(Senior) Investment Officer - Asia & Pacific Regional Industry Climate Anchor for MAS Job #: req35119 Organization: IFC Sector: Investment Grade: GG Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Singapore,Singapore Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 12/19/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
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. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.
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The Asia & Pacific MAS Climate Anchor is a role within IFC’s Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services (MAS) Regional Industry group. The ideal candidate will have significant investment experience in climate-related finance in MAS and in the Asia & Pacific region. The candidate will play a key role in (i) business development to identify climate business investment opportunities in MAS sectors, (ii) structuring climate investments, and (iii) designing and promoting new products and financing structures that can drive climate business. The Asia & Pacific Climate Anchor will report to the MAS Regional Upstream Advisory Manager, with a dotted reporting line to the MAS Regional Industry Director and will be based in Singapore.
Duties & Responsibilities:
The Asia & Pacific MAS Climate Anchor will coordinate closely with industry-focused staff across the region, as well as with Global Industry Departments and Climate Business Department, to undertake the following:
• Identify new climate investment opportunities in the Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services sectors in the region, and selectively process some climate transactions.
• Play a key role to both develop and promote climate products, tools, and services (e.g. sustainability-linked, green, and blue loans and bonds, and green buildings, as well decarbonization strategies), including climate finance structures, including to support IFC’s own Paris Alignment efforts, as well as clients’ strategies for decarbonization.
• Work with regional investment teams to ensure that each prospective investment is viewed through a climate lens by identifying elements that enhance climate impact.
• Work with IFC investment, upstream-advisory teams in the region to ensure close coordination on climate efforts.
• Serve as a bridge between the regional industry group and CBD, including disseminating knowledge, coordinating and delivering climate-related events and training, and contributing to knowledge management by identifying and sharing regional insights and lessons learned.
Selection Criteria
• A minimum of 10 to 12 years of experience in investment banking, a private sector corporate or multilateral development bank focused on climate finance, ideally with emerging markets experience. • Strong track record in structuring debt and/or equity investments with a focus on climate finance instruments and mechanisms. • Deep understanding of climate business opportunities, gained through working in the private sector in areas relevant to climate business (e.g., renewable energy, transport and logistics, real estate, agriculture, manufacturing, decarbonization strategies and climate tech).• Excellent knowledge of the climate business space and on the latest trends, new developments and opportunities with a view to convert them into investment opportunities. • Master’s degree in finance, business and/or economics or equivalent, with a strong grasp of core business, economic and financial concepts and understanding of development issues and impact.• Good network amongst climate professionals within the region.• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and “connect the dots” and to operate in a matrixed structure.• Excellent analytical skills and sound judgement.• Strong communications skills, including the ability to present complex climate issues to varying audiences.• Ability to work flexibly on a range of assignments and to meet tight deadlines.• Strong interpersonal skills and the capacity to work in teams across organizational boundaries within a multi-cultural environment.• Fluency in spoken and written English. • Willingness to travel on a regular basis to developing countries.
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