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IFC’s Corporate Finance Services unit (CFS), which focuses on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Advisory, assists clients across IFC’s focus sectors to: assess and select potential markets for entry/expansion at a regional, country and city level; identify, shortlist and select targets for acquisition or partnership; support valuation, negotiations and transaction execution, including facilitation of investor’s due diligence up to deal closure; optimize financing structures and attract third party funding; and advise on a balance sheet restructuring and value realization strategies.

The CFS unit is looking to recruit a seasoned E T Consultant for its team, based in São Paulo, Brazil, to cover the Latin American region (LatAm). The IA will support CFS team based in Washington DC and the cross regional LatAm team. The ideal candidate will have strong education credentials with finance/accounting experience with a prerequisite of prior investment banking transaction experience: knowledge of the M&A process, drafting info memos / teasers, reaching out to investors, etc. The candidate must be a self-starter, a multi-tasker, capable of taking initiative to cover a range of tasks, able to thrive in a small, entrepreneurial team/environment and be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Duties and Accountabilities:

The E T Consultant will work closely with team leaders as part of the project team to assist in the origination, due diligence, structuring, negotiation and closing of M&A transactions.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Support the CFS team in executing and pitching buy-side & sell-side advisory services to private/public clients in LatAm looking to complete cross-border transactions.
• Manage multiple M&A projects by working directly with client management teams, senior bankers. across various industry and regional teams at IFC and across different product teams at IFC.
• Execute transactions working closely with clients to facilitate negotiations and due diligence.
• Create client pitch books for business development and transaction marketing materials, including teasers and information memorandums, in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Create detailed financial models and conduct extensive valuation analyses utilizing M&A accretion / dilution, sum-of-the-parts, discounted cash flow, comparable company and precedent transaction
• analyses.
• Conduct extensive market, industry and cross-border M&A research for project execution, business development and team strategy purposes.
• Monitor and update pipeline of current and upcoming projects.
• Prepare various memorandums for IFC internal processes and support department wide initiatives to improve systems and project delivery.
• Work with IFC legal team to draft legal documents (i.e. Nondisclosure Agreements, MOUs, Non-binding Offers, Binding Offers, Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, etc.).

• AT LEAST one-year full-time and non-interrupted Investment Banking experience, ideally in M&A advisory, where candidate had undergone a formal training.  There is no such formal training available at CFS. 
• Undergraduate degree with top credentials and a strong preference minor/focus on Finance, Accounting or Economics.  A Masters’ degree is a definite plus, although not required.
• Intermediate to Advanced understanding of corporate finance, including experience with various financial and valuation analyses. Exposure to and prior participation in the M&A Advisory work is ideal.
• Strong experience in financial modeling in Excel (outside the school environment), including detailed financial statement analysis, projection forecasting and multiple scenario analysis, and M&A accretion / dilution, capital structure, sum-of-the parts, discounted cash flow, comparable company and precedent transaction analyses.  A challenging financial case study requiring developing an Excel model, would be part of the interview process.
• Prior exposure to client engagement, deal negotiations and mandate signing activities are a plus.
• Good grasp & understanding of different types of debt, mezzanine and equity instruments.
• Excellent written expression, ability to synthesize complex technical information and create clear, logical, compelling stories.
• Ability to recognize and extract critical information from large volumes of data in a simple manner.
• Strong knowledge of Power Point; high standard of quality control with required attention to written detail.  Developing a Power Point presentation will likely be part of the interview process.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and either Portuguese or Spanish – Fluency in all three languages is a major plus.
• Interest and knowledge of private sector participation/development issues, knowledge of overall industry sector trends.
• Ability to work across project teams to prioritize and deliver according to deadlines.