Senior) Investment Officer, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, Peru

**(Senior) Investment Officer, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, Peru & Andean Region**- **Job #**:

- req34781- **Organization**:

- IFC- **Sector**:

- Investment- **Grade**:

- GG- **Term Duration**:

- 3 years 0 months- **Recruitment Type**:

- International Recruitment- **Location**:

- Lima,Peru- **Required Language(s)**:

- English, Spanish- **Preferred Language(s)**:

- **Closing Date**:

- 11/18/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

**Description**

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

The Manufacturing, Agribusiness, and Services (MAS) department is one of IFC’s key industry groups responsible for a significant portion of IFC’s business volume, profitability, and development reach. MAS operates across a wide range of sub-sectors, including manufacturing, chemicals, healthcare, education, property, retail, tourism, agribusiness, and forestry, among others, providing investment and advisory services delivered globally to IFC’s clients through its global network.

**Roles and Responsibilities**

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead business development efforts across MAS sectors in Peru.
- Lead structuring, negotiation, and processing of MAS transactions in Peru and certain countries in the Andean Region, from mandate to disbursement, including client relationship management.
- Lead the scoping and identification process of priority companies to target as IFC clients in the country, considering the strategic areas of focus for MAS in Peru.
- Actively develop a local network with target companies, financial institutions, financial advisors, and credit agencies in the country.
- Structure and present bankable transactions, aligned with client needs and IFC priorities.
- Negotiate, suggest required modifications, and ensure the signing of new mandate letters for bankable and high-impact transactions.
- Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new MAS transactions, portfolio restructurings, rescheduling, capital increases, equity sales, etc.
- Lead the structuring of investment or advisory transactions incorporating lessons of project evaluations and portfolio management experience.
- Ensure timely processing, due diligence and client satisfaction.
- Thoroughly review work provided by clients and prepared by team members to ensure solid investment structures and consistency of legal documents with agreed upon terms.
- Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for complex transactions.
- Lead negotiations as appropriate; use financial competencies and personal influencing skills to overcome impasses and lead negotiations to reach successful outcomes.
- Work independently and with more senior staff to develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities.
- Build a pipeline of quality investment opportunities, ensuring alignment with targets and KPIs.
- Actively manage relationships with targeted clients.
- Maintain clients and other stakeholders’ relationships (government, development partners, World Bank, industry associations, among others) who are at a level where they can influentially participate in developing immediate and future business opportunities.
- Coordinate closely with advisory and environmental & social teams to enhance client value, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.
- Collaborate with the upstream team to design strategies for market creation.
- Collaborate on the preparation of Country Private Sector Diagnostics (CPSD), Country Partnership Framework (CPF), Senior Management Briefs, Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR), etc.
- Engage with World Bank colleagues on MAS-related issues.
- Coach and mentor analysts/associates in the field office during IFC's process cycle (new business and portfolio).
- Mentor junior staff and foster professional development within IFC
- Support dissemination of best practices within the team.

**Selection Criteria**

- Relevant experience with a proven track-record of sourcing, structuring and closing investments, preferably across the MAS sectors in Peru and the Andean Region.
- Strong financial and credit skills, with demonstrated ability to structure a variety of financial instruments and to process complex transactions.
- Proven business development and client relationship skills, track record and ability to f