Investment Specialist - Guarantee Operations

About the Role

The Investment Specialist (IS) is an international staff to complement CGIF’s team of guarantee processing professionals based in Manila, Philippines. The incumbent will act as the task manager capable of delivering individual and team-based achievements. The selected candidate will be offered internationally competitive salary and benefits including certain privileges and immunities.

Responsibilities

• Originate and structure new guaranteed bond transactions that will further develop the ASEAN local currency bond markets in line with CGIF’s developmental mandate.
• Process new guarantee transactions: evaluate potential bond issuers’ merit of receiving a guarantee and secure approvals for transaction to proceed from concept stage; conduct comprehensive due diligence and negotiate with issuers and arrangers acceptable structure and terms of the guarantee facility; prepare quality bond guarantee underwriting/credit proposals; articulate strong justifications to secure approvals from risk managers, management committees and the Board; and execute and close bond guarantee transactions.
• Oversee performance and monitoring of guaranteed companies/projects and undertake remedial actions needed for any non-compliance of covenants.
• Implement and administer guarantees to ensure full compliance with required guidelines, policies, procedures, agreed covenants and reporting requirements.
• Engage risk managers to justify appropriate risk rating and risk mitigation measures and to comply with portfolio management objectives regarding exposure limits, diversification and concentration.
• Act as task manager where necessary, supervising and coordinating the work of other task members and consultants.
• Support market development initiatives, including attending and/or speaking in forums, seminars and workshops to develop awareness of CGIF’s guarantee and/or develop the respective local currency bond markets.
• Perform any other relevant duties that may be assigned based on business needs.

Qualifications

• Education: A university degree in economics, finance, or related fields; preferably at post graduate level or its equivalent.
• Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above independently with minimal supervision.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in regional client coverage and/or debt capital market, including hands-on experience and track record in regional client origination and relationship management, processing credit-related approvals and/or guarantees for corporates and infrastructure projects.
• Track record of originating, structuring, executing, and managing corporate and/or project financing, with broad exposure to key economic sectors in ASEAN.
• Extensive network of clients, arrangers, and banking network in the ASEAN region.
• Strong analytical mind to evaluate quantitative and qualitative credit risks and structure appropriate terms; creative problem-solving.
• Strategically minded and result-oriented; able to project manage transactions from inception until closing independently and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders including regulators.
• Advanced exposure and/or deep understanding of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), climate-financing, structuring green/social/sustainability/sustainability-linked bond standards, and/or multilateral environmental and social safeguards standards.
• Availability and willingness to travel extensively and frequently; flexible with working hours.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact confidently and competently at a senior/C-suite level.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; ability to present or speak at bond market seminars, forums, and workshops in the region. Ability to communicate in a local ASEAN language(s) will be an advantage.
• Experience and familiarity with the financial / capital markets of Thailand will be an advantage.

Skills / Required Skills

• Advance knowledge and international experience in credit and guarantee operations management.
• Ability to lead transactions (including vanilla transactions) with guidance from supervisor towards securing approval.
• Ability to oversee reviews of portfolio companies assigned.

Benefits

• Internationally competitive salary and benefits, including certain privileges and immunities.

Additional Information

• Willingness to travel extensively and frequently as required.
• Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications with a detailed curriculum vitae including nationality, present and expected salary.