Investment Analyst, Special Operations, LAC Region

The Investment Analyst will join IFC's Special Operations Department within the Risk Management Vice-presidency. The role involves financial analysis, project team collaboration, and supporting restructuring and investment recovery efforts in the LAC region.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze financial models.
• Perform company financial analysis from a credit perspective.
• Draft memoranda, reports, presentations, and other documentation required for IFC internal supervision processes.
• Engage with staff from other departments (including Industry teams, Legal, Financial Operations, Credit, Syndications, etc.) as well as with clients and co-lenders in connection to project work.
• Conduct industry and market research.
• Participate in restructuring/rescheduling and investment recovery negotiations.
• Support the selection, procurement, and engagement of financial and restructuring advisors.
• Maintain CSO knowledge management platforms, ensuring that project and other information is complete and up to date.
• Support the preparation of internal and external presentations, seminar materials, and knowledge sharing events.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• 2 to 5 years of relevant work experience in corporate or project financing, including investment banking, commercial banking, private equity, or business consulting.
• Experience in restructuring work a plus.
• Outstanding analytical skills: ability to analyze financial statements, build complex financial models, and evaluate/recommend transaction structures to achieve IFC’s objectives.
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills to build succinct and convincing analyses and presentations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a high degree of discretion in dealing with internal and external clients at all levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, combined with fluency in either Spanish or Portuguese.
• Capacity to show initiative, take ownership for own actions, and proactively and independently manage workstreams/transaction processes.
• Intellectual curiosity and learning mindset.
• Ability to function efficiently and collaboratively in a team environment as well as individually, meeting the required deadlines on assigned tasks.
• Ability to play an active role in knowledge sharing.
• Commitment to the World Bank Group’s and IFC's mission, strategy, and values.

Skills

• Corporate Finance
• Project Financing
• Investment Banking
• Commercial Banking
• Private Equity
• Business Consultancy
• Financial statement analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Transaction Structuring
• Excel
• Power Point
• Word
• Corporate Restructuring
• Interpersonal Skills
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Workstream Management
• Knowledge Sharing

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish