JOB DETAILS

The job holder works within the Project Integrity team in OCCO to assess integrity risk in projects and ensure high standards of integrity are consistently applied through the Bank’s projects.

Background
The role is in one of the specialist support functions in the investment process. The primary responsibility of the Principal is to provide specialist advice to the Bank on transaction related integrity and reputational issues (including through the Operations Committee & Small Business Investment Committee, and in close cooperation with Banking teams and Credit). The Principal analyses, verifies, interprets and assesses integrity concerns and mitigating measures, after which an appropriate course of action is proposed.

Facts / Scale
The Project Integrity team consists of 18 members: two Senior Officers providing support, ten Principals, six Associate Directors, and one Director . The team assesses some 600 projects a year, and conducts regular training across the Bank. The main points of contact are banking and credit teams but also other support units such as Impact and OGC, as well as working with external consultants. The Principal can be involved in any integrity related matter across the whole range of the Bank’s operations, but is mainly concerned with those related to transactions in the pre-signing phase. On average, each Principal works on 25 transactions simultaneously each month. The Principal has a portfolio of some 50 live projects at any one time and needs to keep abreast of a variety of issues in each of them at any given time.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• The Principal analyses, verifies, interprets and assesses a project and identifies integrity and reputational risks. Solid, well founded assessment of integrity related issues and then advice is provided together with any appropriate course of action to mitigate integrity related risk (eg. Corporate governance action plans and the monitoring thereof) Subsequently, advice is provided to Bank committees and ultimately the Board.
• Develops and Provides training and guidance aimed at promoting awareness of and compliance with the Bank’s integrity standards and requirements. The role may represent the Bank at international specialist for a and delivers presentations at internal and external international compliance events, including in Resident Offices (ROs) .
• Keeps abreast of international standards in anti-money laundering, international sanctions, standards of good corporate governance and related strategies to address risks identified in the assessment.
• Monitors compliance with the Banks’ internal procedures on a rotating basis.
• Works on other ad hoc themes and projects relating to the overall focus of OCCO. This may include providing advice on Code of Conduct matters, information barriers, enhancing policies, assisting in audits and becoming involved in tendering for external consultants.
• Preparedness to travel, and act with the gravitas necessary to represent the EBRD well in familiar and unfamiliar situations.
• Offering robust defence of assessments, providing impactful briefings to departmental leadership in advance of executive meetings.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• A law or finance degree or other related degree.
• High integrity and discretion.
• Independent and persevering and very good negotiation and diplomacy skills. Authoritative, with a capability to convince and to be respected and able to build good rapport.
• Ability to handle pressure, to work under challenging deadlines, with a positive problem-solving attitude.
• Good team player with the ability to work independently, with the gravity and confidence to work with senior Banking, Credit, and Legal Officers in the Bank.
• Good presentation skills with ability to communicate with and conduct training courses for all levels of Bank Officials.
• Ability to draft policies and procedures.
• Excellent command of English with ability to communicate complex matters clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing. Command of another language preferable, such as a language of a country of operation.
• Good analytical skills, excellent understanding of how to evaluate integrity and reputational risks with ability to engage constructively on possible solutions and constructively challenge internal decisions.
• Professional experience in legal, banking, compliance, or auditing, with an understanding of the subject matter of several departments such as Credit and proven experience in making decisions based on judgement.
• Understanding of the international standards regarding compliance, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and integrity issues arising in EBRD’s countries of operations.
• Attracted to the mission of the Bank as well as its multicultural environment.