Investment Analyst – Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services (MAS) Europe

At the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG) , you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives.

In fiscal year 2026, IFC committed a record $105.6 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. For more information, visit www.ifc.org . MAS Europe cover investments in different manufacturing, agribusiness and services (including health, education, tourism, retail and property) sectors in the emerging European countries, which can account for as much as 80% of overall economic activity in these countries and play a critical role in providing goods and services to consumers, addressing core needs, creating jobs, contributing to government revenue and stimulating economic growth.

MAS Europe is seeking to recruit an Investment Analysts (IA) to work with IFC’s investment officers who are responsible for designing, negotiating, structuring, and subsequently supervising the Corporation’s investment projects, in Vienna, Austria. Investment Analysts help identify new projects and assist investment officers in executing deals, advising private companies on restructuring, and using financial instruments (e.g., risk management tools).

Duties and accountabilities

• Build and maintain financial models, including financial projections.
• Analyze historical financial statements and prepare reports on the financial health and viability of a given company or project.
• Analyze financial projections and report on viability of businesses.
• Monitor operational and financial performance of client companies to evaluate risk and recommend proactive portfolio management actions and prepare regular portfolio reports.
• Conduct industry and market research to assist in IFC’s business development efforts.
• Prepare presentations and other documentation as contributions to IFC’s internal reporting and external communication, marketing and outreach.
• Build and maintain quality internal and external client relationships with a high level of responsiveness (including client coordination to ensure IFC receipt of needed information).
• Conduct mapping to assess business opportunities for IFC.
• Identify data collection needs to support the assessment of a given investment in all areas including not only financial and market information but also development impact and relevant ES G matters.
• Extract lessons of IFC’s earlier investments or advisory mandates and other evaluative work as relevant to provide input to the structuring of new transactions or monitoring of existing transactions.
• Participate in negotiations, as needed.