Principal, Direct Finance

2 weeks ago

Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia Islamic Development Bank Full time
Role Purpose


The Principal, Direct Financing Division is expected to actively contribute and participate in the tasks and processes of deal origination, structuring, due diligence, negotiation, credit approval, coordination for financing documentation & completion of conditions precedents, etc.

The specific geographical and sectoral scope of the role will be determined in the due course depending on the evolving needs of the Division.


The Direct Financing Division of ICD handles Islamic debt financing to all real sectors and non-financial services sector clients of ICD.

The Division's geographical scope includes all 56 Member Countries (MCs) of ICD.

The sectoral scope includes but not limited to manufacturing, agribusiness, infrastructure, energy, power, water, mining, contracting & other services etc.

Key Functional Accountabilities and Activities

Project Sourcing & Origination:

  • Originate new bankable deal opportunities that are in line with the risk appetite of the Corporation and target market sheet of the Banking Department.
  • Maintain relationships in the ICD MCs and outside, as required, to promote ICD's term direct finance products, services and highlighting ICD's value proposition.
  • Propose and execute client origination and sourcing strategy including identification of target countries, target products, target sectors and development goals.
  • Collect Know Your Customer (KYC) documents from the clients and work closely with the Legal & Compliance Department for their required compliance clearance.
  • Participate in carrying out the client onboarding process.
  • Actively participate and support as appropriate the supervisor/head in the preliminary appraisal stage to assess the feasibility of potential financing proposals / projects in alignment with ICD's credit appetite, strategy and development objectives.
  • Participate in the preparation and negotiation of mandate letters with the client and have the same executed after obtaining necessary internal clearances.

Project Appraisal & Approval:

  • Obtain necessary client and project documents and details to prepare a transaction proposal.
  • Coordinate internally and externally to ensure selection and appointment of external advisers to support the due diligence and documentation.
  • Undertake preliminary review of potential financing proposals, run preliminary rating exercise through Credit Lens, develop a financing concept document for preliminary concept/endorsement by the Technical Review Committee (TRC). In this regard, work closely with the client, financial advisor (if any), Mandated Lead Arranger MLA (if any), ICD's Risk Management Department (RMD), ICD's Legal & Compliance Department (LCD), Development Effectiveness Officer (DEO), ICD's Sharia'a Advisor, Treasury (Pricing Sub-Committee) etc.
  • Initiate and participate in the negotiations with the client and conduct relevant activities, including but not limited to project timeline and disbursement cycles & criteria.
  • Work closely with the deal team members (both in HQ and Regional Offices), other cofinanciers, clients, financiers' and client's external advisers etc. for effective due diligence, credit proposal and smooth execution.
  • Work closely with Risk Management Department, Legal & Compliance Department, Strategy Department, Shariah, Development Effectiveness in order to process a transaction proposal for the final approval.
  • Actively contribute towards the preparation and presentation of the credit financing proposals to the Technical Review Committee (TRC), Investment Committee (IC), and Executive Committee/Board ensuring proper review and coordination with ICD's Risk, Legal and Sharia'a functions and obtain necessary approval/endorsement as applicable.
  • Coordinate with all required parties to ensure that legal documents are reviewed, prepared and duly executed as per the transaction structure and that the facility is declared effective for disbursement.
  • Coordinate with Risk Management Department for obtaining clearance on the Closing Memo and arranging the signing of agreement documents.
  • Work closely with the Legal Advisors, Clients, Agent Bank and other Advisors (if any), for the completion of the CPs for first disbursement (Effectiveness).
  • Handover to the Portfolio Management Division (PMD) once Effectiveness is declared.
  • Work in conjunction with and support the Portfolio Management Division postproject handover to maintain portfolio quality.

Monitoring & Reporting:

  • Participate and prepare for evaluation, structuring and execution of transactions up to the first disbursement and hand over to the Portfolio Management.
  • Followup with clients and cofinanciers to ensure compliance with effectiveness conditions and process the first drawdown requests internally to facilitate timely fund disbursements.
  • Transfer investment files to the Portfolio Management Team after the first disbursement and provide support on ongoing basis.
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