Investment Officer, Upstream, Financial Institutions Group, Lac Region

**Investment Officer, Upstream, Financial Institutions Group, LAC Region****Job #**:- req33440**Organization**:- IFC**Sector**:- Investment**Grade**:- GF**Term Duration**:- 3 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:- Local Recruitment**Location**:- Mexico City,Mexico**Required Language(s)**:- English, Spanish**Preferred Language(s)**:**Closing Date**:- 6/20/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to stimulate more investment activity in frontier markets. This strategy calls for generating our own opportunities by proactively working “Upstream” to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects. It requires taking a systematic approach to understanding the regulatory and sector bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment in our member countries and addressing these bottlenecks through World Bank Group engagement on policy reforms and programmatic interventions at the country and sector level. It also requires capacity to leverage WBG programs and projects to develop our own proactive sector interventions and to imagine and design projects even in the absence of reforms.At the same time, IFC has pledged to significantly increase its investments in climate-related projects and to promote digitalization across industries and sectors, to further sustainability and inclusiveness in emerging markets. IFC plans to deliver on these commitments by working with clients to help them develop and implement their own climate and digitalization strategies and projects. Key areas of focus include the promotion of low-carbon solutions, including renewable energy, green buildings, circularity, and resource efficiency, and increased use of technology and artificial intelligence.The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) is one of the industry groups at IFC responsible for managing roughly 40% of IFC’s overall business in terms of volume, capital at risk, profitability, and development reach. FIG engages in a wide range of sub-sectors including Microfinance, SME, Gender, Climate, Insurance, Capital Markets, Housing, Distressed Assets, Global Trade Finance, and other areas. FIG provides investment and advisory solutions to hundreds of financial intermediaries in emerging markets to enable them to play a positive role in economic growth. FIG’s advisory services are closely coordinated with investment operations and help banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) to build or improve their operations in several areas, including development of local Capital Markets.The FIG Upstream and Advisory Team provides specialized support to guide public and private institutions in aligning their strategies to enable access to and development of capital markets solutions—particularly in areas that enhance competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience. The team seeks a technically strong Investment Officer with deep expertise in structured finance, capital markets, and risk transfer mechanisms to support innovative and impactful engagements across Latin America and the Caribbean.**Duties and Accountabilities**The Investment Officer (IO) will be part of the FIG Upstream/Advisory Team in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Reporting to the Regional Upstream /Advisory Services Manager, the IO will be primarily responsible for structuring and leading advisory and investment engagements that promote local capital markets, particularly in areas that enhance competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience. Key activities include:- Design and structuring of scalable Capital Markets solutions with a focus on asset-backed securities (ABS), risk-sharing facilities, and climate-linked structured products.- Support FIG Investment team, designing and developing advisory/upstream projects to support the structuring and investment of complex and efficient fixed-income products.- Support regulators, financial institutions, and local capital markets in enhancing their securitization capabilities, particularly in areas that enhance competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience.- Origination of advisory/upstream projects that align with IFC’s strategic pillars, drawing from strong client relationships and technical expertise.- Provide technical expertise in ESG framework integration and ratings engagement processes for financial institutions in the Capital Markets sector.- Cross-collaboration with FIG’s investment team to ensure alignment between advisory/upstream outputs and potential IFC investments across the region.- Develop and provide knowledge management through case study documentation, internal training, and participation in relevant finance working groups.- Representation of the (Capital Markets Advisory Team) in discussions with clients, development partners, associations and regulatory bodies across the region.- Actively participate in and suppor