Senior Investment Officer - Bogota, Colombia - international finance corporation

Descripción

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is a global investor and advisor committed to promoting projects in its developing member countries that are economically beneficial, financially and commercially sound, and environmentally and socially sustainable.

IFC finances private sector investments, mobilizes capital in the international financial markets, helps clients improve social and environmental sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advice to governments and businesses in the developing world.

IFC's Advisory Services in Public Private Partnerships (CTA) is focused on assisting governments to develop and bring to market public-private partnerships (PPPs) primarily in infrastructure and social sectors.

CTA is seeking to recruit a Senior Investment Officer (SIO), to be based in Bogota, Colombia, who will report to the head of the C3P Program in the Andean region.

CTA's office in Colombia looks to support Andean and Panamanian Governments in structuring infrastructure projects that are aligned with IFC's and the World Bank Group's strategies.

Senior Investment Officers are often the project leaders of multidisciplinary teams and professionals who have expertise in the regions or sectors in which CTAP does business.

The overall goal of the job holder is to maximize the impact of IFC's intervention and to contribute to the regional and/or sector/industry development in IFC's countries of operation by executing innovative, developmental and financially sustainable PPP advisory mandates with public sector clients.

This will include the preparation of reports, carrying out business development initiatives, conducting interactions with clients, overseeing financial modeling, drafting bidding Terms of Reference, and the supervision of consultants.

• Lead marketing activities, taking a proactive approach to developing new client contacts and project leads;
• Take the lead on the preparation of proposals or mandates for new projects; the preparation and negotiation of client proposals and overseeing internal approval processes;
• Develop a thorough understanding of the Andean countries and Panama, particularly its infrastructure sectors, provide market intelligence and knowledge of developments in the general business environment.

• Lead several mandates simultaneously with different project teams;
• Oversee less experienced staff on project teams, ensuring quality execution, good client service and development of staff;
• Lead technical, legal, regulatory, financial and commercial assessment of advisory transactions, as well as project's structure design;
• Be able to directly develop complex financial models for PPP projects and oversee junior staff in the production of financial models;
• Manage the drafting and negotiation of contractual and bidding documents such as concession agreements, shareholder agreements, bidding documents etc.
• Proactively lead the marketing of the transaction to potential private sector investors;
• Manage the execution of competitive, transparent tender processes, and the resultant finalization of contractual agreements between investors and client governments.

• Coordinate closely with social, environmental, and investment colleagues in order to add value to our clients' projects;
• Develop reports for Senior Management upon request;
• Perform other duties as requested by CTA management.

• MBA or equivalent degree in business, finance or economics;
• At least 12 years' experience in project finance, investment banking and/or infrastructure economics, with good knowledge, networks and credibility within the business and governmental communities, especially in Colombia and Andean countries;
• At least 5 years of experience in publicprivate partnerships (PPPs) and different structures for engaging the private participation in the delivery of infrastructure services;
• Strong business development capacities and proven ability to identify new business' opportunities and sign new mandates;
• Deep understanding of the infrastructure business and experience in working with different subsectors in Latin American countries;
• Track record of contractual and/or financial closings of infrastructure transactions in Latin American countries;
• Experience in dealing with government clients, investors and multiple stakeholders of infrastructure projects;
• Experience in successfully managing diverse project teams in multiple transactions;
• Strong financial, an