Deadline: 29 December, 2020
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Principal Valuation and Structuring Officer.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).
Responsibilities
- Lead the formulation of operational guidelines on equity valuation and collateral valuation management
- Develop, implement and/or maintain appropriate financial models and portfolio valuation tools as may be needed
- Provide support to origination teams on optimisation of financial structures for non-sovereign investments, and project bank ability enhancement across various sectors (infrastructure sectors, social and agriculture sectors and financial sector)
- Perform equity valuation for new and existing investments, and provide opinion on best exit-strategies
- Provide support to AfDB’s non-sovereign operations during project monitoring and supervision phase including collateral valuation
- Perform impairment analysis
- Assist other staff members in getting acquaintance with various best practice financial and valuation models
- Provide technical and analytical support to institutional initiatives pertaining to the bank’s non-sovereign operations
Requirements
- Master’s degree (or its equivalent) in Finance, Financial Engineering, Accounting, Economics or a related field
- Professional certification such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is a plus
- Six years, minimum, of relevant professional experience with the bank, a similar development finance institution, a major investment bank and/or major international strategic consultancy firm with tasks related to asset valuation
- Experience in non-recourse project finance and corporate loan in the infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing, agribusiness and services sector is necessary
- Experience with credit enhancement and risk mitigation instruments is preferred
- Ability to respond swiftly to new situations and to anticipate new issues
- Ability to acquire new skills (particularly in legal, investment, risk capital, technology and innovative sectors)
- Excellent spoken and written English or French language
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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