Associate Investment Officer, Upstream & Advisory, FIG LAC Region

World Bank; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 1,285,000 - 1,654,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global financial institution is seeking an Associate Investment Officer in Mexico City to enable investment opportunities in the LAC region. The role requires a strong understanding of local capital markets and involves incubating high-impact projects, managing client relationships, and monitoring project pipelines. Candidates should have a Master's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence development challenges in emerging markets.

Servicios

Equal opportunity employer

Inclusive workplace

Formación

• Minimum 5 years of experience in consulting to financial institutions or banking in emerging markets.
• Experience in developing new products/concepts/business models.
• Understanding of the relevant sectors linking policy reforms to market development.

Responsabilidades

• Enable investment opportunities in the LAC region by incubating high-impact projects.
• Monitor pipeline and portfolio projects, support deal origination and project supervision.
• Develop project proposals and meet with potential clients to discuss business opportunities.

Conocimientos

Consulting to financial institutions

Project/program management

Monitoring and reporting on projects

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Educación

Master's Degree in Economics, Business, Social Sciences, Development

Descripción del empleo

Associate Investment Officer, Upstream & Advisory, FIG LAC Region

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

The International Finance Corporation (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 in developing countries.

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity in frontier markets. This strategy calls for generating our own opportunities by proactively working “Upstream” to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects.

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) is one of the industry groups at IFC responsible for managing roughly 40% of IFC’s overall business in terms of volume, capital at risk, profitability, and development reach. FIG engages in a wide range of sub-sectors including Microfinance, SME, Gender, Climate, Insurance, Capital Markets, Housing, Distressed Assets, Global Trade Finance, and other areas.

Duties and Accountabilities

The AIO will be part of the FIG Upstream Advisory Team in the LAC region. Reporting to the Regional Upstream Advisory Services Manager, the AIO will be primarily responsible for enabling investment opportunities in the LAC region by: (1) incubating high-impact projects and initiatives that require upstream project development to reach the point of investment, and (2) getting potential clients ready for IFC investment through client preparation and development.

• Work with the FIG Upstream Advisory staff to leverage opportunities with key partners in the region based on country/sector strategies and client/market needs, and market creation potential;
• Monitor pipeline and portfolio projects, actively supporting in deal origination and project supervision, reporting to management whenever needed;
• Develop project proposals/client pitches and meet with potential clients and other market stakeholders to discuss business opportunities;
• Originate Advisory/Upstream projects that align with IFC’s strategic pillars, drawing from strong client relationships and technical expertise;
• Conduct targeted research, data analysis, and stakeholder interviews to enable appropriate project design, including assessment of sector dynamics, identification of market gaps/barriers, and market analysis;
• Apply human-centered methodologies to establish the desirability of new business concepts;
• Conduct appraisals and/or workshops as part of business development or Advisory/Upstream project design that lead to IFC investments;
• Design projects that address key clients’ needs, in a sustainable way, aiming for capacity building and leveraging existing client resources;
• Develop and provide knowledge management through case study documentation, internal training, and participation in relevant finance working groups;
• Work and interact closely with IFC’s Upstream Advisory staff to build technical capacity for project delivery;
• Support the FIG Upstream Advisory team in the designing and developing of projects in close contact with the FIG Investment team to support the structuring of financial products and services;
• Cross-collaboration within the team to ensure alignment between Advisory/Upstream outputs and potential IFC investments across the region;
• Support the processing of Upstream Advisory projects as well as investments enabled by Upstream work;
• Support engagement with the World Bank to identify and contribute to sector and regulatory reforms that support opportunities for private investment;
• Plan, organize and carry out the project-related activities in conjunction with stakeholders and clients.

Selection Criteria

As the role requires a strong understanding of local capital markets, sustainability frameworks, and financial institution operations in the LAC region, the successful candidate should demonstrate a combination of technical expertise, regional experience, and strategic acumen aligned with IFC’s upstream and advisory mandate:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in consulting to financial institutions or banking in emerging markets;
• Master's Degree in Economics, Business, Social Sciences, Development, or related fields;
• Experience in helping companies to develop new products/concepts/business models, piloting, measuring success and learning lessons from them for future roll-out plans;
• Understanding of the relevant sectors and ability to link policy reforms, advisory interventions, investment, and private capital mobilization to deliver solutions at a country level;
• Ability to support engagement with private sector clients, local and national governments and other stakeholders to encourage pioneering business and market development;
• Experience in project/program management, including executing against implementation plans with defined business development milestones;
• Experience in monitoring and reporting on a portfolio of projects/programs/initiatives.

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