Special Situations Specialist

About BII

British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. With a mission to solve the biggest global development challenges, we aim to create a virtuous circle of investment and impact. Your contribution will be essential. 

It won’t be easy: we do the hardest work in the most complex markets. Be prepared to test your skills, get creative and say your piece as you take on high-profile work as part of a diverse team of exceptionally smart, passionate people. 

In return, you can take your career to all-new places in a culture that rewards curiosity and collaboration, and balances high performance with wellbeing.

BII at a glance

75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets

£8.1 billion in net assets

1,400+ businesses invested in

950,000 workers in the businesses we support

£9 billion in new investments planned in the next 5 years

600+ people in our diverse global team

3 key development objectives: Productive | Sustainable | Inclusive

The Pitch

In conjunction with the Head of Special Situations, we are looking to hire a Manager or Director to articulate and implement appropriate post-investment portfolio management strategies for Special Situation investments.

Responsibilities 

• Articulate and implement appropriate post-investment portfolio management strategies for Special Situation investments, in line with our responsible exit and restructuring guidelines. 

• Active engagement with relevant BII portfolio companies’ senior management post-investment when deemed a “Special Situation” in order to drive and achieve improved performance of the investment from a commercial, developmental and ESG perspective. 

• Take a pro-active approach to re-building value and to resolving problems of under-performance and/or non-compliance at investment level across the BII portfolio with a particular focus on direct equity transactions. 
• Develop collaborative working relationships with the relevant BII sector teams and also with DI, ESG, BI, Legal and Finance. 

About You

Background  

• An extensive investment background with suitable restructuring/structuring/special situations/distressed asset experience, ideally from a financial institutions/DFI/ organisation working in the same environment as BII. 

• The candidate must have demonstrable international working experience, i.e. experience in operating in an internationally ‘diverse’ commercial (banking) or consultancy environment. 
• Master’s degree or similar. 

Skills, aptitude  

The Candidate: 

• Experience and ability to independently (re)structure investments in various BII strategic sectors; with experience in restructuring and work-out situations. 

• Comfortable working across multi-product capital structures and highly sensitized to development impact. 

• Proven ability to analyze and evaluate new “Special Situation” investments as they arise across different products and sectors including comprehensive legal, financial, and commercial due diligence.  

• Ideally has direct equity experience and having been a board member 

• Strong negotiation and transaction execution skills. 

• A team player showing strong interpersonal skills and with a commercial attitude and a service (client-oriented) entrepreneurial mentality. 

• An out of the box thinker, able to be flexible and creative but also to maintain a strong position in difficult work out environments.  

• Self-motivated, with a critical, yet “can do’, solution-oriented attitude. 

• The ability to speak another language used in BII markets would be advantageous but not a prerequisite (e.g. French etc...) 

• Candidates should be strongly motivated by BII’s development mission and ideally demonstrate some commitment to development or social goals through previous executive or non-executive activity  

Our cultural values  

We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be: 

• Impact-led, commercially rigorous 

• Tenacious in the face of challenges 

• Collaborative and caring  

British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.   

Please provide a cover letter with your application 

Salary: Competitive