Jobs in Banking - Retail companies, Egypt

DescriptionIFC 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. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.IFC s Transaction Advisory Services Department (CTA) is housed in the IFC Cross-Cutting Solutions Vice Presidency (CCSVPU) and consists of two business lines:PPP Transaction Advisory (C3P) offers transaction advisory services to governments to assist them in partnering with the private sector in sustainable long-term infrastructure projects through designing and structuring PPP transactions able to provide high-quality, affordable, and efficient public and social services. The main sectors are typically electricity, water, transportation, telecommunications, and social services, such as health and education. C3P focuses on advising on the following types of transactions across all infrastructure sectors: Public-Private Partnerships e.g. BOT type concessions., Restructuring and privatization of state-owned enterprises.Corporate Finance Services (CFS) has three key product offerings: (1) M&A Advisory: advising on buy-side / sell-side transactions; (2) Equity Mobilization Program (EMP): supporting third-party equity mobilization alongside IFC investment; (3) Asset monetization involving listed or listing public entities.CTA mobilized $4.7B of private investment in FY24 and has a target of $5.9B for FY25, translating into almost 25% of IFC s total core mobilization. Drawing on over 25 years of experience and over 120 staff across the globe, CTA currently manages over 100 active client engagements. Africa has 25 to 30 staff distributed in five regional hubs in Cairo, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dakar/Abidjan, and Abuja/Lagos. The CTA department is expected to continue playing a leading role in mobilizing private capital on behalf of the WBG.CTA is seeking an Associated Investment Officer or Investment Officer with significant experience to support the Northern Africa and Horn of Africa (NAHA) PPP hub in Cairo, which includes 10 countries: Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Algeria, Djibouti, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.The Associated Investment Officer or Investment Officer will support the CTA team in business development and execution of mandates, primarily for C3P business line, but also for the CFS s business line as and when required. The Associated Investment Officer or Investment Officer will report directly to the NAHA Hub leader and the Regional Manager for CTA in Africa.Note: Candidates can apply for Associated Investment Officer or Investment Officer (IO). The final determination of the appropriate level for the selected candidate will be based on the relevant experience he/she brings to the position, as defined in these TORs.Role and ResponsibilitiesIn relation to C3P s business line, the IO s work will involve the implementation of advisory mandates of a variety of types, including business development, interactions with public sector clients, supervising consultant hiring, preparing and delivering presentations, elaboration of financial modeling and overseeing of due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting bidding documents and managing bidding processes, as well as interacting with investors. Duties will include, but will not be limited to:Contribute to origination and marketing activities across Northern Africa and Horn of Africa (NAHA), managing marketing activity in assigned countries/strategic areas, including collaborating with other WBG teams to identify opportunities based on country strategies and market creation potential;Develop new client relationships and project leads in NAHA;Understand the legal and regulatory impediments for private sector participation in NAHA and, as appropriate, work closely with the other parts of the WBG to overcome these;Undertake project scoping to assess the feasibility of potential projects, and lead the origination and marketing activities, e.g. proposal preparation, and as appropriate, mandate negotiation with clients, etc.;Lead the day-to-day management of project teams working on sell-side PPP mandates, including review of legal and technical outputs, documentation, and financial models;Prepare/review memos and documentation for internal approval and consultant procurement processes, as well as managing project budget;Develop transaction structure options for PPP projects, provide innovative solutions, and present recommendations to management and clients;Participate/Lead meetings with government clients and investors;Organize and manage the tendering process of projects, including marketing of projects, prequalification, requests for qualification, project award, and the final negotiation of project agreements leading to commercial close;Develop, coach, motivate, and manage junior members of the team;Actively participate in the development and implementation of upstream activities in line with IFC 3.0 to create, deepen, and expand markets with the regional and global team from across IFC and the WBG;As appropriate, work closely with NAHA Hub Lead and NAHA TL group on sub-regional strategy, origination activities, and HR/staffing-related matters;Potential support/intervention on Corporate Finance related mandates, both in terms of origination as well as execution;

