Investment Officer

The Investment Officer will provide technical support and coordination in processing ADB's private sector investments and technical assistance. The role involves project origination, processing, strategy and planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to support private sector infrastructure financing projects in India and the region.

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of the infrastructure sector including projects, regulations, and borrowers.
• Identify new opportunities for ADB financing.
• Assess opportunities to efficiently arrive at their bankability and executability.
• Pursue clients to secure financing mandates to be able to commence execution and processing of transactions.
• Participate and contribute in the identification, development, and processing of projects, leading the needed due diligence, financial and risk analysis, and mitigation work toward the structuring of loans, bonds, equity investment, guarantees, or other forms of assistance.
• Independently apply proper risk management in projects.
• Support the team leader/deal team in negotiating the terms and conditions for financing.
• Support due diligence processes and be able to lead technical, credit and financial work streams.
• Independently develop financial models and in general assess the risk and credit profile of proposed infrastructure investments.
• Review and analyze financial statements and financial projections/models, performing sensitivity analysis and stress testing and making necessary recommendations.
• Independently prepare financial models.
• Undertake relevant industry and country research as a part of transaction risk assessment and make recommendations to the project team leader.
• Independently prepare the initial and final Concept Review Forms, summaries of project documents, risk assessment analyses and other required document throughout the project processing cycle.
• Independently engage with the Office of Risk Management and the Safeguards Specialists to address credit-related and other safeguards-related issues.
• Prepare presentation materials.
• Participate in the review of financing agreements.
• Oversee the documentation and maintenance of comprehensive credit files related to transactions under processing.
• Contribute to the development of policy and strategies for ADB's developmental goals for the private sector in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist in developing a pipeline of private sector infrastructure projects.
• Perform other tasks as assigned and reflected in the work plan.
• Guide administrative staff (AS), and facilitate work planning, delivery, and quality review of deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, and/or accounting, preferably with advanced training.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in project finance or corporate finance.
• Proven ability to undertake research and analysis on difficult but well-defined tasks, collect and organize required data and information, apply appropriate computer skills in organizing and analyzing the data; and prepare notes, papers, and sections of reports.
• Good analytical thinking with the ability to comprehend causal links, make pros and cons analyses, and analyze factors to reach a decision.
• Effective report-writing and communication skills in English.
• Collaborate with teams as a constructive team member.

Skills

• Project Financing
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Research
• Report Writing
• Investment Analysis
• Project Origination
• Strategy Planning and Execution
• Technical Assistance
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Financial Modeling
• Data Organisation
• English Communication Skills

Languages

English