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Investment Analyst, Special Operations, LAC Region
IT, Operations
Posted on Sep 18, 2026
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. The successful candidate will join IFC's Special Operations Department (CSO), which is part of the Risk Management Vice-presidency. The Risk Finance Vice Presidency Unit (CRFVP) helps to ensure that IFC is sufficiently profitable and capitalized to sustain and grow its operations through prudent risk management at the corporate, portfolio, project, and client levels. It sets best practice standards in risk management to drive sustainable private sector development in emerging markets. CRFVP works in partnership with other IFC Vice Presidents to ensure IFC meets its corporate objectives. The Department of Special Operations (CSO) is housed within CRFVP. Its primary responsibility is to resolve the problems and special issues in IFC's portfolios related to debt, equity, quasi-equity, and other types of investment instruments, and to optimize the Corporation's overall return on a net present value basis (including for B-loan Participants) while minimizing reputational risk and, where possible, maximizing developmental impact. CSO is seeking to recruit an Investment Analyst to be based in the IFC office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The selected candidate will be an integral part of project teams and given high levels of responsibility and broad exposure to many aspects of CSO’s work. Some travel may be required. Duties and Accountabilities: The Investment Analyst will, inter-alia: • Review and analyze financial models. • Perform company financial analysis from a credit perspective. • Draft memoranda, reports, presentations, and other documentation required for IFC internal supervision processes. • Engage with staff from other departments (including Industry teams, Legal, Financial Operations, Credit, Syndications, etc.) as well as with clients and co-lenders in connection to project work. • Conduct industry and market research. • Participate in restructuring/rescheduling and investment recovery negotiations. • Support the selection, procurement, and engagement of financial and restructuring advisors. • Maintain CSO knowledge management platforms, ensuring that project and other information is complete and up to date. • Support the preparation of internal and external presentations, seminar materials, and knowledge sharing events.