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 in developing countries. In fiscal year 2023, IFC committed a record $43.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity as economies grapple with the impacts of global compounding crises. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity, especially in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict affected Situations (FCS). This strategy calls for generating our own opportunities by proactively working “Upstream” or at the pre-investment stage to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects with clients. It requires taking a systematic approach to understanding the regulatory and sector bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment into our member countries and addressing these bottlenecks through World Bank Group engagement on policy reforms and programmatic interventions at the country and sector level. It also requires the capacity to leverage WBG’s programs and projects to develop our own proactive sector interventions and to imagine, design and co-develop projects with clients, even in the absence of reforms.

IFC is seeking an Investment Analyst to support Upstream and Advisory / pre-investment work in the Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services sectors in the Europe region.

Investment Analysts work closely with IFC’s senior officers, who are responsible for designing, negotiating, structuring and subsequently implementing IFC’s Upstream engagements. Investment Analysts will help identify and design engagements and projects and will assist the MAS Europe Upstream team in implementing them to create bankable investment opportunities and projects for IFC.

Role & Responsibilities: 

•  Research and analyze relevant MAS sectors, markets and target companies, including doing sector mappings, comparative analyses, and assessments of companies’ business models and credit worthiness, in order to identify potential clients and business opportunities.
•  Do company financial and credit assessments, analyze historical financial statements, financial projections and analyst and rating agency reports. Build financial models and run sensitivity analyses, with accountability for factual accuracy.
•  Identify data collection needs to support the assessment of financial, operational, development impact, and market information as well as relevant ESG matters.
•  Do necessary credit risk rating assessments and integrity risk assessments in IFC’s systems, with supervision.
•  Extract data from internal and external databases, manipulate and present data for various audiences and update/maintain information in the relevant databases.
•  Review, screen, prepare and coordinate the storage of the relevant documents and reports.
•  Contribute to the development of high-quality specific Upstream initiatives and interventions through research, analytical, and operational work.
•  Support the Upstream team with overall project management, planning and the monitoring of the projects’ deliverables, with the aim to the ensure timely and high-quality delivery on the regional Upstream program’s objectives and KPIs.
•  Prepare documentation for IFC’s internal processes and reporting, as well as for IFC’s project management and supervision systems.

Selection Criteria

 A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or another relevant field.
•  Up to 2 (two) years of work experience in banking, consulting or another fast-paced, knowledge-based work environment, with a finance or business focus.
•  Genuine commitment to development and to the World Bank Group’s and IFC’s mission, strategies and values.
•  Strong analytical and conceptual skills, including corporate and project finance.
•  The ability to develop complex financial models.
•  Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and database skills, and the ability to prepare professional documents suitable for sharing with senior counterparts of IFC management or client company executives;
•  Excellent attention to detail and quality, especially in relation to presentation materials (e.g. PowerPoint) and any written materials produced;
•  The ability to thrive under pressure and function effectively in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines, while working on multiple projects.
•  Excellent teamwork skills, the ability to take the initiative and to work across organizational boundaries.
•  A keen interest in development finance and multicultural environments
•  The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
•  Strong written and verbal communications skills in English. Proficiency in the language(s) of the region would be an asset.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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