Financial Officer - Structured Finance & Fixed Income

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. For more information, please visit www.ifc.org.

IFC’s Treasury Client Solutions Department is a client-facing transaction-structuring and execution team that provides IFC’s clients with innovative fixed-income solutions. The group has global responsibility for derivative transactions, structured products, local currency solutions, and debt capital markets solutions.

The department is looking to appoint a skilled and well-versed finance professional with experience in structured credit to join the EMEA team, covering markets in Africa, Middle East, Europe and Central Asia. The individual would focus on structuring and risk assessment for IFC’s structured finance investments (including true sale and synthetic securitizations, ABS, CLOs, covered bonds, portfolio guarantees etc.) and contribute to further enhancing the department’s analytical approach for these products. The individual would also contribute to IFC’s debt capital markets and local currency financing transactions and assume shared responsibility for building business growth in the EMEA region. The position is based in London, United Kingdom.

Duties and Accountabilities:
• Co-lead the structuring, risk analysis, pricing, and execution of fixed income transactions for IFC’s clients involving structured products (including but not limited to cash and synthetic securitization, future flow securitization, covered bonds, and portfolio guarantees), capital markets instruments, local currency financing, or fixed-income derivatives.
• Contribute to expanding IFC’s range of suitable solutions, including innovative structured products and local currency financing, in frontier markets.
• Identify business opportunities and contribute to business development and innovation together with relevant teams (including investment departments, credit, legal, blended finance, upstream, and other relevant functions).
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including regulators, government entities, investors, rating agencies, global and regional bank counterparts, and capital market firms.
• Co-lead relevant initiatives and contribute to the development of relevant policies, frameworks, processes and methodologies, and inform corporate decision-making within areas of responsibility.
• Provide product expertise, advice and training, and help others in the institution learn and deliver.
• Represent the department in relevant internal and external working groups and conferences.