Analyst - Energy

Requisition ID
- 35465
- Office Country
- Egypt
- Office City
- Cairo
- Division
- Banking Countries of Operations
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Contract Length
- 2 years
- Posting End Date
- 23/03/2025

**Purpose of Job**:
EBRD is one the largest financiers of the energy sector in Egypt. The Analyst will be working on debt facilities for energy projects including renewable energy programmes, green hydrogen projects, and battery storage solutions, particularly those supported by the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), with a focus on monitoring of existing portfolio, including existing CTF projects. The Analyst will also contribute to all phases of the project cycle, including project origination, structuring, execution, and implementation.

The Analyst will take responsibility for the tasks assigned to him/her by the operation leader or more senior members of the project team, or more senior bankers, which may include undertaking comprehensive due diligence, including financial, market, integrity and EBRD policy compliance, conducting financial analysis and financial modelling on advanced level, as well as effective post-signing implementation and monitoring.

The Analyst carries out these tasks as part of a project team under the guidance of the operation leader or under the supervision/guidance of more senior bankers.

**Accountabilities & Responsibilities**:
Under the guidance of the operation leader or a more senior banker:

- Structuring and Execution
- Work as a project team member on transactions, particularly those to be co-financed by the CTF, contributing to all aspects of project structuring and execution, including comprehensive research and analysis of background materials, market information and financial performance data; analyse and evaluate potential risks related to the proposed project, including analysis of financial statements, preparing and updating financial models and financial projections;
- Assist with the designing and processing of technical co-operation assistance, including those supported by the CTF, including preparation of terms of reference and internal approval documentation, to support the related investment project or the related policy dialogue initiative;
- Ensure that all tasks assigned to the Analyst are completed within the specified time frames to a high quality and in line with the policies, procedures and objectives of the Bank.
- Portfolio Monitoring, Value Creation and Reporting
- As requested by the operation leader or a Portfolio Manager, undertake assigned tasks relating to the implementation and monitoring of projects to which the Analyst is assigned as part of the project team, with a particular emphasis on CTF co-financed projects, including compliance with project agreements and Bank procedures related to disbursement, monitoring of progress of the project and financial performance of the client, assessing evolving risk factors and monitoring and assessing covenant compliance;
- As requested by the operation leader or more senior member of the project team, collect relevant data and prepare timely and comprehensive draft monitoring reports to support EBRD’s relevant reporting obligations to the CTF, and include recommendations for corrective actions where required and ensure these corrective actions and recommendations are brought to the attention of more senior team members;
- As may be requested by, and under the supervision of, a Technical Cooperation (TC) operation leader, assist with the effective implementation and monitoring of TC assignments including communication with TC client, monitoring of TC fund usage, preparation and filing of relevant TC progress and completion reports to support the TC operation leader to meet donor reporting requirements and operational objectives.

The responsibilities of the Analyst are designed to allow the Analyst to progressively undertake more complex tasks and build the scope of responsibilities based on acquired experience and expertise.

**Qualifications & Skills / Experience & Knowledge**:
Qualifications and Skills:

- Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in the areas of expertise.
- Proven interest and sound understanding of energy industry in Egypt is desirable.
- Professional qualification such as ACA, CFA, ACCA, or CIMA desirable.
- Quantitative/numerical skills are critical with the ability to interpret financial information and to design and use financial models.
- Credit analysis skills, with the ability to interpret accounts, ability to build and analyse cash flow statements, understanding local and international accounting principles and practice of credit analysis.
- Advanced financial modelling skills and ability to build and review financial models are core qualification requirements for this position
- Computer literacy, conversant with Microsoft Office and spread sheet packages including financial analysis and modelling modules.
- Good understanding of relevant system