Investment Officer - Infrastructure & Natural Resources

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 is recruiting an Investment Officer to be based in Singapore as part of the Infrastructure and Natural Resources (INR) team in Asia. This role requires strong and demonstrated technical skills in sourcing, structuring, negotiating, and executing investment transactions and in portfolio management.

She/he will report to the IFC Regional Industry Director (RID), INR. The (INR) sector is one of IFC’s key strategic priorities, covering diverse sectors including energy, transport, digital and telecom and sub-national finance. The team delivers financial and technical support to clients in the energy, transport, digital telecom, municipal environmental infrastructure, and mining sectors, from IFC’s own balance sheet and through mobilization of other capital.

The Department also seeks to maintain IFC, as part of the World Bank Group, at the cutting-edge of helping member countries find solutions to new and emerging infrastructure and natural resource issues. IFC's priorities in Asia for INR are: (i) grow the business in the region and manage the portfolio to achieve strong profitability and impact; (ii) build new and nurture existing client relationships to make IFC the preferred partner; (iii) support local companies, while improving transparency and corporate governance; (iv) catalyze foreign investment, including mobilizing B loans and parallel loans; (v) introduce and develop new financial products; (vi) build long-term partnerships with strong regional players and (vii) develop client, sector and country-level solutions that can be scaled and replicated.

Duties and Accountabilities: The candidate will be based in Singapore and is expected to play a key role at all material stages of the IFC transaction cycle. The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work in the Director’s Front office and support the processing of INR mainstream and upstream program delivery.
• Contribute to originating, executing and managing investment transactions, across the capital structure (equity, mezzanine, or senior debt), that maximize development impact, profitability as well as capital mobilization.
• Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities through proactive origination/business development and developing and employing sector/country knowledge.
• Lead transactions and/or teams to evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close new transactions, portfolio restructurings, rescheduling, capital increases, equity sales, as necessary, applying knowledge of policy and procedures.
• Clearly and succinctly present and communicate (verbal and written) credit analysis, investment proposals and other documents and presentations.
• Lead negotiation and legal documentation process; use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses in straightforward and complex transactions.
• Provide high-quality client service throughout the project cycle from transaction sourcing and processing to supervision.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop the sector and to develop specific investment opportunities.
• Mentor junior staff members and support their professional development and growth within the organization.
• Coordinate closely with social, environmental, governance, and technical assistance colleagues to add value to our clients' businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.
• Work closely and coordinate with Global Industry teams, Country Managers and Officers, World Bank and MIGA colleagues to develop client, country and sector strategies.