Senior Financial Sector Specialist(Based in Beijing)

Description

AIIB’s Strategy, Policy and Budget (SPB) department is responsible for: (i) developing and monitoring the implementation of the Bank’s strategic agenda; (ii) developing and overseeing compliance with the Bank’s operational policies and procedures for the Bank’s infrastructure investment operations (non-treasury), including environmental, social, procurement, and financial management; and (iii) developing and monitoring the Bank’s annual business plan to implement the Bank’s strategies and manage the Bank’s administrative budget to support the implementation of the annual business plan.

Join in AIIB’s mission to promote sustainable infrastructure investments and to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.

• Develop, update, and implement relevant operational policies and guidance to various financing modalities/instruments for NSBF in line with AIIB’s Corporate Strategy objectives.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to promote knowledge of sustainability finance and good practices of NSBF by multilateral development banks.
• Review and analyze NSBF projects, including their financial and operational viability, policy compliance, and value addition across a wide array of infrastructure financing aligned with AIIB’s mandate and Corporate Strategy.
• Work as a member of the SPB Policy Unit, focusing on various aspects of nonsovereign-backed financing (NSBF) projects and policies and guidance, covering financial intermediaries/on-lending; bonds; private equity funds; guarantees; equity; and debt financing in the energy, transport, urban, digital infrastructure and technology, social infrastructure, and rural/agri-infrastructure sectors.
• Stay updated with exploring emerging trends in nonsovereign financing (e.g., capital market instruments, credit enhancement instruments, collateralized loan obligations, trade finance products, risk transfer agreements, unfunded risk participations, infrastructure asset-backed securitization).

Requirements

• Experience with national and international regulators of banking and capital market activity is a plus.
• Experience in multidisciplinary scenarios with debt, equity, derivative, and credit products in multiple sectors and industries in a wide geographical area across Asia.
• Knowledge of the due-diligence process for capital market deals.
• Experience in deal execution in several industries in various Asian countries in areas such as infrastructure, financial technology, commodities, transportation, financial institutions, and insurance.
• Ability to contribute to policy dialogues regarding rapidly shifting trends in green bonds, carbon credits, and ESG due diligence, among other topics.
• Extensive experience with regulators in both banking and capital markets.
• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant work in capital markets, advisory for transaction, and research in an international financial institution, preferably in Asia.
• Thorough understanding of credit markets from an industry standpoint as well as nonsovereign ratings perspective.
• Knowledge of standard ESG due-diligence requirements for environmental sustainability and infrastructure financing.
• Deep knowledge of financial institutions, including commercial and investment banks in the context of loan appraisal of infrastructure financing.
• Master's degree with a major in finance or other related fields.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance