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Principal - Portfolio Management (Europe and Central Asia), Istanbul - ICD

Istanbul

  • Organization: IsDB - Islamic Development Bank
  • Location: Istanbul
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Banking and Finance
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date: 2024-11-04

IDB3398 - Principal - Portfolio Management (Europe and Central Asia), Istanbul - ICD

Business Unit: ICD - Islamic Corporation for Development
Division: Portfolio Management (ICD)
Department: Banking (ICD)
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract
Country: Türkiye
Location: Türkiye - Istanbul
Closing date: 04-Nov-2024

Role Purpose:

To manage and maintain the relationships of assigned credit portfolio from effectiveness date till final closure.

Key Functional Accountabilities and Activities:

Portfolio Management:

  • Manage the client relationships and oversee the performance of ICD's credit facilities, thereby ensuring smooth implementation of overall credit portfolio operations and ensuring the credit quality of the assigned portfolio.

  • Review and clear disbursement requests received from clients and obtain the needed internal clearances for execution.

  • Create disbursement drawdowns/deals and repayment schedules in ICD’s core system in accordance with the agreed facility terms.

  • Follow up with the client to ensure the funds are utilized according to the terms stipulated in the signed facility agreements.

  • Follow up with clients for receiving all the required reports stipulated in the financing agreements in timely manner.

  • Review the received reports and provide the line manager with quality analysis of the facility/project developments with proper recommendations if needed.

  • Assess clients’ waiver/amendment/NOC/ requests and prepare a memo on the request with recommendation for internal approval. Obtain the needed notes/clearances from the relevant internal functions. Develop and present the proposals to the approving authorities within ICD. Follow up the signing of the related documents.

  • Review and monitor the security package provided under the facility to ensure it is always valid, enforceable and evaluated in accordance with ICD’s Policies & Procedures.

  • Detect and report early warning signals and/or deterioration in the creditworthiness of ICD’s clients and recommend remedial actions.

  • Follow up on the collection of due and overdue repayments and take necessary actions to regularize defaulted accounts.

  • Escalating non-performing facilities to the Special Operations Unit (SOU) in accordance with the relevant Guidelines.

Rescheduling/Restructuring:

  • Assess rescheduling/restructuring requests for facilities with overdue payments, that have not been transferred to SOU.

  • Undertake macroeconomy and industry analysis of countries with ICD’s exposure.

  • Prepare a report on the clients’ requests with recommendations.

  • Obtain the needed notes/clearances from the relevant internal functions.

  • Present the proposals to the approving authorities within ICD.

  • Coordinate the facility rescheduling/restructuring exercise and follow up on the signing of the relevant documentation.

  • Update the internal core system with new repayment schedule after rescheduling/restructuring.

Reporting & communication:

  • Develop periodic and ad-hoc reports outlining credit portfolio performance across all applicable metrics (disbursement, collection, compliance with covenants of the agreement, etc.).

  • Review reports on performance of ICD’s credit financing portfolio.

  • Prepare and present the facility annual review report.

  • Report to the line manager the overall quality of the portfolio, progress status, key changes, and status of adherence to the risk management guidelines.

Qualifications/ Professional Experience:

  • At least 3 years of experience in banking environment / financial institutions, preferably in Credit Relationship Management role in emerging markets.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration or similar discipline is a must.

  • Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration or similar discipline or a relevant Professional certificate in Financial Accounting (CFA), Management Accounting (CMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or any additional relevant professional certifications is required.

Core Behavioral and Technical Competencies :

Core Behavioral:

  • Innovation and Initiatives

  • Change Management

  • Developing People Capability

  • Partnership Management

  • Strategic Thinking

  • Self-Effectiveness

Technical:

  • Financial Analysis

  • Knowledge of Repayment Issuance

  • Knowledge of all Operation Systems

  • Accounts Management

  • Knowledge of Shari'ah Law

  • Portfolio Strategic Management

Language Skills:

  • Capable of communicating in English and Turkish. Whereas, Russian is an added advantage.

  • Knowledge of any other regional languages is an advantage.

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