Financial Products Specialist, IIP (China)

教学研究 · 2012-09-17

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The Institute for Industrial Productivity provides companies and governments with the best energy efficiency practices to reduce energy costs in industry and prepare for a low carbon future. Our global team and independent experts offer advice on technology, policy and financing of industrial energy efficiency.

The Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP) is dedicated to increasing industrial energy productivity by promoting the efficient use of energy in selected energy-intensive industrial sectors. IIP gives governments and industries a global perspective on effective industrial energy efficiency options, and works at national and local levels to improve energy efficiency policies, practices and technology adoption.

IIP focuses on the countries and sectors that drive industrial demand and offer major opportunities for improvement in cement, iron and steel, and chemicals sectors in China, India and the United States.

Position: Financial Products Specialist, IIP (China)

The Financial Products Specialist (hereafter, Specialist) is a part-time consultant position based in IIP China Program Office, reporting to the Director of the IIP China Office, and in collaboration with the IIP Financial Products Director and designated members of the IIP Advisory Committee. The Specialist will work with a variety of key stakeholders to identify barriers to industrial efficiency investment in China, with the ultimate aim of expanding financing for industrial energy efficiency and GHG mitigation. This will include engagements with public and private financial institutions, policymakers, and multilateral organizations on lending practices, internal financing procedures, and innovative financing programs, nationwide initiatives and efficiency financing protocols. The Specialist will also be well versed in investment delivery mechanisms integrating project development, particularly technical support in project assessment and verification, and financing, such as energy efficiency and climate friendly project lending through commercial banks, partial risk loan guarantee programs, the use of Development Finance Institutes (local and international) and revolving funds, development of the energy service company or ESCO model, development of the utility DSM financing model.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Program

• Support the development and implementation of the financial products program for IIP in China (under the supervision of the China Office Director, with the advice and concurrence of the Financial Products Director, and the advice of selected members of the Advisory Committee), participating in designing and advocating for public policy and capital markets innovations that encourage rapid scale-up of industrial efficiency and GHG mitigation.

• Serve as the China financial instrument expert for IIP; identify and monitor the development of the array of public policies, partnerships, and (project) finance mechanisms that are required to accelerate industrial efficiency projects in China and provide world-class advisory services to relevant public and private institutions.

• Research, design, and propose effective and sustainable financing mechanisms for IIP pilot industrial efficiency projects.

• Analyze and report on best practices related to the financing of industrial efficiency.

External Relations

• Engage and cultivate a community of Chinese financial sector experts, including representatives from commercial and government-owned banks, international financial institutions, industry, and government; ensure that this is a community of action, committed to working with IIP to significantly reduce GHG emissions from the industrial sector.

• Establish and maintain relationships with key actors in the financial community to ascertain the potential for collaboration in the development and implementation of new programs, projects, and policies to facilitate energy efficiency finance.

• Serve as IIP’s primary interface and liaison to the Chinese finance community, representing the organization at conferences and workshops related to the financing of industrial energy efficiency and GHG mitigation.

Qualifications

The successful applicant will have the following minimum qualifications:

• 5-10 years’ work experience in finance with a proven track-record of sourcing, structuring, and closing investments; knowledge of the regulatory framework governing the operations of Chinese financial institutions and intimate knowledge of the procedures and policies of those institutions; working knowledge of finance mechanisms and investment strategies for energy efficiency or renewable energy (e.g., debt and equity, loan products, etc.), including integration of project development and financing

• existing relationships within the Chinese financial community and preferably with financial regulators

• BA or master’s degree in economics, finance, public policy, or a related, quantitatively rigorous field

• Commitment to low carbon growth, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation

• Familiarity with the activities of key multilaterals in China (e.g., World Bank/IFC, export-import banks, etc.); experience working with energy-intensive sectors in manufacturing and heavy industry preferred

• Ability to interact directly and independently with the middle management of financial and technical partners, non-governmental organizations, as well as mid-level government officials

• Experience in project collaboration with team members from various disciplines and with different skill sets

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in Mandarin and English; comfort with and ability to communicate complex qualitative and quantitative analyses to both expert and non-technical audiences

• Excellent research skills

• Comfort with national, and some international, travel

• Professionalism, poise, a sense of humor, and ability to interact with a diverse array of people

• Demonstrated experience in problem solving, project development, and implementation

Compensation

This is a part-time consultant position, and a daily rate will be mutually negotiated based upon experience.

To Apply

This position is open until 1st Oct 2012. Interested applicants should forward resume, cover letter and compensation requirements in Mandarin and English, before end of Sep, to the following email address: Helen.He@iipnetwork.org.