Job Description:

The Investment Operations Consultant is responsible for generating a portfolio of high quality, creditworthy, and environmentally and socially sound projects that result in significant development 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 three transversal divisions covering Financial Products and Services, Advisory Services and Portfolio Management.

What you’ll do:

You will be integrated into the team that develops new business and structures transactions of loans, quasi-equity and equity investments in Latin America and the Caribbean in the TMT sector.

Your scope of activities shall include, but not be limited to:

• Assist with project feasibility assessment for lending and investment projects. This entails conducting research relative to prospective project sponsors, gathering and developing relevant market, industry and financial data, and assisting with the preparation of operations summaries and preliminary desk evaluations of potential projects.
• Review and analyze financial statements and develop and/or adapt computer financial models, including financial projection models, to evaluate financial information and support management decision-making.
• May participate in appraisal missions to gather necessary technical, legal, economic, financial information as assigned to assess the merits of potential lending or equity investment projects.
• Establish and maintain quality client relationships to ensure responsive client service and to enhance new business opportunities.
• Assist with the development of detailed post-appraisal project reports related to lending and equity investment projects. This includes compiling data, conducting analyses, and preparing reports related to capital cost, financing plan, financial projections, legal considerations and other major issues.
• May assist with disbursements for approved lending and investment projects by assisting with the verification that project sponsors comply with all contractual conditions.
• Assist with the supervision of approved lending and investment projects to ensure their development as per established agreements.
• Assist in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, information memoranda for investment projects, and other business-related reports required by the TMT team in its day-to-day operations.

What you’ll need:

• Citizenship: You are either a citizen of Colombia or a resident with legal permit to work in Colombia. 
• Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
• Education: You preferably hold an advanced degree (at least Master’s, MBA, or equivalent) – or otherwise a bachelor’s degree – in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Law, Engineering, Development Studies, or other field.
• Experience: You have two (2) to four (4) years of relevant work experience in a corporate financial environment, preferably as a financial analyst. Experience in financial analysis for project feasibility assessment for lending and investment projects, financial modeling and credit proposal preparation. Strong financial modeling/valuation and analytical skills is required.
• Languages: You are proficient in oral and written English and Spanish. Knowledge of Portuguese or French is a plus.

Opportunity Summary: 

• Type of contract: Consultant Full Time, monthly.
• Length of contract: 36 months
• Responsible person: Invest Management PPAL OFF -TELCOM/MEDIA/TECH.

Source: https://iadbcareers.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/idb-invest-%E2%80%93-investment-operations-consultant-%E2%80%93-telecom-media-and-technology-tmt-4447