Job Description

About Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) is the pioneer in the impact investing movement and a global leader in sustainability. We have transformed the financial system so that women, the environment and underserved communities are finally given a value and a voice in the global market. Over the past decade, we have built the world\'s largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing (Impact Partners), operated award-winning enterprise technical assistance programs such as IIX ACTS, created innovative financial products such as the Women\'s Livelihood Bond\xe2\x84\xa2 Series and established an Impact Institute and Research & Advisory to build the sustainable investing market. To date, our work has spanned 57 countries, unlocked US$288 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 159 million direct and household lives, and avoided over 1.83 million tons of carbon. The foundation of IIX\'s work is IIX Values\xe2\x84\xa2, an innovative impact verification solution for every organization, which effectively measures the social and environmental impact of an investment and gives value to the voices of the underserved. In 2022, IIX launched the Orange Bond Initiative\xe2\x84\xa2 to unlock $10 billion in the capital markets by 2030 and impact 100 million women in the last mile. The recent issuance of the Women\'s Livelihood Bond\xe2\x84\xa2 5 is now officially listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as the world\'s first Orange Bond. IIX\'s numerous awards for its work include the Oslo Business for Peace Award, the P4G State-of-the-art Partnership award, the UN Global Climate Action Award and most recently the Environmental Finance\'s Award for Innovation.

About a career with IIX:

You will join a highly effective team that provides you with an unparalleled hands-on exposure to the Impact Investing and Social Finance space. You will thrive in applying finance and research skills to tackle development issues and excel in creating solutions using structured strategies and innovative programs that address and solve the world\'s most pressing problems, from food security to inclusive finance to clean energy. You will become a global development leader who has a passion for international development and getting involved in work that makes a difference.

When you join IIX, you embark on a rewarding career where we are heavily invested in your professional development, as we will build on your strengths and help you gain new skills with training, coaching, encouragement, and guiding you in the right direction. It is a valuable addition to advance your career, providing you invaluable exposure to the rapidly growing impact investing space.

You WANT to instigate change.

Thus, as a successful team member, you should be a PREM:

• Passionate: Commitment to social finance and impact investing as a path to unlock society\'s potential to effect social change is essential for a happy and successful tenure at IIX.

• Resilient: Similar to our enterprises working in emerging markets, our IIX team members have strong mental and emotional fortitude and are able to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks. We look for people with an adaptable and positive attitude and a strong sense of self-worth, which enables them to move forward and continue to strive for their goals even in the face of adversity.

• Equitable: At IIX, we manage toward impact maximization and produce measurable and transparent returns \xe2\x80\x93 both social and financial. These results strengthen the ecosystem and transform existing realities by helping impact enterprises magnify their impact and scale. We are fair and impartial in our actions and ensure that we make objective and unbiased decisions based on facts and impact.

• Maverick: While IIX is a seasoned stakeholder in the impact enterprise and impact investing space in Asia, we pride ourselves on creating new opportunities. We look for people with an independent and unorthodox approach to thinking and behaving. If you are someone who is non-conformist, innovative, and independent, often going against the grain, does not like following the crowd, and is not afraid to express your own opinions, we want you.

Our clients and partners span the spectrum of the public and private sectors including foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Foundation, corporations such as Standard Chartered Bank and KKR, international non-profits such as Oxfam and World Vision, multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNDP, and government agencies such as USAID and SIDA.

Duties and Responsibilities:

IIX seeks a Vice-President of Impact Partners to manage and direct all aspects of Impact Partners. The AVP/VP will work with the Director of Impact Partners and Senior Management to work with Impact Enterprises to effectively raise capital while building and engaging a network of Impact Investors that are actively looking to invest in Impact Enterprises (IEs) through IIX\'s platforms. The role will also require originating IEs investment opportunities for the IIX platforms.

40%: Includes strategic and structured guidance in working with IEs to understand their financial and operational positions, making the appropriate recommendations to IIX for listing the related deal(s), providing technical assistance to help IEs become investor-ready, financial structuring and assisting in determining and negotiating financial aspects of the transaction process and with the ultimate goal on deal closure. The role will require achieving KPIs of closing at least 4 deals in a year through the impact partners platform. The role will also require originating IE investment opportunities for the IIX platforms and assessing the impact of IEs.

40%: Includes active involvement in growing the IIX investor base, overseeing efforts to present investment opportunities to the investor base to facilitate investment into the Impact Partners investment opportunities, and developing and marketing product offerings to investors, including pre and post-deal advisory services. This role will also require providing guidance to investors looking to make impact investments. The role will require a significant contribution to investor relations and networking and connecting with at least 60 new investors in the first year.

20%: Be an active member of IIX and contribute to the overall development of IIX by collaborating with other strategic initiatives and supporting organization-wide operational efforts.

Qualification:

1. Candidates must combine knowledge of financial markets and transaction advisory, with experience in development and close affinity to the developing markets in which IIX operates, ideally through hands-on experience in working in private equity and debt markets.

2. Candidates should have an in-depth understanding on financial marketing, valuations, financial modeling, and Private equity deal closure.

3. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years\' work experience spanning the finance and development sectors. Deep knowledge of and exposure to the development, socially responsible investment or impact investment sector is desired, and experience in an IIX-related sector specialization is a plus (renewable energy, technology, health, affordable housing, inclusive finance, et cetera).

4. Candidate should also have good leadership skills to manage a team along with broad understanding on investor relations and feel confident to introduce SME\'s and investors to the largest private placement for impact enterprises in Asia

5. Successful candidates must hold a graduate degree in business or development economics with a strong emphasis and experience in finance, a professional qualification in CA/CIMA, CFA or CAIA will be a plus. All candidates to the position must have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work well with a diverse group of stakeholders, from individual and institutional investors to entrepreneurs working in the field in developing markets. Cultural understanding and sensitivity towards working in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa is a must.

6. Singapore-based candidates will be given priority. We can also consider the remote positions for India-based candidates.

Start Date: Immediate

IIX Global