Senior) Investment Officer – Bond Specialist

• Job #: req
  38458
• Organization: IFC
• Sector:
  Investment
• Grade: GG
• Term Duration:
  Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP)
• Recruitment Type:
  International Recruitment
• Location:
  
  Washington, DC,United States;
  Vienna, Austria;
  London,United Kingdom
• Required Language(s):
  English
• Preferred Language(s):
  Spanish, French
• Closing Date: 10/4/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

At the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives.

In fiscal year 2026, IFC committed a record $105.6 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

IFC’s Structured Products Team (CPPSP), within the Clients & Products department, is seeking to recruit a (Senior) Investment Officer with significant Bond expertise, current structuring and execution experience in debt capital markets and or structured finance, to lead, grow and develop its bond investment business in emerging markets.

The Bond Specialist will be primarily responsible for providing structuring and execution advice to IFC's investments in plain vanilla and thematic bonds (climate, social, impact, etc.) and other debt securities (covered bonds, perpetuals, project bonds, etc.) across all IFC industry groups globally. Whilst the primary focus is on bond investments, the candidate is expected to also contribute to other products within the Structured Products department as applicable.

The position will also support coordination across IFC’s operational departments and industries in relation to IFC’s Bond investment program. The position will report to the Senior Manager, Structured Products.

• Lead the development and growth of IFC's Bond investment program, to achieve its objectives and ambitious plans for investment growth and development impact.
• Develop a consistent Bond investment approach across all IFC industry groups (FIG, MAS, and INFRA) and regions.
• Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities for IFC through anticipating market trends and employing sector/country knowledge.
• Develop and maintain active relationship management with arrangers in multiple jurisdictions and connect them with the relevant regional investment teams to explore collaboration opportunities.
• Develop further Bond and Structured Product offerings across sectors in FIG, MAS, and INFRA.
• Focus on adding value to IFC's clients, advising clients on optimal capital market solutions, propose financing solutions to sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.
• Participate in client/investors meetings pitching Bond and Structured Products.
• Work with key stakeholders (private and public) to define consultancy/advisory services.
• Evaluate, structure, and negotiate new transactions in order to make recommendations to IFC's management, including thematic bonds (impact, green, social), covered bonds, and MBSs.
• Review bond prospectus terms and conditions and advise the investment team and credit on adequacy of the covenants and deal structure taking into account any internal IFC guidelines or procedures, the nature of the client’s business,…