Principal Investment Officer - Singapore - IFC Systems Corporation

IFC Systems Corporation

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Singapore

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Description

Principal Investment Officer

Job #:

- req20550
Organization:

IFC
Sector:
Investment
Grade:
GH
Term Duration:
3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
International Recruitment
Location:
Singapore,Singapore
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:

1/4/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description

The Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services (MAS) Industry Group plays an important role in supporting IFC's strategic priorities, covering investments in the global manufacturing and services, agribusiness, health and education sectors.

MAS' sectors play a critical role in providing goods and services to consumers, addressing core needs, creating jobs, contributing to government revenues and stimulating growth.

In IFC's client countries, these sectors can account for as much as 80% of overall economic activity and can account for up to 90% of employment activity, particularly in the poorest countries.

Duties and Accountabilities:

Provide expert advice and insight on sector and riskreward process incorporating learning from previous transactions and portfolio management.
Make key decisions about whether to pursue a deal based on analysis of client company and strategic fit with IFC.
Oversee and provide expertise for structuring of complex projects that can be defended internally and will work from client's perspective. Intervene or lead negotiations with clients, when necessary, to resolve difficult issues.
Bring to the table complementary and catalytic finance and products that can help a marginal transaction with high developmental impact potential become successful.
Serve as a corporate resource in leading multidisciplinary teams to develop leads into new deals that effectively balance IFC's additionality, financial risks and rewards, sustainable development impact, and opportunities for innovation and scalability. Sustain longterm 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 manage a portfolio of highly complex investments and strategic or top tier clients, identify opportunities for repeat business, and bring these opportunities to financial close when appropriate.
Work with country and sector teams to generate ideas about new investment opportunities, new products, and platform businesses by leveraging sectorspecific data analysis, stress testing various operating models, having dialogues with stakeholders, and sharing information across the WBG.
Work with regional leadership to prioritize Upstream programs and ensure the identified earlystage project development engagement activities are properly staffed.
Proactively convene stakeholders, form partnerships, and connect expertise from IFC operations staff, industry specialists, WB's Global Practices, sponsors, clients, and other external parties to enable delivery of Upstream programs.
Work with country and sector teams to generate ideas about new investment opportunities, new products, and platform businesses by leveraging sectorspecific data analysis, stress testing various operating models, having dialogues with stakeholders, and sharing information across the WBG.

Selection Criteria

Specialized skills for business development and investment processing roles.
Excellent negotiation and structuring skills demonstrated by proven track record. Can recognize when negotiations no longer serve IFC's interests and has the conviction to take appropriate actions to protect IFC, which could include walking away from a deal or taking different positions on corporate actions.
Able to influence others based on the understanding of the implications of investment decisions for IFC's business.
Build, maintain, and leverage strategically extensive network in the sector, country, or region to seek new opportunities and markets. Maintain rapport and reputation within these networks to test new ideas, products, and approaches to generate opportunities in new markets. Practices active listening skills, often paraphrasing the message, to ensure understanding of what is going on with clients and stakeholders to anticipate their needs and acknowledge when IFC or WBG is unable to meet them.
Development Partners: Maintain excellent relationships by presenting latest research, trends, and new programs, and by reporting on progress and results of projects they are sponsoring
Networks:

Ability to develop and draw on relationships across multiple teams — regional, headquarters, advisory, other departments, and WBG — to facilitate transfer of knowledge, innovative approaches, and replication of best practices.

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Ability to describe highly complex issues, approaches, and lessons in a manner that is relevant and understandable to clients/stakeho