Job Description
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Opportunity description:
Responsibilities
Main duties
The associate investment manager will be based at Dakar and attached to the head of the Production unit within the Africa department of M&S. In collaboration with colleagues in the region and Washington, D.C., he/she will be responsible for: Develop and nurture the network of potential customers. Identify and select potential clients and investment opportunities in the assigned sectors and countries, based on market potential, financial strength, promoter quality and strategic adequacy, and build relationships with private sector clients, public sector counterparts and development partners. Evaluate opportunities. Analyze investment opportunities with a focus on credit quality and development impact, and make clear recommendations to IFC management. Execute transactions. Contribute to the execution of financing by loans, shares and mezzanine, and contribute to it with increasing autonomy, then manage it: processing mandates, carrying out prior checks, structuring, negotiating conditions and documentation, setting up syndications and obtaining internal approvals. Manage risk with specialists. Collaborate with IFC’s environmental, social, technical, legal, insurance and governance experts to identify and mitigate project risks, and promote IFC’s sustainability and advisory services to its clients. Supervise the portfolio. Monitor client compliance with investment agreements, prepare timely supervisory reports, report early warning signs and assist in the development and implementation of recovery, restructuring or rescheduling strategies where appropriate. Contribute to strategy and customer service. Support the development and implementation of sectoral and national strategies and provide high-quality service to clients throughout the project cycle, from procurement to supervision.
Candidate profile
Education / Qualifications
Education: MBA, Master in Business and/or Finance
Experience
Experience: At least 4 to 7 years of relevant experience in the field of investment or corporate banking, project or structured finance, private equity or international financial institution or development, with knowledge of emerging markets. Transaction experience: Proven experience in researching, structuring, trading and closing investments (debt, stocks or both), including credit analysis and financial modeling. Judgement and analytical skills: Strong commercial and credit judgment, including the ability to assess sponsors, partners and risks, and structure financial instruments. Relationships with clients and stakeholders: Ability to establish credible relationships with clients and partners and engage with senior management and, with support, government officials.
Location
Languages: Excellent command of written and oral English. A good knowledge of French is strongly desired; mastery of French is strongly desired given the place of work in which you are working. Dakar and the portfolio of Francophone projects. Working style: Ability to work independently and within multicultural teams, achieve results under pressure and travel frequently in the region. Wishable: Experience in Africa, particularly in West Africa or French-speaking markets. Experience investing in the manufacturing and service sectors. Experience in syndication, co-financing or mixed financing. Experience mentoring colleagues or junior analysts. Ability to use commercially available LLM tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot for investment and upstream research, analysis and writing, validate results against primary sources and remain responsible for recommendations.
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