E T Consultant - PPP (Senior) Investment Support

E T Consultant - PPP (Senior) Investment Support
Job #: req30779
Organization: IFC
Sector: Infrastructure
Grade: EC3
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s): Arabic
Closing Date: 1/2/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.

Private sector financial development is essential to the promotion of successful and sustainable economies in emerging markets. Infrastructure plays a key role in sustained economic growth by providing critical public services to the citizens in a country as well as a platform for efficient operation of businesses that create jobs. The private sector plays an increasingly important role in the financing and delivery of infrastructure and public services, including through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

IFC's transaction advisory services department (CTA) is housed in the IFC Cross Cutting Solutions Vice Presidency (CCSVPU) and consists of two business lines:
PPP Transaction Advisory (C3P) offering transaction advisory services to governments to design, structure PPP transactions in infrastructure to help client governments partner with the private sector to deliver affordable and high-quality infrastructure.
Corporate Finance Services (CFS) has three key product offerings: (1) M&A Advisory: advising on buy-side / sell-side transactions; (2) Equity Mobilization Program (EMP): supporting third party equity mobilization alongside IFC investment; (3) Asset monetization involving listed or listing public entities.

IFC's CTA MCT (CTAPM) region is now seeking to recruit an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) at the GG level to support the regional team, management and transaction teams in business development, processing and implementing mandates for both C3P and CFS. The ETC will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reporting to the C3P Regional Manager for MCT.

Roles and Responsibilities

The selected candidate will work closely with the Riyadh-based Hub-Leader and project team leaders as part of project teams to assist in the origination and execution of Advisory Mandates in Saudi Arabia, and the greater GCC area. This includes the following:

1. Supporting the CTA regional team in business development to originate advisory mandates with Government and its agencies to advise on privatizations and PPPs, and with private sector clients on buy side and sell side advisory to support CFS business, as well as in strategic pre-IPO advisory.
2. Contributing to origination and marketing activities, including preparation of pitchbooks and C3P and CFS advisory proposals, market analysis, early-stage project assessments and client presentations.
3. Support in maintaining strong relationships with internal regional and industry counterparts in the GCC area, with the objective of identifying collaboration opportunities that enhance business development and delivery that is aligned with IFC corporate objectives.
4. Working with clients and with relevant internal resources to help clients develop a transaction strategy, and to undertake bankability assessment, funding feasibility, financial modelling, business planning/restructuring.
5. Drafting key transaction reports and project documentation (Marketing documents for each transaction, Information memoranda, due-diligence, and transaction structuring reports, and transaction contracts and agreements, etc.).
6. Assisting in reviewing due diligence reports, including in data collection and analysis, and in the review of legal, commercial, environmental and social, and technical outputs and documentation.
7. Supporting the project team leader with the articulation of a transaction structure and recommendation to the client, and with drafting a transaction structure report.
8. Assisting in marketing transactions to potential investors, conducting roadshows and international competitive tenders and facilitating commercial/financial closure.
9. Participating in meetings and negotiations with government clients and investors.
10. Assisting in other project or CTA, IFC and WBG strategy related activities as the need arises (research, internal notes, etc.).

Selection Criteria

1. MBA or Masters degree in Finance, Management, Business or a related field.
2. Minimum 12-15 years of relevant experience in an infrastructure sector and/or with a financial or advisory institution involved in PPP transaction advisory, M&A and privatization, project finance, or private equity investment.
3. Knowledge of infrastructure / PPP industry and market players / relevant sector drivers and trends (including power, transport, social infrastructure sectors).