Investment Officer- Almaty, Kazakhstan

Job #:	120537
Title:	Investment Officer
Job Stream:	Investment
Location:	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Closing Date:	03/19/2012
Background / General description:
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. We create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We do so by providing financing to help businesses employ more people and supply essential services, by mobilizing capital from others, and by delivering advisory services to ensure sustainable development. IFC is actively engaged in the financial sectors of Central Asian countries through support of the banking and microfinance sectors. Work with the existing portfolio as well as participation in business origination provides very interesting and challenging professional opportunities. The position would primarily involve portfolio and client management for existing projects in Central Asia, and occasional processing of new investments under IFC’s initiatives. The Investment Officer will work in a fully integrated way with the financial markets (FM) team in Almaty and s/he will report to the Team Leader for Central Asia based in Istanbul, Turkey. The proposed duration is up to 2 years.
Duties and Accountabilities:
• Oversight of FM department portfolio in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, in particular: o Build and maintain efficient working relationships with the assigned clients to monitor their financial standing in order to foresee problems and issues; o Review, analyze and monitor financial and operating performance of clients, through visits to these clients and analysis of reports submitted by them; o Handle disbursements, waivers, amendments and other client requests; o Actively monitor equities in the portfolio and make recommendations to management regarding the sale of holdings, perform quarterly valuations, handle subscription to rights issues, and monitor directorships; o Execute equity sales when needed; o Coordinate closely with other internal departments on portfolio matters; o Monitor and ensure companies’ compliance with the terms of investment agreements, and prepare timely internal reports; o Proactively identify problem projects; o Keep abreast of sector developments, banking/FI regulations in the countries in which portfolio clients are located o Track environmental and social compliance; o Champion IFC’s technical assistance and sustainability offerings to clients; o Facilitate repeat business with existing clients; o Track and record the development impacts of assigned projects. • New business processing: o Work with other investment staff/ specialists through different stages of internal processing and execution of new investments (tasks include processing mandates, appraisal missions and due diligence, preparing credit notes and memos for management approval, structuring transactions, negotiation of term sheets and other documentation, and board approval); o Independently develop financial models, complete financial analysis and make recommendations on project viability / financing structure etc; o Participate in project teams to accomplish work as required on several projects simultaneously; o Develop a thorough understanding of the country’s specifics; provide market intelligence and knowledge; o Develop understanding of FM sectors (e.g. banking, insurance, leasing) through primary and secondary research, track sectoral trends and developments in the economies of Central Asia.
Selection Criteria:
MBA or equivalent qualification; • A minimum of four years relevant professional experience; • Strong financial and credit skills, demonstrated by the ability to independently develop and analyze financial models/ projections, assess and structure debt and equity investment transactions; • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; • Proven client relationship skill and ability to interact directly with middle management of clients; • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills and ability to integrate and work in diverse teams, both in a leadership and participant role, and deliver high quality products; • Excellent (oral and written) communication skills in English required; • Good (oral and written) communication skills in Russian required. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
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