Investment Officer

at  World Bank Group

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 US$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 is seeking a Investment Officer for its Infrastructure and Natural Resources (INR) team in the Asia Pacific region. The position is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Infrastructure and Natural Resources (INR) business line provides financing solutions to clients focused on the power, transport, telecoms and municipal and environmental infrastructure sectors. A strategic focus for the INR team in Asia Pacific is to support clients (both public at the subnational level and private sector clients) to find decarbonization solutions in these sectors and to ramp up investments in renewable energy, transport, telecoms, and urban infrastructure. IFC is seeking an Investment Officer for its INR investment team, with expertise in one or more of renewable energy, transport, telecom, and urban infrastructure sectors. The selected candidate will focus on developing a high-quality pipeline of infrastructure projects, structuring, negotiating, and executing debt and equity investments for infrastructure projects and supervising portfolio investments, under the supervision of the Regional Industry Manager. The selected candidate would focus on growing the infrastructure business in Indonesia and will also get the opportunity to work more broadly across Asia Pacific.

The selected candidate will be a key member of the Asia Pacific infrastructure team, be based in Jakarta and will work closely with colleagues in the region and in Washington, DC, on business development, transaction execution, portfolio supervision, and client relationship management.

The responsibilities of the Investment Officer include but are not limited to:

• Contribute to drafting strategies for a sector, product, or region to catalyze private sector investment and open new markets, which includes defining target clients, business development priorities, required actions, and appropriate timeline for IFC interventions and engagements; and execute strategies for more complex client engagements with the objective of building a robust investment or advisory pipeline.
• Lead discussions with key internal stakeholders and decision makers (e.g. Credit, board) to keep moderate complex projects moving through the approval process. Ensure timely processing, thorough due diligence and client satisfaction.
• Thoroughly review work provided by clients and prepared by team members to ensure solid structure and consistency of legal documents with agreed upon terms. Ensure quality control of work products.
• Oversee and engage with specialists to address other compliance areas including ES&G, insurance, and governance.
• Bring to the table complementary and catalytic finance and products that can help a marginal transaction with high developmental impact potential become successful.
• Review project assumptions and financial projections to check for accuracy and completeness.
• Sustain long-term relationships with clients and other stakeholders (e.g., government officials) at the senior level and engage effectively with other syndicate lenders at senior management levels.
• Proactively support business development efforts of country teams, which include leading the identification of strategic clients, globally and regionally;
• Oversee portfolio of assets for IRP quarterly review that includes reviewing ratings, loan loss, and valuations. Make recommendations on reserve requirements and region or corporate actions needed to address shifting portfolio trends.
• Proactively manage a portfolio of investments and strategic clients, identify opportunities for repeat business, and bring these opportunities to financial close when appropriate.
• Work with portfolio managers and CSO to address emerging risks in sector portfolio and to capture learning that can translate into improved structuring of future sector business.