(Senior) Investment Officer, Corporate Finance Services (CFS)
Full time @International Finance Corporation (IFC) posted 1 week ago in Business and Finance Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Career Level Officer
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Experience 8 Years +
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Industry Finance
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Qualifications Master’s Degree
Job Description
Duties and Accountabilities
- Strategy: Helping to design and implement CFS’s strategy, working closely with the regional WBG teams, with a focus on WBG’s strategic priorities in the Africa region.
- EMP/ M&A Advisory: Collaborating with regional leads to drive the origination and execution of buy-side and sell-side advisory, restructuring advisory, and EMP services mandates in the Africa region.
- Pre-IPO Advisory: Leading origination and execution of strategic pre-IPO advisory mandates in the five regions. Execution will include supporting teams in advising clients on listing processes, appropriateness, timing, regulations, and relevant key issues; reviewing and advising on current corporate structure, balance sheet structure, valuation, and business planning; preparing detailed timetables for listing, broker selection, and prospectus review; preparing management and the board for listing; and providing corporate governance group advisory services.
- Relationship Management: Maintaining strong relationships with internal regional and industry counterparts in the Africa regions, to identify collaboration opportunities that enhance business development and delivery that are aligned with IFC corporate objectives.
- Client Management: Working closely with multi-regional clients and with relevant internal resources to help clients to develop a transaction strategy, and to undertake bankability assessment, funding feasibility, financial modelling, business planning/restructuring.
- Processing: Providing overview on the drafting key transaction reports and project documentation (Marketing documents for each transaction, Information memoranda, due diligence, and transaction structuring reports, and transaction contracts and agreements, etc.).
- Mentorship: Mentoring junior colleagues and helping them to achieve business targets
- Corporate Initiative: Supporting IFC’s “brand” in the CFS space, building on IFC’s regional brand and overall communications strategy.
Selection Criteria
The successful candidate must possess the following skills and experience:
- A Master’s degree or equivalent professional qualification in finance, business, law, consulting with a minimum of 12-15 years relevant experience. A background which combines one or more of these areas of experience will be preferred.
- Seasoned in equity transactions, as a principal investor, an advisor, or underwriter, including in an investment bank, VC, PE type institution.
- Transaction advisory experience in buy side mandates, sell side mandates, restructuring mandates, preferably in the disruptive technology space.
- Track record of delivering targeted results on M&A, Restructuring and IPO mandates under stressful timetables and environment.
- Proven success in developing strong client relationships and executing mandates across borders and in difficult environments.
- Experience taking companies public on major international stock exchanges such as the New York stock exchange, London Stock exchange etc, is plus.
- Strong track record of business delivery, demonstrated investment experience, superior business judgment and established professional credibility.
- Excellent team player and demonstrated ability to work effectively with a dispersed team in a dynamic and multicultural environment.
- Ability to work collaboratively with superior facilitation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to represent IFC externally and to develop and manage relationships with clients, media, donors, and other stakeholders.
- Commitment to development and alignment with the World Bank Group and IFC’s mission, strategy, and values.
