Portfolio Manager

Job title:Portfolio Manager
Reports to:Chief Underwriting Officer
Department:Green Guarantee Company 
Location:London (we are open to discussing hybrid working arrangements)Overseas Travel  Estimated to be at least [30%] of the time

Purpose of Role:

The Portfolio Management team within the Development Guarantee Group (DGG) is responsible for building the Green Guarantee Company’s (GGC’s) guarantee portfolio which is aligned to GGC’s stated objectives which includes mobilising institutional capital from global capital and credit markets to finance climate adaptation and mitigation projects in EMDE at scale.

The role of the Portfolio Management team is to manage GGC’s Transaction Selection Process to ensure that the best guarantee opportunities in the pipeline are being selected to build and maintain a well performing guarantee portfolio. 

Main Responsibilities:

Transaction Management (Estimated Time Component of Role – 50%)

  • Responsible for taking transactions through GGC’s Transaction Selection Process ensuring that any impact or credit red flags are raised early, and transactions entering the portfolio are well structured in order to preserve capital as well as maximise climate impact. 
  • Take responsibility for onboarding and managing GGC portfolio clients including overseeing KYC and ensuring compliance with ethics, industry standards, and relevant GGC policies.
  • Manage the commercial and operational due diligence process, including the coordination of external advisors, with oversight and support from the DGG Chief Underwriting Officer. Gather relevant information from client and third-party advisors/consultants, and identify key information gaps and drivers of creditworthiness and impact up front.
  • Lead the analysis of transaction risk and opportunities, including: financial structure, business plan, legal and regulatory environment, industry analysis, market and technical due diligence. Develop internal financial base cases using various techniques and scenario analysis, justifying assumptions and highlighting key financial sensitivities.
  • Prepare credit proposals, under supervision, for submission to the Impact and Credit committees ensuring that deadlines are met and material credit and impact strengths and challenges are clearly articulated.  
  • Collaborate with and support DGG business development and impact colleagues to successfully convert guarantee opportunities into closed transactions that maximise climate impact. 

Portfolio Relationship Management (Estimated Time Component of Role – 45%)

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with GGC portfolio clients ensuring information flow, proactive monitoring and risk management to achieve intended financial and impact results.
  • Proactively refresh internal credit view of assigned transactions as part of regular monitoring of borrower reports, covenant compliance and management meetings. Maintain watch lists and escalate material credit deterioration and potential borrower defaults to the Chief Underwriting Officer.
  • Collaborate with and support DGG operations and impact colleagues to collate and analyse client performance data to prepare portfolio, sectoral and thematic reports per the GGC’s monitoring, reporting and verification framework (where applicable) and for any stakeholders as required.
  • Support with the restructuring of guarantees (if required) in a manner that contributes to the wider agenda of GGC to build confidence with global capital and credit markets and enhances the reputation and capability positioning of DGG as its manager.

Market Advocacy (Estimated Time Component of Role – 5%) 

  • Represent GGC at relevant industry conferences and events as a speaker and champion guarantees as a solution to addressing the barriers that discourage long-term investment from global capital and credit markets into climate projects in EMDE. 
  • Disseminate insights from portfolio data to other DGG colleagues that contribute to the wider learning agenda of DGG, to further the reputation and capability positioning of the team, and to inform strategic decisions and align GGC’s guarantee solutions with market expectations.

To apply please send your Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (Max 500 words) explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the role and email it to: recruitment@guarantee.dev 

Deadline: Friday April 12th 2024

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