About Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) is a pioneer in the global impact investing movement, dedicated to reshaping finance for sustainable development with a focus on gender equality and climate action through capital mobilization and data-based solutions. For over a decade and a half, we've been building the sustainable investing market, from establishing the world's largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing (Impact Partners™), operating award-winning enterprise technical assistance programs, creating innovative financial products such as the Women's Livelihood Bond™ Series, (listed 6 bonds in the public market with zero credit default) and establishing an Impact Institute and Research & Advisory. While we are very deep with our work in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, our work spans 60 countries globally where we have invested close to $500 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 160 million direct and household lives, and avoided over 1.9 million metric tons of carbon and have collected over 90,000+ data points on sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The base of IIX's work is IIX Values™, an impact verification tech solution measuring investments' social and environmental impact to the last mile, amplifying the voices of the underserved. In 2022, we, along with global partners, launched the Orange Movement™ and, within that, created a new asset class, Orange Bond, to demonstrate the intersectionality of gender equality and climate action and unlock $10 billion in capital markets by 2030, impacting 100 million women, girls, and gender minorities and making them a key player in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. In 2024, we unveiled our global data hub, IIX Intelligence™, which aggregates, evaluates, and benchmarks data from sustainable MSMEs, offering unparalleled insights into gender diversity, climate action, ESG performance, and community risk management. IIX Intelligence demonstrates with data the importance of MSMEs as a backbone of sustainable development. Numerous accolades, including the Oslo Business for Peace and the UN Global Climate Action Award, have recognized our efforts. Our team’s 'PREM' values—passion, resilience, equity, and mavericks—propel our efforts, bringing meaningful change to Global South communities and the 99%.
About a career with IIX:
You will join a highly effective team that provides you with an unparalleled hands-on exposure to the Impact Investing and Social Finance space. You will thrive in applying finance and research skills to tackle development issues and excel in creating solutions using structured strategies and innovative programs that address and solve the world’s most pressing problems, from food security to inclusive finance to clean energy. You will become a global development leader who has a passion for international development and to get involved in work that makes a difference.
When you join IIX, you embark on a rewarding career where we are heavily invested in your professional development, as we will build on your strengths and help you gain new skills with training, coaching, encouragement and guiding you in the right direction. It is a value addition to advance your career, providing you invaluable exposure to the rapidly growing impact investing space.
You WANT to instigate change.
Thus, as a successful team member, you should be a PREM:
• Passionate: Commitment to social finance and impact investing as a path to unlock society’s potential to effect social change is essential for a happy and successful tenure at IIX.
• Resilient: Similar to our enterprises working in emerging markets, our IIX team members have strong mental and emotional fortitude and are able to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks. We look for people with an adaptable and positive attitude and strong sense of self-worth, which enables them to move forward and continue to strive for their goals even in the face of adversity.
• Equitable: At IIX, we manage toward impact maximization and produce measurable and transparent returns – both social and financial. These results strengthen the ecosystem and transform existing realities by helping impact enterprises magnify their impact and scale. We are fair and impartial in our actions and ensure that we make objective and unbiased decisions based on facts and impact.
• Maverick: While IIX is a seasoned stakeholder in the impact enterprise and impact investing space in Asia, we pride ourselves on creating new opportunities. We look for people with an independent and unorthodox approach to thinking and behaving. If you are someone who is non-conformist, innovative, and independent, often going against the grain, does not like following the crowd and is not afraid to express your own opinions, we want you.
Our clients and partners span the spectrum of public and private sector including foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Foundation, corporations such as Standard Chartered Bank and KKR, international non-profits such as Oxfam and World Vision, multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNDP, and government agencies such as USAID and SIDA.
Duties and Responsibilities: IIX seeks a Vice-President of Impact Partners to manage and direct all aspects of Impact Partners. The AVP/VP will work with the Director of Impact Partners and Senior Management to work with Impact Enterprises to effectively raise capital while building and engaging a network of Impact Investors that are actively looking to invest in Impact Enterprises (IEs) through IIX’s platforms. The role will also require originating IEs investment opportunities for the IIX platforms.
45%: The time commitment here will be two fold Includes
1. Strategic and structured guidance in working with IEs to understand their financial and operational positions, making the appropriate recommendations to IIX for listing the related deal(s), providing technical assistance to help IEs become investor ready, financial structuring and assisting in determining and negotiating financial aspects of the transaction process and with the ultimate goal on deal closure. The role will require achieving KPIs of closing at least 4 deals in a year through the impact partners platform. The role will also require originating IE investment opportunities for the IIX platforms and assessing the impact of IEs.
2. Overseeing efforts to present investment opportunities to the investor base to facilitate investment into the Impact Partners investment opportunities, and developing and marketing product offerings to investors, including pre and post deal advisory services. This role will also require providing guidance to investors looking to make impact investments. The role will require significant contribution to investor relations and networking and connecting with at least 60 new investors in the first year.
40%: This role involves crafting compelling proposals and grant applications that are strategically aligned with organizational goals and donor expectations. The specialist will also monitor market trends to seize emerging opportunities, collaborating with project teams and other departments to ensure proposals are well-informed and comprehensive. Additionally, they manage the entire lifecycle of the proposal process, from development through submission, ensuring adherence to deadlines and donor specifications. Critical to this role is the ability to manage projects effectively, track the status of proposals, and conduct analyses on the outcomes to enhance future efforts.
15%: Be an active member of IIX and contribute to the overall development of IIX by collaborating with other strategic initiatives and support organization-wide operational efforts.
Qualification:
1. Candidates must combine knowledge of financial markets and transaction advisory, with experience in development and close affinity to the developing markets in which IIX operates, ideally through hands on experience in working in private equity and debt markets.
2. Candidates should have an in-depth understanding on financial marketing, valuations, financial modeling and Private equity deal closure.
3. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years’ work experience spanning the finance and the development sectors. Deep knowledge of and exposure to the development, socially responsible investment or impact investment sector is desired, and experience in an IIX-related sector specialization is a plus (renewable energy, technology, health, affordable housing, inclusive finance, et cetera).
4. Candidate should also have good leadership skills to manage a team along with broad understanding on investor relations and feel confident to introduce SME's and investors to the largest private placement for impact enterprises in Asia.
5. Successful candidates must hold a graduate degree in business or development economics with a strong emphasis and experience in finance, a professional qualification in CA/CIMA, CFA or CAIA will be a plus. All candidates to the position must have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work well with a diverse group of stakeholders, from individual and institutional investors to entrepreneurs working in the field in developing markets. Cultural understanding and sensitivity towards working in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa is a must.
6. Remote position for India based candidates.
Start Date: Immediate