in identifying, evaluating, structuring, and negotiating debt and equity transactions, along with experience in portfolio management.
Problem Solving: Sound business judgment and strong problem-solving/negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively on simultaneous projects under time pressure.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Interest: A keen interest in development finance and working in a multicultural environment.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should visit the World Bank Group application portal at worldbankgroup.csod.com to submit their application.
