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Manages a team of finance professionals within a geographically distributed and highly matrixed organization. 

Leads team responsible for developing private equity, corporate finance, and sovereign debt transactions, from initial scoping to negotiation and financial close, including with emerging market partners.   

Provides guidance, coaching, and mentorship to team members throughout the deal structuring process, including building relationships with key external partners, capital structuring, credit enhancement mechanisms, risk assessment and mitigation, and capital raising.   

Brings sophisticated business, financial, credit, and economic analysis, and structured finance expertise in both the sovereign and non-sovereign space, to inform deal structuring, due diligence, and negotiation of new impact investing deals. 

Advises on financial and commercial aspects of NatureVest’s post-close portfolio as needed.  

Provides advice and guidance to other non-transaction finance and market teams within NatureVest.  

Approaches all work with a spirit of collaboration and respect for colleagues and partners across geographies, cultures, and subject matter expertise.  

Leads and directs a team of 8–10 finance professionals in structuring deals and performing financial analyses for impact investment products.  

Applies deep financial expertise to pioneer innovative approaches in impact investing and sovereign debt markets.  

Builds and strengthens strategic relationships with financial institutions, credit enhancers, NGOs, multilaterals, bilaterals, capital market investors, fund managers, commercial lenders, and national governments.  

Integrates cross-disciplinary insights to design viable investments that deliver measurable conservation outcomes.  

Influences decision-making across all levels at TNC, motivates high-performing teams, and fosters collaboration with internal leaders and external partners.  

Advises NatureVest’s non-transaction teams on financial sector engagement strategies.  

Guides legal collaboration, ensuring effective coordination with internal and external counsel on complex transaction issues.  

Represents TNC publicly as a spokesperson at industry events and in media on impact investing initiatives.  

Serves on TNC’s internal review and approvals committee, shaping decisions on impact investment transactions.  

Travels extensively (up to 30% domestic and international), including outside standard business hours. 

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field and 9 years related work experience in a private sector environment, such as investment banking, multilateral finance, or government entity, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Debt and structured finance experience, and experience structuring, negotiating, and closing debt and equity transactions, including in emerging markets. 

Experience with debt swap structures, terms, and mechanics.  

Experience with impact investing structures. 

Experience in securing investment capital from private and public sources. 

Track record of ensuring programmatic commitments, policies and procedures, financial standards, and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance. 

Ability to direct the design and implementation of complex and diverse projects, setting deadlines and ensuring program accountability.   

Ability to make strategic decisions based on analysis, experience, and judgment.                                                                              

Experience negotiating complex legal agreements from a business and financial perspective. 

Experience working at a senior level. 

Written and verbal fluency in English. 

15 to 20+ years of experience in financial services and transactions. 

Experience managing a team of finance professionals to close financial transactions. 

Multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience. 

Strong team player who can build relationships and work collaboratively across the organization in an unstructured environment and with Conservancy partners; prior experience working with NGOs a plus. 

Experience both in and outside the U.S. strongly preferred. Demonstrated commitment to developing and practicing global literacy. 

Acts independently and exercises judgment to identify and solve complex problems. 

Outstanding analytical and project management capabilities. 

Superior written and oral communications. 

Skills in a language in addition to English a strong plus (Spanish and/or French).