Industry Analyst - Banking Job #: req33317 Organization: IFC Sector: Investment Grade: GE Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Spanish, French Closing Date: 6/3/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
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. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has embarked on an ambitious strategy to stimulate more investment activity by Creating Markets, including in Low-Income Countries and Fragile and Conflict Situations. This strategy requires a shift in our approach to proactively create, deepen, and expand markets and projects rather than waiting for clients to propose projects for IFC to finance. Working with clients, we first seek private sector solutions to address development challenges, where such solutions are advisable and can be effective, and reserve public financing for projects only when other options are suboptimal. This strategy also relies on upstream work with Governments and the wider World Bank Group to enable private sector solutions and financing.
IFC’s investment business includes its Financial Institutions Group (FIG). Specific FIG sectors include Commercial Banking; Distressed Assets (DARP); Structured Finance; Digital Finance & FinTech; Housing Finance; Insurance & Pensions; Microfinance; Non-Banking Financial Institutions; Trade & Commodities; Debt and Other Funds as well as other FIG sectors.
IFC is currently recruiting an Industry Analyst for the FIG Banking Specialist team on a two-year term contract extendable to a maximum of four years. Industry Analysts work alongside experienced Industry Specialists and investment staff to help deliver on IFC’s ambitious program and development objectives. The selected Industry Analyst for this position will work within the global Banking Specialist team which is responsible for leading investment teams to conduct due diligence on Financial Institutions in IFC FIG debt or equity transactions.
Duties and Accountabilities:
Market making and project preparation:
• Assist Industry Specialists in identifying new markets and business opportunities based on sector trends.
• Help Industry Specialists screen projects at an early stage for financial viability, risk, and developmental impact.
• Analyze operations and different business models in the relevant industry.
• Maintain cost and productivity data bases for the relevant industry in emerging markets.
• Conduct industry, market and company research.
Processing:
• Support Banking Specialists in all aspects of IFC's deal approval process including PDS concept review, due diligence, investment review meetings, and approvals.
• Assist with review of project information and technical documentation during the due diligence phase – including, amongst others, review of market projections, regulatory reporting, credit agencies reviews, investor relations presentations, financial statements, audit reports, review of project-related contract documentation, analysis of portfolio performance data (both available in the public domain and provided as part of an IFC appraisal), loan portfolio reviews, capital adequacy measurements, covenant calculations, transaction structure assessments, etc.
• Prepare investment-related documents for internal and external audiences as guided by the Banking Specialists.
Portfolio:
• Upon request, assist with monitoring of FIG investment portfolio focusing on covenant compliance, financial performance, and operations reports as well as flagging major issues.
Others:
• Perform analytics on markets, company performance, portfolio data and storage of market and other relevant information. Specific requirements would include specifying portfolio data requirements (credit, deposit and investment portfolios), deriving delinquency and performance trends (e.g., roll rate, vintage, cohort, risk rating migration matrixes, provision adequacy, etc.), operational risk mapping, market risk analysis, earnings sustainability, liquidity coverage, etc. Help design and maintain a proper KPI database for portfolio companies and opportunities.
• Work on development and update of a lessons learned database, technical handbooks, and knowledge management materials.
• Maintain current developed tools and templates and help in developing any other relevant projects and tools for the team. Some knowledge of coding languages and advanced analytical packages (R, Python, VBA, Access) well as well as knowledge of scoring models is critical.
• Complete filing and dissemination of relevant project reports and documentation.
• The Industry Analyst must demonstrate business sense and responsiveness in interactions with others, being able to form relationships with counterparts and mid-level clients and stakeholders to exchange information needed for transaction or portfolio processing.
Selection Criteria
• Bachelor’s degree qualification (master’s degree preferred), relevant to IFC FIG target industries mentioned above, preferably with at least two years relevant financial sector experience.• Strong technical and analytical skills; good professional judgement.• Proven experience in structured and unstructured large data import and analysis (roll rates, vintages, risk migration). Ability to implement automatic tools or templates to standardize data analysis across jurisdictions.• Knowledge of credit scoring, loan risk ratings and other statistical models.• Ability to respond and learn quickly and to show initiative. • Strong oral and written communication skills; fluency in English, Spanish and/or French are required; proficiency in additional global business languages is a plus.• Emerging market exposure preferred.• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, ability to interact effectively with clients and colleagues from various cultural backgrounds.• Ability to travel on short notice.• Commitment to the World Bank Group and IFC's mission, strategy and values.
WBG Culture Attributes:
1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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