Financial Products and Services Division Strategic Consultant (PEC)

Company: Inter-American Development Bank
Location: Washington
Posted on: January 24, 2025

Job Description:

IDB Invest Financial Products and Services Division Strategic Consultant (PEC)Location: United States of AmericaThe IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives 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 positionWe are looking for a senior consultant for IDB Invest's Financial Products and Services Division ("FNP") with extensive experience in initiatives that require attracting private sector investors for debt security issuances in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). As a consultant you will develop a strategy aimed at enhancing IDB Group's capacity to reach local and international institutional investors and promote sustainable cross-sector investments in the region, focusing on developing solutions and strategy to support syndication for bond issuances, as well as establishing relationships with key local and international investors and investment banks.What you'll do:

• Engage with local and international institutional investors and broker-dealers in target countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) to gather information on their experience and expectations for investment in sustainable finance and the potential use and demand of IDB Invest instruments and initiatives to further develop IDB Invest's strategy.
• Interact with the FNP technical teams to gather information on FNP strategy to maximize private capital mobilization as well as the internal constraints in structuring products attractive to institutional investors.
• Undertake a benchmarking exercise on efforts currently underway by other IFIs and actors in the region to inform IDB Invest's approach.
• Define a roadmap for the implementation of IDB Invest's strategy to develop demand for and supply of long-term ESG assets in LAC and lead the execution of its initial roll-out in target countries.
• Work with the Debt Capital Markets and Resource Mobilization teams to understand the constraints of IDB Invest in syndicating domestic and/or international bonds.
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations to IDB Invest Senior Management on the approach and implementation of IDB Invest's Strategy with domestic institutional investors.
• Communicate findings and recommendations with relevant audiences within IDB Group.
• Collaborate closely with SCL/LMK to leverage the PLACNetwork platform to promote the objectives.
• Align all efforts with any other on-going FNP projects focusing on placements with local investors.Deliverables and Payments Timeline:
  • Complete a benchmarking exercise of syndication efforts by other actors: 10%
  • Identify IDBI constraints for syndication and propose associated solutions: 20%
  • Mapping of real money investors and local brokers: 10%
  • Prioritize and design a roll-out plan: Shortlist those investors and local brokers - initiate contact, establish master agreements, etc.: 20%
  • If applicable, implement a pilot prior roll-out: 10%
  • Define a complete and regional roadmap for the long-term implementation of IDB Invest's strategy: 30%What you'll need:
    • Education: Master's degree in public policy, economics, government, or similar fields.
    • Experience: At least 10 years of combined experience in executive positions in LAC private sector, government, and multilateral organizations. Proven experience in capital markets and the private sector, experience in business development, sustainable finance, and a solid network with local and international investors and/or broker-dealers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    • Languages: English, and Spanish or Portuguese.
    • 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: Products and External Services Consultant (PEC), Lump Sum
      • Length of contract: 9 months
      • Work Location: Residence consultant.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.
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