Investment Officer

As an Investment Officer, you will 1) provide technical support and coordination in the processing of ADB’s private sector investments and technical assistance; and 2) participate and contribute in the identification, development, approval, and implementation of private sector infrastructure financing projects. The staff will report to the designated International Staff (IS) and will have secondary reporting arrangements to the Country Director on administrative matters.

Engagement with INRM colleagues, across functions, is a requisite of the position, with strong knowledge sharing, and involvement in a wide variety of India and region-focused ADB initiatives.

You will:

Project origination

• Stay abreast of the infrastructure sector including projects, regulations, and borrowers;
• Identify new opportunities for ADB financing;
• Assess opportunities to efficiently arrive at their bankability and executability;
• Pursue clients to secure financing mandates to be able to commence execution and processing of transactions.

Project Processing

• Participate and contribute in the identification, development, and processing of projects, leading the needed due diligence, financial and risk analysis, and mitigation work toward the structuring of loans, bonds, equity investment, guarantees, or other forms of assistance
• Independently apply proper risk management in projects;
• Support the team leader/deal team in negotiating the terms and conditions for financing;
• Support due diligence processes and be able to lead technical, credit and financial work streams;
• Independently develop financial models and in general assess the risk and credit profile of proposed infrastructure investments;
• Review and analyze financial statements and financial projections/models, performing sensitivity analysis and stress testing and making necessary recommendations;
• Independently prepare financial models;
• Undertake relevant industry and country research as a part of transaction risk assessment and make recommendations to the project team leader;
• Independently prepare the initial and final Concept Review Forms, summaries of project documents, risk assessment analyses and other required document throughout the project processing cycle;
• Independently engage with the Office of Risk Management and the Safeguards Specialists to address credit-related and other safeguards-related issues;
• Prepare presentation materials;
• Participate in the review of financing agreements;
• Oversee the documentation and maintenance of comprehensive credit files related to transactions under processing.

Strategy and Planning

• Contribute to the development of policy and strategies for ADB’s developmental goals for the private sector in consultation with relevant stakeholders
• Assist in developing a pipeline of private sector infrastructure projects.

Others

• Perform other tasks as assigned and reflected in the work plan.
• Guide administrative staff (AS), and facilitate work planning, delivery, and quality review of deliverables

Qualifications

You will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, and/or accounting, preferably with a master’s degree or equivalent
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in project finance or corporate finance.
• Proven ability to undertake research and analysis on difficult but well-defined tasks, collect and organize required data and information, apply appropriate computer skills in organizing and analyzing the data; and prepare notes, papers, and sections of reports.
• Good analytical thinking with the ability to comprehend causal links, make pros and cons analyses, and analyze factors to reach a decision.
• Effective report-writing and communication skills in English.
• Collaborate with teams as a constructive team member.
• Please refer to the link for the ADB Competency Framework for National Staff Level 2.

Source: https://www.adb.org/careers/240275