IDB Invest Lead Officer / Senior Officer– Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance
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- Investment Management
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- Sep 03, 2024 Post Date
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- 2400000804 Requisition #
IDB Invest Lead Officer / Senior Officer– Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance
Location: Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Panama or Washington DC
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position
We are looking for an experienced professional in Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance to join its Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance team within the Financial Products and Services Division as Principal/Lead Officer.
The Investment Operations Department (INO) is responsible for generating a portfolio of high quality, creditworthy, and environmentally and socially sound projects that result in significant developmental impact. The business cycle goes from the identification, selection, origination, structuring, and execution of transactions to their monitoring. The Department follows a matrix model, with three segment divisions covering Infrastructure and Energy, Financial Institutions and Corporates, and two transversal divisions covering Financial Products and Services, and Portfolio Management.
The Financial Products and Services Division (FNP) works closely with the Segment divisions to provide product-structuring expertise in the following broad range of products and services: blended finance, capital markets solutions, equity and mezzanine, trade and supply chain finance, and resource mobilization.
The selected candidate will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance (DCM&SF). The DCM&SF team plays a crucial role in originating and executing sustainable projects financed in the debt capital markets – such as Green, Social, Sustainable, and Sustainability-Linked bonds. This includes origination, due diligence, structuring, and legal documentation, all conducted in close collaboration with the Infrastructure and Energy, Corporates and Financial Institutions Divisions, Advisory Services, Blended Finance, Credit Risk, Legal, and Development Effectiveness teams.
The DCM & SF team is highly focused on execution, specializing in creating debt securities, enhancing capital markets, and developing complex, innovative structured funding solutions. This technical group works closely with multiple departments within IDB Invest.
What you’ll do:
As Senior Officer or Lead Officer, your key responsibilities will be:
· Origination and Deal Execution: Support the origination and lead the execution of debt securities deals. This includes evaluating, structuring, negotiating and closing new transactions. Apply strong negotiation and problem-solving skills to develop financing solutions in debt securities format. The ideal candidate will have expertise in drafting term sheets, reviewing key contracts, and collaborating closely with legal teams on bond documentation.
· Deal Execution Coordination: Collaborate with various risk fields (credit, legal, compliance, reputational, operational, etc.) to develop a comprehensive view of bond transactions in local and/or international markets.
· Risk Management Capabilities: Provide guidance to internal teams to improve the first line of defense, supporting management in filtering and prioritizing potential transactions, thereby increasing the efficiency of the team's execution capabilities and overall delivery.
· Client Value and Development Impact: Focus on delivering value to IDB Invest’s clients by finding practical technical solutions to sector challenges and achieving sustainable development impact.
· Market Analysis & Insight: Collaborate within the team and across IDB Invest for developing regional capital markets and structured finance strategies and support related promotion work, including marketing, mobilization of other investors, and communications
In addition, as a Lead Officer, your key responsibilities will be to:
· Lead the strategy to develop the regional debt capital markets: Set strategic direction for DCM in local markets, ensuring alignment with the bank's overall objectives and driving the division's growth and success.
· Meet minimum origination and execution targets for your region.
· Enhance Bank’s product offering to better match client’s needs.
· Lead project teams, mentor, develop junior staff, build talent, and grow skill base of staff.
What you'll need
· Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field; MBA, CFA, or relevant advanced degree preferred or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role is a plus.
· Minimum of 7 years of experience for the Sr Officer position and 8 years for the Lead position in debt capital markets, with a consistent track recordof leading and executing local and/or international bond transactions. Knowledge of structured finance products, securitization markets, and related regulatory frameworks is a plus. Previous experience in developmental finance is preferred.
· Candidates should possess a clear understanding of the operational work of IDB Invest or similar multilateral institutions as well as an understanding of the operational frameworks of the public sector and/or multilateral institutions. Knowledge and/or experience in Latin America and the Caribbean is essential.
· Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage and inspire a diverse team.
· Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Additional knowledge of Portuguese is preferable.
· Mentor and develop
· Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
· Focus on clients
· Communicate and influence
· Innovate and try new things
Type of contract and duration
· National staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement to work in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil or Panama
· International staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement to work in Washington DC.
Requirements
· Citizenship for a national staff contract: You are either a citizen of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil or Panama, or a non-citizen eligible to obtain residency or authorization to work in the country to which you are assigned without the need for sponsorship by IDB Invest.
· Citizenship for an international staff contract: no requirements
· Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
What we offer
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
· A competitive compensation package
· Leaves and vacations: 24 days of paid time off + 8 personal days + sick leave + gender-neutral parental leave
· Health Insurance: IDB Group provides employees and eligible dependents with a robust medical benefits program that covers medical, dental, vision, preventive care, and prescription drugs.
· Pension plan: defined benefit pension plan that provides financial security and supports employees in planning for their future.
· Hybrid and flexible work schedules
· Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for employees.
· Development support: We offer tools to boost your professional profile such as mentoring, 1:1 professional counseling, training, and learning opportunities, language classes, and mobility options, among others.
· Visa: We offer assistance with relocation, and visa applications for international contracts, for you and your family, when it applies
Our culture
At the IDB Group, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB Invest
IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, is a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector. IDB Invest finances sustainable companies and projects to achieve financial results and improve economic, social, and environmental development in the region. With a portfolio of $16.3 billion in asset management and 394 clients in 25 countries, IDB Invest provides innovative financial solutions and advisory services that meet the needs of its clients in a variety of industries.
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