Analyst or Senior Analyst, Transport recruitment
Role Overview
The EBRD seeks to recruit an Analyst or Senior Analyst to focus predominantly on the Transport sector. This is a permanent position based in the Bank's office in Moscow.
The Transport Team is a leading provider of finance for transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. It finances projects in both the private and public sectors in all areas of transport including roads, railways, airports and aviation, ports and shipping. It is active across all of the Bank's countries of operations.
The Analyst/Senior Analyst will provide support and participate in the project preparation, appraisal and monitoring process under direct and continuous supervision from Operation Leaders. The key focus of the role will be on the credit and financial aspects of project development and implementation with special responsibility for financial modelling and analysis. The Analyst/Senior Analyst will also be expected to participate in all aspects of project development and implementation.
Future development of role: The Analyst/Senior Analyst can progress to more complex aspects of transaction processing, progressively gaining more responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
- Carry out research and analysis to provide background information on target companies or projects
- Credit and financial analysis of project development, including financial analysis of companies - data gathering, construction and analysis of financial projections; structuring and monitoring of financing agreements
- Contribute to the drafting of Bank documents and correspondence
- Participate in project implementation, including administrative and analytical support in specific areas of project monitoring
- Attend meetings with clients with more senior bankers
- Liaise with the Bank's internal Credit department and other support units
- Undertake any other tasks that may be given by more senior staff, such as contributing to the preparation of briefing notes and strategy documents, marketing and business development tasks
Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant and commercial work experience (e.g. banking, finance, accounting, audit or project finance) gained from a major commercial/investment bank, equity fund, advisory services or corporate finance firm
- Relevant degree from a leading university in the country of education (e.g. business administration, economics, finance).
- The candidate must have a strong analytical and financial background and have a good understanding of the whole life cycle of projects.
- Credit analysis skills: ability to interpret accounts, understanding of accounting principles and practice of credit analysis.
- Financial analysis skills: ability to design financial models; identify, understand and help solve complex issues related to financial analysis.
- Sound understanding of business principles
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Fluency in Russian language (written and oral) is essential
- Computer literacy: conversant with Microsoft office and spreadsheet packages including financial analysis models.
- Prior working experience in the region and knowledge of the business environment is desirable.
Competencies and Personal Attributes
- Integrity and Team Working - Ability to operate consistently within business guidelines and ethics and work sensitively in multicultural environments, building effective working relations with clients and colleagues to deliver the objectives of the team and the wider Bank.
- Planning Organising - Self-motivated, ability to work to and meet tight deadlines and to plan and organise work unsupervised in a logical and efficient manner.
- Communication Skills - Ability to communicate appropriate, concise and accurate information in verbal and written formats, appropriate to the audience at the time and confidence in handling senior clients (CEO/CFO) and local officials of government and regulatory bodies.
- Analysis and Problem Solving - The ability to tackle issues and problems in a logical and practical manner.
- Flexible in working hours and willingness to travel to and work in EBRD countries of operation.
Note: This job description is not limited to the responsibilities listed and the incumbent may be requested to perform other relevant duties as required by business needs.