Your role

The Agribusiness, Food and Water department (“AFW”) is looking for an Investment Officer in the Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa (“ECA MENA”) team. In this role you will be responsible for:

• Execution of debt investments that fit in the AFW strategy: contributes to business development/origination activities, drafts key account plans and/or country strategies. Structures and executes transactions, in collaboration with other specialists and technical experts within FMO as needed, under the direction of the Manager AFW ECA MENA.
• Portfolio Management: has overall responsibility for quality and timelines of all internal documents related to the designated portfolio (e.g., reviews, change and waiver requests, disbursements, and country or client update memos).
• Building strong relationships with AFW clients and prospects by understanding their business, the market and environment they operate in and the risks and challenges they face through regular visits and/or calls.
• Taking the lead, or participates with Senior Investment Officer, in negotiation/contracting process of debt investments together with the legal team.
• Coaching Associates as required. Provides context on work delegated to/performed by Associates.
• Ensuring clarity on role/task division. Provides input and feedback to Associates on credit reviews, change requests, disbursement memos and on their part of the investment proposals.
• Providing input to the team business plan.
• Participating in organisation-wide projects.

Our offer

• Gross yearly salary of between EUR 70K-90K (including holiday allowance and 13th month). Depending on seniority, years of experience and background.
• Premium free pension
• 31 holidays
• Working remotely abroad for max 60 days in a rolling period of 12 months
• Hybrid way of working (50/50) For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO

Your team

The agricultural sector is one of the 3 focus sectors in FMO because it has such a substantial impact in the countries where we are active. We invest in private sector companies to stimulate a more sustainable food system that reduces hunger (SDG2 – zero hunger), that increases development of rural areas in particular (smallholder) suppliers (SDG10 – reduce inequalities) and stimulates environmentally friendly technologies and practices (SDG13 – climate action).

The team focuses on origination, execution and management of debt investments and clients in the agribusiness sector in the region. AFW works with companies along the food system including primary producers, processors, traders and logistical services providers and wants to grow its client- and portfolio base. The team is very diverse, high performing and a lot of fun!

Your background

• Master's degree – preferably finance, economics, business administration or engineering. Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in development or corporate banking.
• Familiarity with debt financing in emerging markets, preferably in the agribusiness sector.
• Experience working in ECA MENA region is preferred.

Skills

• Ability to analyse i.a. financial and economic data, markets and structure the appropriate investment.
• Can effectively strike the balance between commercial goals and upholding environmental, social and governance standards.
• Leads by example, displaying strong team skills, contributing to team success and to a constructive, positive, and collaborative work environment.
• Displays strong risk awareness, while thinking creatively with an entrepreneurial focus. Displays a commercial drive and strong business sense and is service/client oriented.

Competences

• Flexible, pragmatic, solution-oriented and has a “can-do” mentality.
• Strong presentation and negotiating skills.
• Team player.
• Takes initiatives.
• Good networking skills.
• Analytical.
• Strong drive to make positive impact in the world through your daily activities.
• Excellent English communication skills both written and verbal.
• Arabic or French or Turkish language skills is a plus.

Are you inspired by FMO's mission and do you see yourself reflected in these criteria? We would love to hear from you and learn more about your special journey. Take the first step towards in making a difference. Please apply today! #PioneerDevelopScale

Please note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.