Role purpose

This is a portfolio management role. As a Senior Investment Officer, you will work as a member of the deal team alongside dealing officers from both origination and portfolio teams. You will be responsible for all risk and client relationship aspects of assigned debt and guarantee portfolio transactions, from first disbursement to final repayment. You will work with portfolio clients in infrastructure, agribusiness, and social sectors, through both project finance and corporate finance structures.

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship

The position of Senior Investment Officer is assigned to the Portfolio Management Division (PSPM) within the Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD).

You will be based at our Resident Mission in Bangkok. You will report to the designated PSPM International Staff and will have secondary reporting arrangements to the Country Director, TRM.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Credit Monitoring

• Prepare periodic credit monitoring reports.

• Analyze client financial data, problems and remedial actions.

• Work with assigned senior staff regarding warning signals or potential problems in transactions; and design and coordinate remedial actions.

Project Monitoring

• Lead and ensure adherence by clients to their obligations for submission to ADB of periodic reports.

• Communicate with clients, and coordinate internally in case of covenant breaches or unexpected developments.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to design and implement remedial measures.

• Monitor development effectiveness, and environmental and social management compliance, coordinating closely with internal specialists.

• Lead and support client-relationship management, and plan and participate in meetings and business trips.

Disbursements

• Lead and ensure processing of disbursement requests, verify compliance with disbursement conditions and loan covenants. Follow up on submission, completeness and validity of required documents.

Database Maintenance

• Lead and ensure completeness and maintenance of databases for legal, financial, and security documents, throughout the project life cycle.

Project Reviews and Project Completion Reports

• Lead, with a high degree of independence, assessment of financial and developmental performance of projects, including visiting sites and conducting interviews. Leading close internal coordination throughout.

Administrative and Planning Support

• Contribute and lead in the planning of various initiatives designed to facilitate PSPM's interaction with other ADB departments.

• Lead and coordinate the preparation of inputs for planning and budget exercises.

• Participate and lead special projects, as assigned by supervisor.

• Support knowledge sharing and strategy related programs.

Education, Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or related fields, preferably with a Master's degree or equivalent.

• At least 10 years work experience in corporate finance and/or project finance, with a leading international financial institution, or infrastructure developer; including at least 5 years of supervisory experience.

• Deep understanding of credit risk, across a range of financial products and transaction types.

• Strong client management capability, to lead relationships.

• Strong analytical thinking, with ability to comprehend causal links, make pros-and-cons analysis, and analyze factors to reach a decision.

• Ability to independently identify tasks and priorities within the area of responsibility; formulate and then execute plans for the completion of such tasks.

• Ability to collect and organize information for analysis and organization; conduct research of complex tasks, and prepare notes, papers and detailed reports.

• Skills and confidence required to conduct discussions and negotiations with internal and external stakeholders, with minimal supervision.

• Able to work with teams in a multicultural setting.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Thai.

Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for National Staff Level 3.

Terms of Appointment

This is a fixed term appointment with option to renew for an initial period of three (3) years following Section 3.1 (b) of Administrative Order No. 2.01 ('Recruitment and Appointment'). This appointment is not convertible to a regular appointment. At the end of the initial period, this appointment may be renewed for a period of up to three years, or not renewed. There is no limit on the number of renewals. This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.

Role Location

Bangkok, Thailand

Note

If you have already applied through the ADB Career and Employment System (ACES) you may not apply through the SRI Executive process.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please ensure you complete the Application Form provided below by 24 March 2025 (23:59 hrs, GMT +7). It is essential that you submit your CV in English, specifically in Microsoft Word format (.doc/.docx), not exceeding 10MB.

Applications in other languages or formats will not be considered.

Rest assured, all information will be handled with the utmost confidentiality.

SRI Executive is exclusively retained by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to undertake this assignment.