Senior Credit Officer

Overview

This role is part of the Investment Product Management (IPM) team and supports the management of product/fund risks as a second line of defense. IPM helps the Investment and Risk teams throughout the investment process by ensuring country, fund, and investee risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored, and reported. The team also contributes to the development of new investment products and manages problem loans, while ensuring appropriate policies, procedures, and controls are implemented in line with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Transactions

• Support the global Investment Team with risk issues, particularly credit risk.
• Structure complex transactions and navigate the transaction approval process.
• Detect, monitor, and coach on risks within the portfolio.
• Lead the management of problem loans/workouts and work with the investment team to negotiate meaningful outcomes with external parties.
• Hold defined credit authority to handle non-complex consents, waivers, and amendments to existing deals.

Reporting and Compliance

• Provide periodic reports on product-level risks and key risk indicators in line with internal policies and procedures to the Head of Risk and relevant Heads of Investment/Portfolio.
• Work with the Heads of Risk and Compliance to provide regular information for risk controls and ensure timely, relevant inputs.
• Conduct compliance checks, including compliance with fund guidelines (in conjunction with Portfolio Management), key risk indicators, and loan agreements.

Monitoring and Risk Initiatives

• Perform monitoring activities, including key risk indicator measurement and maintaining country and investee watch lists.
• Support regular asset valuation and impairment activities.
• Ensure rating and risk assessment tools for investees and countries function properly and provide consistent, reliable results.
• Contribute to strategic committees and task forces (e.g., ESG, new products, digitization, training).
• Assist in drafting and revising divisional procedures and guidelines for existing and/or new products.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of debt transaction experience, which may include banking, impact investing, leveraged finance, project finance, or other structured finance products.
• Thorough experience with investee monitoring and reporting.
• Strong financial analysis and Excel skills.
• Professional communication and presentation skills, with excellent written and spoken English.
• Degree in finance, economics, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Due diligence experience for financial institutions and/or renewable energy companies, including preparation of investment proposals.
• Experience managing problem exposures and workouts, including problem solving and negotiations with multiple parties.
• International and/or emerging markets experience.
• Experience with equity transactions.
• Experience in risk management.
• Demonstrated interest in impact investing, emerging markets development, SDG initiatives, green energy, or energy transition projects.
• Proficiency in business level Spanish.

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time fully remote role with periodic travel to main offices/offshore locations.
• Essential equipment provided for the role, including laptop and monitor, plus a communication allowance.

Location

• Fully remote, with periodic travel to main offices/offshore locations.

Application

• Application deadline: 27 November, 2026
• Application documents should include salary expectations and a possible starting date.
• Application (CV and cover letter) must be submitted in English.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.