IDB Invest - Panamá - Inter-American Development Bank

Descripción

City: Mexico City, Panamá, San Jose, San Salvador

Company: IDB Invest

Posting End Date: 9/1/2025

Location

This position can be based in one of the following cities: San Jose (Costa Rica), San Salvador (El Salvador), Mexico City (Mexico) or Panama City (Panama).

We improve lives

IDB Invest is the private sector arm of the IDB Group and an international financial institution committed to addressing the development needs of Latin America and the Caribbean. Our mission is to support sustainable enterprises and projects that deliver financial results while maximizing social and environmental impact in the region.

IDB Invest operates in 26 countries, structured across four geographic regions and three industry verticals: Infrastructure and Energy, Financial Intermediaries, and Corporates.

In support of a new transformative business model "Originate to Share" our shareholders recently approved a $3.5 billion capitalization. This will allow IDB Invest to significantly scale up its investments, nearly doubling annual financing from approximately $8 billion to $19 billion, and unlocking greater private sector participation to drive development and climate impact across the region.

To deliver on this ambition, IDB Invest reorganized its structure and created the Regions Department, which manages business and client relationships from a country perspective. The regions include:

• Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Andean Group (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)
• Caribbean (The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago)
  Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic

Additionally, the Industries and Cross-Cutting Themes Department manages business and client engagement from an industry perspective. It is composed of six divisions: three focused on core industries (Infrastructure and Energy (IEN), Financial Institutions (FLI), and Corporates (SMC)); two focused on cross-cutting themes (Climate and Environment (CLE) and Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI)); and one dedicated to Portfolio Management (PTM). Together, these divisions support the implementation of IDB Invest's mandate by providing sectoral expertise, thematic leadership, and strategic portfolio oversight across the institution.

About this position

The Corporates Division (SMC), part of the Industries and Cross-Cutting Themes Department, leads the origination and delivery of operations in agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism and digital economy.

The Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Division (RID), part of the Regions Department, is responsible for managing business and client engagement from a country perspective within its member countries. It also provides oversight to the Country Representatives of the IDB's Vice Presidency for Countries and to the Directors of Delivery Units at IDB Invest.

The Delivery Units are responsible for: (i) establishing and maintaining client relationships, (ii) building pipeline through upstream project and sector development, (iii) transaction execution through the incorporation of multiple financial products including loans, guarantees, debt capital markets, equity and quasi-equity instruments, as well as resource mobilization and technical cooperation and (iv) acting as the center of institutional knowledge and expertise for the sectors covered by the Division.

You will report to the Director of the Delivery Unit that has a dual-reporting structure to both the Managing Director of the Corporates Division (SMC) and the Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Division (RID).

What you'll do

Your scope of activities shall include, but not be limited to:

• Assist with project feasibility assessment for lending and investment projects. This entails conducting research relative to prospective project sponsors, gathering and developing relevant market, industry and financial data, and assisting with the preparation of operations summaries and preliminary desk evaluations of potential projects.
• Review and analyze financial statements and develop and/or adapt computer financial models, including financial projection models, to evaluate financial information and support management decision-making.
• May participate in appraisal missions to gather necessary technical, legal, economic, financial information as assigned to assess the merits of potential lending or equity investment projects.
• Establish and maintain quality client relationships to ensure responsive client service and to enhance new business opportunities.
• Assist with the development of detailed post-appraisal project reports related to lending and equity investment projects. This includes compiling data, conducting analyses, and preparing reports related to capital cost, financing plan, financial projections, legal considerations and other major issues.
• May assist with disbursements for approved lending and investment projects by assisting with the verification that project sponsors comply with all contractual conditions.
• Assist with the supervision of approved lending and investment projects to ensure their development as per established agreements.
• Assist in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, information memoranda for investment projects, and other business-related reports required by the Corporates team in its day-to-day operations.

What you'll need

• Education: You hold a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related fields. Master's degree is preferable.
• Experience: You have between two (2) and four (4) years of professional relevant experience in loan origination, structuring or portfolio management with a proven track-record working with both equity and debt in an investment bank, commercial bank or developmental bank is desirable. Very strong financial modeling/valuation and analytical skills will be considered a plus.

Requirements

• Citizenship: You are either a citizen of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Panama or with residency or legal permit to work in one of these countries.
• Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

National consultant Full-Time, 36 months.

What we offer

The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee's life. These benefits include:

• A competitive compensation package

• Leave and vacations : 2 days per month of contract + gender-neutral parental leave.

• Health Insurance : the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance

• Savings plan : The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.

-Hybrid and flexible work schedules

• Development support : We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile, such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.

• Health and well-being : Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees.

Our culture

At the IDB, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at .

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