• Master's degree in a related field and at least 12 years of relevant experience. Related fields of education should include business administration, finance, economics, or another relevant area of expertise specific to the financial sector. Relevant experience includes a proven track record in business consulting or investment banking, as well as operational experience in the sector or technical or professional field. Accreditation as a CFA or CPA is considered a plus.
• Capacity to understand, enable, and participate in market creation opportunities by demonstrating long-term perspective, open-mindedness, persistence, innovation, and ability to leverage all available tools (including de-risking and local currency solutions); good understanding of the role and value-add of IFC and WBG.
• Capacity to lead successful negotiations with clients and different stakeholders based on an in-depth understanding of IFC requirements, policies, and practices, as well as client and stakeholder interests. Ability to offer alternative solutions to capitalize on opportunities and overcome impasses.
• Ability to build long-term engagement with clients and credibility by demonstrating knowledge of their business, sector, and culture; maintain an ongoing dialogue on their business needs, operations, and strategies, as well as opportunities for strategically aligned business deals.
• Ability to maintain client engagement during the portfolio stage to identify growth opportunities, address emerging problems, and focus on actions that promote sustainability and ensure that overall development impact objectives are met.
• Ability to build and maintain extensive networks in the financial sector in the key markets of the MCT region to bring new engagements, and business opportunities.
• Ability to interact effectively with working-level WBG staff and participate in collaborative interventions or /projects that enable private sector investment by exercising sensitivity to differences in corporate cultures, priorities, and operating practices and /or requirements.
• Ability to describe complex issues, approaches, and lessons in a relevant and understandable manner to clients/stakeholders.
• Ability to comment effectively on documents, develop junior staff as writers, and lead the writing process of business-specific documents.
• Ability to ensure final products are aligned with the needs and expectations of intended audiences.
• Ability to clearly articulate IFC’s requirements, value-add, financial and non-financial risks, development impact, and sustainability measurement in a way relevant to and understandable by clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate technical information understandably and concisely to a nontechnical audience.
• Ability to clearly illustrate the long-term financial and economic benefit of IFC/WBG offerings and how those benefits align with client and government needs and priorities, including in more complex contexts.
• Ability to supervise staff in business development, processing, portfolio management, or specialty areas by providing technical guidance and delegating work to build and effectively use the talents of staff and balance workloads.
• Ability to guide, advise, mentor, and coach junior staff and peers to develop and broaden their scope of skills, including providing on-the-job learning opportunities.
• Ability to serve as a point of reference on portfolio guidance from a commercial and process standpoint based on an in-depth understanding of portfolio operational policies, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to balance details of individual assets with a big-picture portfolio view to lead the supervision of individual assets and play an important role in formulating and implementing portfolio strategies.
• Restructuring experience that includes a thorough understanding of financial instruments and main investment agreements for optimal structuring.
• Capacity of problem-solving to effectively articulate options and recommend actions for distressed assets and emerging issues for strategic and top-tier clients to achieve outcomes that benefit both IFC and its clients.
• Ability to identify systemic risks and integrity issues in the financial sector.
• Ability to synthesize and present information effectively and tailored to different audiences.
Communication/Languages
• Demonstrated strong written, presentation, and business level communications skills in English.