Overview
The Investment Officer will be responsible for the origination, structuring, and execution of investments within the financial institutions business line, focusing on East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia coverage.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead or co-lead the origination, structuring, execution, and monitoring of sovereign and nonsovereign investment projects within the financial institutions business line.
- Lead or co-lead project due diligence and approval processes.
- Contribute to establishing, developing, and maintaining strong relationships with multilateral, international, regional, and local FIs in the assigned region.
- Develop and grow a diversified base of new FIs in the assigned region.
- Establish a strong relationship with syndications to help mobilize B-lenders, parallel lenders, and insurance providers.
- Coordinate with other client departments for the management of key relationships or coordination of the investment program.
- Represent FIF in meetings, and assist in coordination, participation, follow-up, and reporting.
- Participate in the Bank's internal coordination through information exchanges and teamwork.
- Support the team and management in achieving targets and objectives.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5-8 years of relevant work experience in financial institutions finance and/or project and corporate finance, gained in commercial/investment banks, international credit insurance companies, and/or international financial institutions.
- Experience using available research tools, such as Bloomberg, LSEG/Eikon, Dealogic–Loan Analytics, and market publications.
- Experience in structuring financial solutions across various products using debt and capital market instruments (loans, bonds, AT1, BCT2, or equivalent).
- Proven project leading/management skills, with the ability to identify, engage, and work with different stakeholders across private and public sectors, such as issuers, institutional investors, regulators, banks, and other intermediaries.
Qualifications
- Preferably a master’s degree in business, economics, finance, or science.
- Candidates with a bachelor’s degree will also be considered, provided additional years of relevant experience (or leadership experience) in lieu of a Master’s degree.
- Professional qualifications such as CFA, CAIA, or chartered accountancy will be considered an advantage.
