IDB Invest – Investment Analyst Consultant – Agribusiness – Location: Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina or Uruguay
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IDB Invest – Investment Analyst Consultant – Agribusiness – Location: Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina or Uruguay
Location: Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina or Uruguay
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve livescon in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position:
The Investment Operations Department is responsible for generating a portfolio of high quality, creditworthy, and environmentally and socially sound projects that result in significant development impact. The business cycle goes from the identification, selection, origination, structuring and execution of transactions to their monitoring. The Department follows a matrix model, with three segment divisions covering Infrastructure and Energy, Financial Institutions and Corporates, and two transversal divisions covering Financial Products and Services and Portfolio Management.
The Corporates Division is responsible for supporting a broad range of critical business sectors including agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism, telecom, media and technology. You will report to the Head of Agribusiness in accordance with the needs of the Division.
What you’ll do
You will be integrated into the team that manage client relationships and structures new food, agribusiness and forestry transactions of loans, quasi-equity and equity investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Your scope of activities shall include, but not be limited to:
- Assist with project and transaction feasibility assessment for lending and investment transactions. This entails conducting research relative to prospective project sponsors, gathering and developing relevant market, industry and financial assessments, and assisting with the preparation of transactions summaries and preliminary desk evaluations of potential transactions.
- Review and analyze financial statements and build and/or adjust Excel financial models, including financial projection models, to evaluate financial information and support management decision-making.
- May participate in due diligence trips to gather necessary business, sectoral, industry, technical, legal, economic, financial information as required to assess the merits of potential lending or equity investment transactions.
- Establish and maintain quality client relationships to ensure responsive client service and to enhance new business opportunities.
- Assist with the development of detailed post-due diligence trip transaction reports related to lending and equity investment transactions. This includes compiling data, conducting analyses, and preparing reports related to capital cost, repayment capacity, credit worthiness, market comparable, financing plan, financial projections, legal considerations and other major issues.
- Assist with disbursements for approved lending and investment transactions by assisting with the verification that project sponsors comply with all consultant conditions.
- Assist with the supervision of approved lending and investment clients to ensure their development as per established agreements
- Assist in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, information memoranda for investment transactions, and other business-related reports required by the Agribusiness team in its day-to-day operations.
What you’ll need
- Education: You hold a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related fields. Master’s degree will be considered a plus.
- Experience: You have at least three (3) years of professional relevant experience in loan origination, structuring or portfolio management with a proven track-record working with both equity and debt in an investment bank, commercial bank or developmental bank is desirable. Very strong financial modeling/valuation and analytical skills will be considered a plus.
- Languages: Proficiency in Spanish and English, spoken and written, is required. Proficiency in Portuguese will be a plus.
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
Requirements
- Citizenship: You are either a citizen, a resident or hold a legal permit to work in Mexico, El Salvador Argentina or Uruguay without the need for sponsorship by the IDB Invest.
- Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration
- Type of contract: National Consultant Full-Time.
- Length of contract:36 months.
- Work Location: On site.
What we offer
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
A competitive compensation package.
- Leave and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender-neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
Our culture
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB Invest
IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, is a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector. IDB Invest finances sustainable companies and projects to achieve financial results and maximize economic, social, and environmental development in the region. With a portfolio of $14.1 billion in asset management and 325 clients in 25 countries, IDB Invest provides innovative financial solutions and advisory services that meet the needs of its clients in a variety of industries.
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