E T Consultant at World Bank

Duties and Responsibilities:

The position represents a key function in the FIG Africa Upstream Advisory team and involves the following responsibilities:

• Support upstream advisory project design and implementation across a range of initiatives carried out by the FIG Upstream Advisory team in Africa.
• Help analyze bankability of business models and project concepts; support structuring of investment transactions; map out paths and milestones to investment concept approval.
• Develop excel based models to analyze, estimate and/or forecast transaction economics, project scenarios, and partner/client financials.
• Collaborate closely with the FIG investment team to ensure successful conversion from upstream projects to investment transactions; support processing of transaction concepts enabled by upstream work.
• Support mainstream FIG investment teams on both new transactions as well as portfolio monitoring activities as required.

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience in the financial sector, consulting, or a relevant investment role. Master’s degree preferred.
• Solid understanding of investment products and bankability criteria; relevant experience in identifying, evaluating, structuring and negotiating debt, equity, guarantee and/or risk sharing transactions.
• Thorough understanding of financial sectors in Africa preferred.
• Experience conducting market research and applying a creative approach to problem solving in a project design/implementation context.
• Excellent financial analysis skills: ability to create and refine excel based financial models.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to manage many simultaneous tasks under time pressure and deliver consistently on agreed deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. French preferred.
• Willingness to travel throughout West Africa.