Principal Banker

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development London Both national and international Senior level Speaks English

The Principal Banker is competent in undertaking all tasks related to, and understands all aspects of, project development and implementation, including project origination, structuring, execution, implementation and monitoring, for all types of investment instruments offered by the Bank.

The Principal Banker will act both as a senior member of a project team or as an operation leader (typically on less complex transactions than an Associate Director, Senior Banker).

The Principal Banker, in their role as an operation leader, is expected to take responsibility for effective leadership of their project team/s, supervision of junior banking staff, while contributing to their coaching and providing mentoring assistance, as required.

The Principal Banker’s role also includes elements of business/pipeline development, client management and policy dialogue.

• Structuring and Execution
• Work as a senior project team member with more experienced operation leaders on Supply Chain Finance (SCF) transactions, including receivables finance, payable finance, distributor finance and other working capital solutions, contributing to all aspects of project structuring and execution, including supporting the operation leader with the management of the project team;
• Lead origination of new SCF opportunities with corporates, aggregators, partner banks and technology platforms to expand EBRD’s market presence.
• As an operation leader:
  • Lead the structuring, negotiation (including negotiating Term Sheet and commercial terms, and review of legal documentation) and the execution of SCF programmes, working with clients, partner banks, consultants and internal units;
  • Manage the resources and the work load of the project teams under their supervision;
  • Oversee the project due diligence process ensuring it meets the Bank’s standards;
  • Ensure quality and appropriateness of Technical Cooperation assistance components which support the investments or contribute to policy dialogue initiatives;
  • Support mobilisation activities and co-financing opportunities with commercial banks, development finance institutions and other market participants where relevant
• Ensure that all transactions within their responsibility are completed within the specified time frames to a high standard (including all internal memoranda and Board reports) and in line with the policies, procedures and objectives of the Bank.
• Portfolio Monitoring, Value Creation and Reporting
• As a senior project team member perform all such tasks as may be assigned by the operation leader and provide constructive portfolio monitoring advice, guidance and supervision to more junior members of the project team.
• As operation leader:
  • Take overall responsibility for the effective monitoring of all SCF programmes within the portfolio, including verifying the quality of regular monitoring reports; taking the lead in maintaining or supervising the management of client relationships; actively managing the resolution of any implementation/monitoring issues in cooperation with relevant Portfolio Managers; managing and supervising more junior bankers who assist in portfolio monitoring;
  • Monitor programme utilisation, portfolio performance, concentration risks, obligor performance and operational developments across SCF structures.
  • Supervise implementation and monitoring of, and reporting on, relevant TC assignments to ensure their compliance with donor reporting requirements, operational objectives and that all reports are of a high quality;
  • Take responsibility for ensuring timely notification of any critical portfolio issues to the relevant Portfolio Manager and/or Management, ensuring availability of adequate data and information for the Portfolio Manager and/or Management to be able to take timely decisions.
  • Identify and proactively manage implementation issues, operational challenges and emerging risks in coordination with Portfolio Management, Risk Management and other relevant departments;
  • Monitor achievement of programme objectives, transition…