Senior Investment Officer - Ciudad de México - World Bank Group

World Bank Group

Empresa verificada

Ciudad de México

hace 2 semanas

Publicado por:

Rodrigo Fernández

Reclutador de talento para beBee

Descripción

Job #:

- req23525
Organization:

IFC
Sector:
Upstream
Grade:
GG
Term Duration:
3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
International Recruitment
Location:
Mexico City,Mexico;
Bogota, Colombia; Sao Paulo, Brazil
Required Language(s):
English, Spanish
Preferred Language(s):
Portuguese
Closing Date:
8/7/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity across emerging markets.

This strategy aims to create new opportunities for private investments in riskier markets and sectors by proactively working "Upstream" or at the pre-investment stage (early in the project-development cycle) to create, deepen, and expand markets and design and develop potential investment projects.

Implementing this strategy will require a different approach to business development, deal sourcing, and client support that relies on (i) a broader product offering to engage earlier in the project cycle and secure opportunities; (ii) a greater focus on preparing clients in nascent markets and sectors for investment; (iii) a greater focus on value addition and risk management of portfolio investment clients to enhance their performance; and (iv) a longer time horizon and a more patient, longer-term perspective.

Specific "Upstream" pre-investment and early-stage project development products include (i) collaboration engagements through which IFC supports private companies in the evaluation of new investment opportunities or business models; (ii) co-development engagements whereby IFC shares in the cost and risk of developing investment projects; (iii) advisory engagements to assist existing and prospective clients in unlocking investment opportunities or advancing climate and broader sustainability goals; (iv) joint engagements with the World Bank, taking a systematic approach to understanding the regulatory and sector bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment in our member countries and addressing these bottlenecks through policy reforms and programmatic interventions at the country and sector level.

IFC's focus on infrastructure is on (i) increasing access to basic infrastructure services; (ii) supporting local companies while improving transparency and corporate governance; (iii) exploring new equity and debt investment opportunities and catalyzing foreign direct investments, including co-investments and mobilizing syndicated and parallel loans; (iv) introducing and developing new financial products including through Public Private Partnerships; and (v) building long-term partnerships with strong global and regional players.

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Infrastructure department is an open and dynamic team that originates, structures and commits financing to infrastructure projects across several sectors, including energy, transportation, water and waste, telecom and technology, subnational infrastructure, and natural resources.

The department includes new business, portfolio, and upstream (pre-investment) units. The upstream/pre-investment team intrinsically works with investment and portfolio teams generating leads on potential opportunities for IFC.

IFC is seeking a Senior Investment Officer (SIO) to support our upstream/pre-investment work in the infrastructure sector in the LAC region, with a particular focus on the Transport Sector.

The SIO will drive the pre-investment unit's efforts to enable investment opportunities in the LAC and the transport sector by (i) incubating high-impact projects that require early-stage development and pre-investment support together with private sector clients leading to an IFC investment, (ii) getting potential clients ready for IFC investment through client preparation and development, (iii) doing business development to identify opportunities with private companies in the Relevant Sector, and (iv) identifying opportunities to work with the World Bank to tackle regulatory and sector bottlenecks in the transport sector that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investments.

Role & Responsibilities:

Play a leading role in upstream (preinvestment) business development and market creation activities for the transportation sector in LAC.
Identify and assess upstream (preinvestment) opportunities based on country and sector strategies, market creation, and investment potential; and sourcing projects and initiatives by engaging with the private sector and WBG colleagues and uncovering needs through strategic analysis.
In coordination with the designated transport investment sector lead for

LAC:
Develop an integrated transport strategy that leverages upstream (pre-investment) activities to generate new business opportunities for IFC; Build, maintain, and strategically leverage contacts with key players in the transport sector in the region; and lead the execution of i