Senior Vice President, Export & Agency Finance; EAF), Environmental & Social Specialist - Services

Position: Senior Vice President, Export & Agency Finance (EAF), Environmental & Social Specialist - Services
Location: Greater London

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** Team/Role Overview:
** Trade and Working Capital Solutions ("TWCS") is a market leading, award-winning provider of cash management, cards, and trade solutions to financial institutions, public sector, and corporate clients around the world. With a global network spanning 100+ countries, we are uniquely positioned to service clients with complex local and cross-border interests, offering integrated reporting and management.  One of the key divisions of TWCS is the Export & Agency Finance ("EAF") team.

EAF arranges short, medium, and long-term structured financings with the support of Official Agencies, including export credit agencies ("ECAs"), development finance institutions (DFIs), and multilateral development banks (MDBs) for Citi's Banking and Commercial Banking client base. Operating as a global platform, EAF structures, arranges, underwrites, syndicates, and lends bespoke debt financings. These financings mitigate risk through credit and political risk support from Official Agencies, and/or provide access to their funding, lending, or interest support programs.

EAF is executing a growth plan aimed at significantly increasing the volume of transactions originated and executed annually.  To support this growth, EAF is establishing a new front-office Environmental & Social Specialist function, which will support the global team by analyzing the environmental and social aspects of EAF-financed projects, ensuring alignment with relevant international E&S standards, Citi's E&S policies, and Official Agency standards.  

The new role will coordinate closely with Citi’s Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) team, an independent entity responsible for ultimately approving the E&S risk profiles for each deal.  Beyond new transactions, the role will oversee E&S issues arising from the existing portfolio, ensuring ongoing compliance with Citi's E&S policies and Official Agency requirements. The role will track and manage the E&S work streams pre-mandate, during due diligence and during monitoring.

The role will report to the Global Head of EAF and is for a Senior Vice President level candidate, based out of London.
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* What you’ll do:

*** Lead and manage all Environmental & Social (E&S) requirements across the global EAF pipeline.
* Collaborate directly with the EAF front office team throughout the transaction lifecycle to conduct E&S reviews, ensuring adherence to World Bank and IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, Citi's E&S policies, and OECD Common Approaches (as utilized by ECAs).
* Identify and mitigate E&S risks within projects. This involves direct engagement with all relevant transaction stakeholders, including the Citi ESRM team, E&S consultants, borrowers, exporters, Official Agencies, and legal counsel. The role requires travel for site visits and providing ongoing monitoring services post-financial close.
* Act as the primary EAF contact with independent E&S consultants, including i) creating the Scope of Works for the appointment of E&S consultants, ii) overseeing the hiring process, iii) monitoring workload and timelines and iv) managing the consultant throughout the transaction lifecycle.
* Coordinate all activities with Citi's ESRM team to ensure optimal resource allocation and prioritization across both the new deal pipeline and existing portfolio management.
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* Core Responsibilities:

*** Implement strategy: Develop and implement strategies and processes for tracking and monitoring E&S requirements across: i) the global EAF pipeline of new transactions, and ii) the existing EAF loan portfolio.
* Coordinate with Citi’s ESRM team:
Coordinate all activities and resource allocation with the ESRM team on an ongoing basis to ensure effective coverage of all E&S issues pertinent to the EAF business.
* Manage E&S due diligence:
Conduct E&S due diligence for complex EAF transactions across diverse geographies and sectors, including Public Sector, Metals & Mining, Shipping & Transportation, Power, Oil & Gas, Telecom, Infrastructure, Financial Institutions, Aviation and Defence.
* E&S Monitoring:
Support the ESRM team in tracking and management of closed EAF transactions that require ongoing monitoring throughout the life of financing arrangements. This includes managing schedule of deal monitoring reports, review of Lender notifications/incident reports, feedback to E&S Consultants and Clients and engaging with other finance parties as needed.
* Risk Assessment:
Review E&S risks against relevant international and local environmental standards, Citi's policies, and the OECD Common Approaches to the Environment.
* Provide Advice:
Advise deal teams and clients on E&S risks and identify potential mitigants.  Ensure any E&S issues emerging on existing…