Capital Mobilization Lead - Contractor

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GFANZ is seeking a highly motivated financial policy expert to lead private capital mobilization initiatives and deliver on strategic and technical work within the Capital Mobilization team. You will drive research, develop policy proposals, and coordinate with GFANZ secretariat, MDBs/DFIs, and regional networks to unlock transition finance.

You will collaborate across teams, manage forums, and engage policymakers and financial institutions to advance GFANZ priorities and mobilize private

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of relevant professional experience in banking, finance or policy.
• Knowledge of development finance, climate finance, and international finance trends.
• Ability to synthesize complex information and create summaries.
• Experience working with public and private sector stakeholders.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with strong presentation skills.
• Team player with cross-functional collaboration across local and global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multi-stakeholder forums on private capital mobilization.
• Develop policy proposals on mobilizing climate finance and MDB reform.
• Drive research and analysis for papers and reports for policymakers.
• Collaborate across GFANZ teams and regional networks.
• Brief GFANZ leadership and coordinate with secretariat.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Policy development

Written communication

Public speaking

English fluency

Job description

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is an independent, private-sector-led initiative focused on mobilizing private finance and removing barriers to investment in the global transition. GFANZ supports a diverse set of financial sector firms that recognize the opportunity created by transition, and works to identify financing opportunities and develop solutions to unlock investment.

As a key focus, GFANZ works with local and global partners–including governments, multilateral development banks (MDBs), development finance institutions (DFIs), and multilateral fora (e.g., COP and the G20/G7)--to unlock transition finance in emerging markets and developing economies. Our work is led by financial institutions and focuses on both global and country-specific initiatives. The Capital Mobilization team supports country platforms, partners with MDBs and DFIs to scale tools to mobilize private finance, develops relevant analysis and research, and supports the development of solutions to other barriers to investment.

What’s the role?

To help drive this work, we are looking for a highly motivated and effective individual with deep financial expertise relevant to private capital mobilization, who will play a critical role on the Capital Mobilization team to deliver on our strategic, policy, and technical work. This individual will lead and drive forward individual projects, and partner with other team members on key deliverables and initiatives. This individual will also work collaboratively with individuals across the GFANZ secretariat, including our teams focused on public policy and the GFANZ regional networks.

We will trust you to:

• Manage forums for collaboration and problem solving on private capital mobilization topics between public and private sector financial institutions, including ad-hoc working groups and ongoing collaboration platforms (e.g. our support for the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab).
• Leverage relevant expertise to develop recommendations and policy proposals on key priorities relevant to mobilizing private climate finance, including on topics in MDB reform and tools/instruments for risk management (including for input to G20/G7 and COP processes).
• Drive research and analysis to develop papers/reports to support policymakers, MDBs/DFIs, and private financial institutions (past examples include reports on catalytic equity finance for energy transition and scaling blended finance, done in partnership with key stakeholders).
• Collaborate with teammates to bring relevant technical expertise in support of key initiatives, including the African Development Bank Private Sector Innovation Lab, Brazil Climate & Ecological Transformation Investment Platform, Nature Investment Lab, Industrial Transition Accelerator, Catalytic Capital Repository, and other programs.
• Support executive-level briefing of GFANZ leadership and principals, and communicate effectively with the wider secretariat to advance common priorities and draw on wider expertise and resources.

Expectations:

• 5-10+ years of relevant professional experience, e.g. in corporate/investment banking focused on emerging markets, development/climate finance, management consulting (in relevant sectors), and/or financial policy, ideally with experience across the public and private sectors.
• Knowledge of the development finance ecosystem, key trends in international finance, and issues related to the climate transition and climate policy in emerging markets and developing economies.
• Excellent ability to synthesize complex sets of information and develop written and visual summaries that engage and inform stakeholders
• Proven experience of working strategically and effectively with public and private sector stakeholders and building relationships across differing levels of leadership.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and visual presentation skills.
• A strong team player, able to work constructively and collaboratively across local and global stakeholders.