Associate Investment Officer

**Associate Investment Officer**

**Job #**:

- req30265**Organization**:

- IFC**Sector**:

- Investment**Grade**:

- GF**Term Duration**:

- 3 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- Local Recruitment**Location**:

- Mumbai,India**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:

- Hindi**Closing Date**:

- 11/20/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) is one of IFC’s key departments responsible for a significant portion of IFC’s business volume, profitability and development reach, approximately 40%. FIG engages in a wide range of sub-sectors, including Banking, Microfinance, SME, Gender Finance, Climate Finance, Insurance, Capital Markets, Housing Finance, Distressed Assets, and other areas, with both investment and advisory services delivered globally to IFC’s clients through IFC’s global network. FIG has three main objectives: 1) financial inclusion, 2) servicing the real economy, and 3) mobilizing third-party resources.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Analyze operational and financial performance and credit and integrity risks of potential clients and projects. Present recommendations to the business development team on whether to pursue a straightforward deal and alternatives for structuring it
- Collaborate in developing client strategies, engagement plans, and pitchbooks for various sectors and countries, including IDA and FCS countries, and conduct sector analysis to be used as input to sector strategies
- Collect financial and operational information from clients, research pricing information, and research policies and procedures
- Build complex financial models, perform due diligence and financial analysis, and/or provide quality control over financial analysis and projections developed by an analyst to evaluate the benefits and risks of straightforward transactions
- Ensure adequate and systematic capture of project, sector, and country benchmarking information to capture lessons learned and support decision-making in future transactions
- Assess and articulate the development impact and IFC’s role and additionality in straightforward transactions. Engage with the IFC economics team to analyze project impact and market creation impact
- Prepare content to convey persuasive and convincing ideas following investment banking quality standards, financial models reflecting different transaction structures, and valuation of companies
- Draft memos and concept notes for repeat business. Independently handle waivers, amendments, and equity sales memo for straightforward portfolio projects (in coordination with relevant departments) under the general supervision of senior investment officers
- Follow up with mid
- and senior-level clients to resolve problems on straightforward projects
- Engage with mid-level clients of straightforward projects to understand their business directions and challenges, which may lead to new opportunities, and support the design of client engagement plans, as applicable
- Establish relationships with mid-level clients and stakeholders (government, development partners, WBG) to explore straightforward business opportunities
- Monitor macroeconomic indicators of sector and country market conditions, as well as social and political information relevant to assigned portfolios
- Perform credit and risk assessments, financial projections, covenant compliance reviews (debt), and monitor risk flags changes to determine performance assigned to a portfolio, with limited supervision
- Prepare investment committee or advisory committee materials for straightforward transactions, ensuring adequate applicability of IFC’s policies and procedures
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders (legal, ES&G, economists, and sector specialists) to identify ways to strengthen projects' development impact and financial sustainability
- Hold accountability for the preparation and quality of investment committee materials focusing on financial and nonfinancial risk assessments and deal structuring for straightforward transactions
- Prepare quarterly portfolio reports that analyze trends over time, key issues, and areas of potential concern
- Prepare brief documents summarizing post-mortem insights from portfolio reviews and reporting to identify improvement opportunities and best practices.
- Supervise and ensure the quality of portfolio reporting information prepared by junior staff, providing broader industry, subsector, and country perspectives on project risks and issues
- Lead efforts to synthesize information from past transactions and extra