Roles & Responsibilities:The selected candidate will be assigned to support a set of sectors, as well as tasks associated to the Unit s overall work program for which ad-hoc support may be needed from time to time, the Program Assistant will be expected to:• Provide assistance at various levels in organizing meetings, conference calls, video conferences, workshops, conferences, including handling administrative and logistic arrangements, preparing and assembling meeting materials, sending out invitations, and follow-up.• Prepare, review, edit and format project documentation according to Bank and Regional guidelines, as well as maintain a coherent filing system ensuring that all projects documents are properly filed and referenced.• Undertake inquiries, investigate standard and non-standard databases, identify and research various sources of information, retrieve, manipulate and present data.• Respond and handle a wide range of extensive and diverse inquiries, prioritizing and making decisions when multiple courses of action are possible and prepare correspondence on a range of topics.• Build and manage relationship with World Bank government and other partners to organize and follow up on meeting planning and scheduling.• Provide administrative support, organize, and manage meeting schedules for task teams (and visiting missions before and while they are in country).• Manage internal and external inquiries related to the status of projects in the absence of task team leader and team members.• Maintain current distribution lists, phone/address lists of project/product contacts, and distributes documents for the team.• Extract, monitor and report on disbursement data for active projects.• Translate short documents from English/Arabic and Arabic/English relevant to the work of the team, such as reports, memos, articles, etc.• Process all travel requests for relevant consultants.• Draft routine correspondence and proofreads materials using proper grammar, punctuation, and style.• Record, disseminate and track all correspondences and minutes of meetings.• Coordinates schedules taking priorities into account, monitors changes, and communicates the information to appropriate staff inside and outside the immediate work unit, including officials outside the Bank Group.• Undertake ad-hoc assignments and provide support to other staff in the unit as required.Selection Criteria• Minimum Education/Experience: Bachelor s Degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.• Excellent IT skills (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).• Excellent interpersonal, communication (both written and oral Arabic and English) and organizational skills.• Ability to deal tactfully with contacts at all levels, both inside and outside the Bank.• Strong analytical skills and proven attention to details to ensure high professional standards.• Team player with a high degree of motivation, initiative, reliability, and willingness to help others to meet the unit s work objectives.• Experience in event planning and organization.• Ability to draft routine correspondence (memoranda, minutes, responses to queries) and edit and proofread correspondence, ensuring proper grammar, punctuation, and style.

DescriptionIFC 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. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.IFC has embarked on an ambitious new strategy to stimulate more investment activity by Creating Markets, including in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Fragile and Conflict Situations (FCS). This new 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. This strategy also relies on upstream work with Governments and World Bank colleagues to enable private sector solutions and financing. We call this approach the Cascade. Working with clients, we will 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.The Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services sector team is recruiting Investment Analyst for their team to work closely with IFC s Investment Officers, who are responsible for the origination, structuring, negotiation, and subsequent supervision of the Corporation s investment projects. Investment Analysts help identify new projects and assist Investment Officers in executing transactions and portfolio monitoring.This position will be based in Cairo or Rabat (at management discretion).IFC recruits investment analysts globally on two-year term contracts extendable to a maximum of five years. Upon completion of their contracts, investment analysts typically leave to pursue a graduate degree or additional work experience.Duties & Responsibilities:Fully understands the financial aspects of investment or advisory transactions, including how to conduct market analysis and determine financial soundness of company or project opportunity.Demonstrated skill in financial statement analysis, accounting, finance, financial modeling, DCF, and comparable company analysis to support informed decision making.Ability to conduct market and industry research and analysis.Ability to demonstrate attention to detail, thoughtful scenario analysis, and diligence in the quality of one s own work.Ability to analyze and synthesize debt pricing benchmarks and equity trading comparable.Basic understanding of how specific investments or advisory transactions in different industries and sectors impact economic, market, and social development, and how to use mapping methodology to assess market conditions, gaps, and business opportunities.Identify data collection needs to support the assessment of financial, operational, development impact, and market information as well as relevant ES&G matters. Coordinate with the client to obtain needed information.Demonstrates active listening skills by being attentive and listening to others to identify client and stakeholder needs.Able to distill and summarize large amounts of information from various sources to prepare business documents and presentations.Able to write in a logical and comprehensive, yet concise manner.Able to utilize graphics and tables to effectively and creatively present data.Extract lessons of IFC s earlier investments or advisory mandates and other evaluative work as relevant to provide input to the structuring of straight forward transactions.Selection CriteriaBachelor's or equivalent degree.Up to 3 years work experience in a financial institution, particularly in investment projects.Ability to develop complex financial models.Keen interest in development finance and multicultural environments.Highly motivated, committed to highest ethical standard, ability to work successfully in multicultural teams and across boundaries.Strong knowledge of financial markets.Strong analytical and conceptual skills including corporate/project finance.Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.Fluency in English required, fluency for French is required for Rabat.World Bank Group Core CompetenciesThe 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.We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC , including our values and inspiring stories.