The EIB, the European Union’s bank, is seeking to recruit for its Portfolio Management and Monitoring Directorate (PMM), Transaction Management Department (TM), Project Finance Division (PF), Energy, Environment and Others Unit (EE&O) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Associate) Portfolio Management Officer – Project Finance*.

These are two full-time positions at grade 4/5 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.

*internal benchmark: (Associate) Officer Financial Monitoring

Panel interviews are anticipated for end of September 2023.

Purpose

As (Associate) Portfolio Management Officer – Project Finance you will carry out a regular financial monitoring (from first disbursement) of a portfolio of signed EIB Project Finance operations inside and outside the European Union and Candidate Countries. You will handle event resolutions for low and medium complexity post-signature events, including negotiation and implementation of solutions, thereby ensuring the stability and solidity of our portfolio of outstanding loans and protecting the Bank’s financial interest and reputation. The exact composition of the portfolio will depend on your experience in Project Finance operations and may also depend on language skills.

Specific Post Environment

PMM monitors counterparts and financial contracts and acts on contractual events under its responsibility, as well as on distressed transactions, to protect EIB’s financial interest and reputation. The Directorate is responsible for the Financial Monitoring, Event Resolution and Restructuring of (i) EU counterparts and non-EU counterparts and projects, (ii) EU and non-EU full invested funds and equity as well as (iii) EU and non-EU private sector distressed transactions. PMM/TM/PF comprises 2 units: One covering mainly Transport, Health and Education sector related projects, (PF/THE), and the other covering mainly Energy, Environment and Others sector specific projects (PF/EEO). PMM is also responsible for developing and updating Bank-wide Financial Monitoring guidelines.

Operating Network

Under the supervision of the Head of PF Division and the Head of the EE&O Unit, you will cooperate closely with other Directorates across the Bank, in particular with the Origination, Project, Legal, Risk Management teams, and with the other Divisions in PMM.

You will also have external contact with counterparts, other transaction stakeholders, corporates, syndicate agents, co-lenders, external advisors and sector specialists.

Accountabilities

• Carry out according to an agreed program, reviews of project finance counterparts/transactions.
• Negotiate and propose solutions to standard and more complex post signature events for project finance loans.
• Monitor the related contracts, ensuring compliance with the protective clauses included in the loan documentation.
• Handle client contacts, including organising and participating in financial monitoring visits, which requires regular travels
• Collaborate and coordinate activities with RM/CRD, OPS, JU, PJ and other Directorates.
• Contribute to the Division’s regular reports, in particular Watch List reports.
• Check and, when necessary, update in a timely and accurate manner the data related to own portfolio in the Bank’s IT systems.
• The above tasks are carried out in an autonomous way under supervision of the Head of Unit or with the support of a more senior officer in the team if necessary.

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor), preferably in Business Administration, Law, Finance or Economics, ideally supplemented by post-graduate studies and/or training in Project Finance.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience, including but not limited to project finance or structured finance, preferably gained in a financial institution, credit rating agency and/or investment fund.
• The ability to handle and negotiate event resolutions for project finance and loans.
• Experience and deep understanding of Excel and/or other financial monitoring systems and techniques is required.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (*), with a good command of the other. Knowledge of other EU languages, especially Spanish, would be an advantage.

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies here

(*) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team [email protected] who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 16^th August 2023

#LI-POST