Principal Banker

Join to apply for the Principal Banker role at EBRD. The Principal Banker is allocated to the Sustainable Infrastructure Middle East & Africa team, which delivers the Bank's mandate in the energy and infrastructure sectors in EBRD’s Countries of Operation spanning the Middle East & Africa. The role will be focused on EBRD’s new Countries of Operation in sub-Saharan Africa.

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 Project life-cycle involves several stages from origination to signing, followed by implementation and monitoring until full completion and repayment or exit. All the stages involve different tasks such as business marketing, project due diligence analysis, structuring and approval, negotiation and signing of project agreements, disbursement and monitoring.

The role of the Principal Banker is to contribute, as a senior project team member, to the structuring, implementation and monitoring of complex transactions, and to lead, as an operation leader, the development of less complex debt and equity transactions, and the effective implementation and monitoring of an assigned number of portfolio projects, in line with the Bank’s operational objectives.

• Structuring and Execution: Work as a senior project team member with more experienced operation leaders on complex transactions, contributing to all aspects of project structuring and execution; as an operation leader, lead structuring, negotiation (including review of legal documentation) and the execution of transactions.
• Team Leadership: Manage the resources and workload of the project teams under their supervision; oversee the project due diligence process ensuring it meets the Bank’s standards; ensure that all transactions are completed within the specified time frames to a high standard.
• Portfolio Monitoring, Value Creation and Reporting: As a senior project team member, perform tasks assigned by the operation leader and provide constructive portfolio monitoring advice; as operation leader, take overall responsibility for effective monitoring of all projects, supervise junior bankers, and ensure timely notification of critical portfolio issues.
• Policy Dialogue: Contribute to policy dialogue in a leading role or supporting function; assist in providing necessary support for efforts to procure grants and technical cooperation funds.
• Business Development: Assist with marketing and business development efforts to build reputable market contacts, and screen project proposal flow generated through business development.
• Staff Management: Recruit, train, coach, and mentor junior bankers, ensuring adequate quality of project work; develop productive relationships within the organisation and champion the Bank’s Behavioural Competencies.

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, CFA, ACCA, or CIMA desirable.
• Strong quantitative and credit analysis skills.
• Computer literacy with Microsoft Office and financial modelling packages.
• Excellent understanding of relevant systems and processes.
• Stakeholder management, coaching, mentoring & leadership, relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and under time pressure.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; good command over local/country language is an advantage.

• Significant relevant financial industry experience from an investment or commercial bank, private equity firm, asset management firm, or auditing/financial consulting firm operating to international standards.
• Practical experience of participating in and leading complex transactions through the full project life cycle.
• Significant financial industry experience covering the energy or infrastructure sectors, particularly in EBRD’s new Countries of Operation in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Strong experience in project finance and / or climate finance.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio‑economic background or disability.