Senior Investment Officer

As a member of the regional investment team, you will perform and lead the planning and undertaking of the on-site due diligence and prepare full investment proposals to assess the feasibility and completion of debt investment opportunities mostly on Financial Institutions, in Latam.

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting positive impact in emerging and frontier markets.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Propose and present investment opportunities to the Credit Committee, meeting the risk appetite and social return of BlueOrchard’s managed Funds for the Latam region;
• Perform desk review and on-site financial analysis, social impact, and ESG assessment of existing and potential Investees (mostly Financial Institutions);
• Plan, prepare and conduct due diligence visits, perform country and credit risk analysis;
• Mentor, support and work with the local team of investment officers, as well as contribute to the development of investment/ credit analysis processes and tools of the Company.

Required skills and experience

• +8 years of relevant experience assessing Financial Institutions.
• Experience working in a credit rating agency, the banking industry, or in deposit and non-deposit taking financial entities catering to SMEs and micro entrepreneurs with loans and tailor-made products like leasing and factoring;
• Ideally at least 5 years of relevant working experience in the Region;
• Experience in performing financial due diligences and/or risk assessments on financial institutions;
• Experience with assessing debt investments and conducting detailed credit analysis;
• Experience with assessing social impact and ESG assessments.
• Excellent problem solving and presentation skills required to effectively manage internal and external communication;
• Excellent verbal and writing communication in English and Spanish is required, additional language(s) practiced in the region are a plus;
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in finance, business administration, economics, or related field;
• Willingness to live and work in Lima, Peru and to undertake regular travels in the region.

Your personal profile

• Flexible, highly analytical, self-starter with ambition to excel, detail oriented and a developed commercial acumen;
• High work ethic, capable of multitasking and producing high quality output within set deadlines;
• Demonstrated team player with the ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment;
• High degree of responsibility and accountability.

What we offer

• Work in a global and fast-growing company with a true commitment to its mission of fighting global poverty and climate change;
• An entrepreneurial culture, offering multiple opportunities for learning and development;
• A dynamic and multicultural team spread around the globe;
• Attractive compensation and exciting career opportunities.

Desired start date: ASAP

Deadline for application: 31 October 2026