Associate Investment Officer

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Description

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• Build well-designed, well-structured and user friendly bespoke financial models for different types of companies and infrastructure projects, for debt and/or equity investments, in line with industry best practice and PSOD’s criteria, and incorporating key findings from due diligence and comments from the deal teams and clients as appropriate;
• Review, audit, modify and sensitize financial models (including proper documentation of all changes) for corporates in various sectors and infrastructure projects which have been designed and built by sponsors or ADB’s deal teams for the use in ADB’s risk assessment process;
• Conduct walkthrough of the bespoke financial models with counterparties;
• Develop and conduct training programs on best practice in financial modeling and key accounting fundamentals and their integration to financial models;
• Conduct financial analysis and due diligence to understand key business drivers of the companies and use findings to design and build bespoke financial models;
• Conduct benchmark analysis using relevant peers to validate the reasonableness of the assumptions and stress scenarios used in the financial model; and
• Perform other tasks, as may be required.

• Develop and applies tools to analyze larger datasets, for example multiple financial models, for the use in transaction benchmarking or portfolio analyses;
• Build dashboards for effective data visualization.

• Review, assesses, and provides recommendations for key transaction risks, covering, inter alia, sponsor, commercial and structure risks in proposed and existing financing transactions;
• Provide advice and recommendations to deal origination teams on appropriate risk mitigation measures, deal structuring, security arrangements and financial covenants throughout the risk appraisal process; and
• Participate in drafting risk appraisals for nonsovereign loan, guarantee and equity transactions in both the concept review and final approval stages.

• Provide support to monitoring for nonsovereign loan, guarantee and equity transactions, and support the preparation of relevant risk appraisals or valuations.

• Participate in selected due diligence conference calls and missions;
• Assume ad hoc project duties and other forms of assignments, as required; and
• Provide support to other divisions and units in PSOD as and when needed for special projects and tasks.

• University degree in business administration, finance, or relevant fields, preferably with master’s degree, advance training and/or qualification as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
• At least six (6) years of relevant professional experience in international bank, rating agency, accounting firm, or multilateral/bilateral development organization, in financial modeling, risk management, deal origination or investment appraisal.
• Demonstrated experience in: (i) designing and building financial models for different types of companies, including corporates in various sectors and infrastructure projects, (ii) modifying and auditing complex financial models for various project finance and corporate finance deals, and (iii) back-testing of financial models;
• Strong financial analysis and forecasting skills, problem-solving skills, and attention to details;
• Solid knowledge and understanding of accounting fundamentals (including sector-specific accounting standards) and application of these concepts in building bespoke financial models;
• Mastery in Microsoft Excel with ability to build highly granular models and various sensitivity scenarios for debt and equity transactions. Other IT skills such as Power BI or Power Query are a plus;
• Strong coordination, interpersonal and diplomacy skills;
• Good familiarity with risk rating tools, and developments in the area of risk management;
• Strong report-writing and communication skills in English and
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for NS1.

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