Investment Opportunities Specialist

Job Description

• This role requires a professional with experience in infrastructure project investment and financing activities, particularly in sourcing, structuring, and closing investments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate mapping and screening business opportunities in infrastructure sectors; undertaking market research and performing corresponding integrity checks.
• Collaborate in developing client strategies and engagement plans and pitchbooks for various sectors and countries, and conduct sector analysis to be used as input to sector strategies.
• Support the development of a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities by anticipating market trends and employing sector/country knowledge.
• Draft and present concept review notes for discussion with management of relevant business opportunities.
• Support transaction teams during investment due diligence. Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new transactions from the mandate stage.
• Coordinate closely with social, environmental, legal and technical specialists in order to add value to our clients' businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.
• Support negotiation/documentation stages of transactions; use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses in straightforward and complex transactions.
• Actively manage and/or support portfolio investments, including potentially restructurings, rescheduling, processing waivers, disbursements, capital increases, equity sales etc.
• Support teams managing relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop the sector and to develop specific investment opportunities.
• Gather market intelligence, analyze strategically important portfolio trends, and emerging risks and opportunities.
• Perform credit and risk assessments, financial projections, covenant compliance reviews (debt), and monitor changes to risk flags for determining performance assigned to a portfolio, with limited supervision.

Requirements:

• A Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, or other relevant field.
• 5 years of relevant experience in infrastructure project investment and financing activities with a proven track-record in areas of sourcing, structuring and closing investments and/or supervising loan and equity exposures including working on restructurings, modifications and negotiated exits.
• Strong financial and credit skills; demonstrated ability to structure a variety of financial instruments including project finance, corporate debt, and equity as a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of infrastructure sectors, such as power, transportation, utilities, natural resources, telecoms, technology; industry trends and opportunities in the sub-region countries, and understanding of local issues.

Working Conditions:

The selected candidate will be based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and will be an integral part of the investment team working across the business cycle.

This is a 3-year contract with a one-year probation period and subject to renewal.