Investment Officer

**Investment Officer**

**Job #**:

- req29702**Organization**:

- IFC**Sector**:

- Investment**Grade**:

- GG**Term Duration**:

- 3 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- International Recruitment**Location**:

- Cairo,Egypt**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:

- Arabic**Closing Date**:

- 10/17/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new strategy to stimulate more investment activity by Creating Markets, including in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict Situations (FCS). This new strategy requires a shift in our approach to proactively create, deepen, and expand markets and projects rather than waiting for clients to propose projects for IFC to finance. This strategy also relies on upstream work with Governments and World Bank colleagues to enable private sector solutions and financing. We call this approach the “Cascade.” Working with clients, we will first seek private sector solutions to address development challenges, where such solutions are advisable and can be effective, and reserve public financing for projects only when other options are suboptimal.

The Financial Institution Group (FIG) is one of IFC’s key Departments responsible for a significant portion of IFC’s business volume, profitability, and development reach, approximately 40%. FIG engages in a wide range of sub-sectors including Microfinance, SME, Gender, Climate, Insurance, Capital Markets, Housing, Distressed Assets, and other areas, with both investment and advisory services delivered globally to IFC’s clients through IFC’s global network. FIG has three main objectives: 1) financial inclusion; 2) servicing the real economy; and 3) mobilizing third-party resources. The goal is to develop efficient financial systems that will increase financial inclusion and fuel economic growth in client countries and enhance IFC’s developmental impact.

FIG Africa is based across the continent with main hubs and offices in Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa and is recruiting Investment Officers (“IO”) with good local market and industry experience to join the investment team, which originates, manages and monitors IFC's financial sector investments, including investments that support the institutions' regional expansion across Africa. The IO will report to the relevant FIG Regional Industry Manager and will be based Cairo (Egypt).

Note: Excellent oral and written presentation skills in English are required.

**Duties and Accountabilities**:
The duties and accountabilities of the role include but are not limited to:

- Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities through proactive origination/business development and developing and employing sector/country knowledge.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential FIG clients, investors, arrangers, and other key stakeholders (development partners, government, World Bank) of the financial sector community to further develop the sector and to develop specific investment opportunities.
- Mobilize other investors alongside IFC.
- Engage with mid and senior-level clients of projects to understand their business directions and challenges that may lead to new opportunities, and support design of client engagement plans, as applicable.
- Lead investment transactions incorporating lessons learned from IFC’s earlier investments and portfolio management.
- Support upstream initiatives across the World Bank to unlock constraints to financial sector growth and inclusion in the region and globally.
- As team leader and sector investment specialist, evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new transactions, portfolio restructurings, rescheduling, capital increases, equity sales, as necessary.
- Use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses in complex transactions.
- Build productive and mutually beneficial relationships/networks internally and externally to identify business opportunities, discuss structuring alternatives, and resolve issues.
- Collaborate in developing client strategies/ engagement plans and pitch books for industry and countries.
- Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for complex transactions.
- Lead term sheet negotiation/legal documentation process; use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses in straightforward and complex transactions.
- Mentor and coach less-experienced staff and help build talent and grow skill base of staff.
- Coordinate closely with social, environmental, governance, and technical assistance colleagues to add value to our clients' businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.
- Monitor complex portfolio projects supporting value contribution and development impact to IFC’s debt and equity investment portfolio: lead active portfolio management and negotiati