Operations Analyst – Infra LAC Front Office

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. Infrastructure is one of IFC's strategic priorities. IFC’s Infrastructure department supports the World Bank Group’s aim of improving access to efficient, reliable and affordable infrastructure for the poor in emerging markets.

IFC’s LAC Infrastructure unit is an open and dynamic team that delivers financial and technical support to clients in the power, transport, telecoms, municipal environmental infrastructure, and natural resources 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 resources issues.

The Latin America Infrastructure Department is seeking to recruit an Operations Analyst who will work with and support the Senior Investment Officer managing the front office functions for the department in Washington DC (i) coordinating efforts with and supporting the CELVP front office; (ii) coordinating the department efforts with the HQ based Knowledge Bank and IBRD teams coordinating activities across sub-sectors and sub-regions; (iii) consolidating and updating the department strategy for infrastructure sub-sectors in coordination with the department managers; (iv) supporting the LAC Infrastructure Regional Industry Director and the Management team in delivery of the program, management of the portfolio, and strategic engagements; and (iv) represent the department in meetings with clients, senior management, WBG colleagues, and government counterparts in Washington DC.

The position will be based in Washington DC and will report to the Senior Investment Officer managing the front office functions for the department. Duties and Accountabilities Include, but are not limited to:

• Provide analytical support to the Senior Investment Officer managing the front office functions to monitor the pipeline, WBG indicator targets and results, compliance, operational risk and overall performance of the department;
• Preparation of data, analysis and presentations that are required by CELVP front office, LAC Infrastructure Regional Industry Director and the Management team: Extract data from different sources, constant communication with other supporting units to obtain relevant information, preparation of data analysis, tables, graphs, and circulation of the presentation for review and final management approval;
• Conduct financial analysis and research as needed for the front office functions outlined above;
• Support ad-hoc requests such as gathering desk information and data analysis on the industry/sector companies and regional/country exposures including comparative analysis per the request of investment staff and management;
• Take on select portfolio supervision responsibilities as designated by the Deputy Portfolio Manager and in agreement with the Senior Investment Officer managing the front office functions;
• Support the transition and adaptation of the Phoenix platform by the LAC Infrastructure team, coordinating with the implementation teams based in HQ;
• Provide analytical support to process improvements, usage of AI, and related IT initiatives;
• Review, analyze and provide feedback on the Departmental Scorecard Results;
• Knowledge management and retention, application of best practices and IFC standards across teams;
• Act as all-around support staff/help desk on policies, operational procedures and systems;
• Provide oversight and guidance to the Senior Operations Assistant in the front office and foster solid teamwork;
• Acting as Information Quality Steward for the Department.