Ref. Number: 25281
Position: Investment Associate
Minimum 4-5 years of relevant professional experience
Department/Division: Financial Institutions and Funds Clients Department, Global
Job Type **: Global Recruitment
Location: Beijing
Posting Date: Aug 10, 2026
Closing Date *: Aug 31, 2026
Investment Associate
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow in Asia and beyond – infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 111 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients’ needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled, and promotes regional connectivity.
The Financial Institutions and Funds Clients Department, Global (FIF) is responsible for expanding AIIB client relationships among financial institutions and funds in the infrastructure sector globally. FIF works closely with financial institutions and funds across the range of AIIB-covered sectors, geographies, client types, and products as a conduit for AIIB to deliver its Corporate Strategy and targets. In addition, FIF focuses on the ongoing expansion of business, targeting opportunities that have high alignment with AIIB’s sector strategy and private capital mobilization to close the infrastructure investment gap in Asia. This includes investment in CLOs and other structured products.
The Investment Associate will assist senior team members in the origination, structuring, and execution of investments across AIIB’s entire product offering. They may also be required to provide portfolio and investment monitoring. This role is placed within the financial institutions vertical. This specific role is subject to reassignment to AIIB offices should the business need arise in due course.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research on projects and clients.
- Arrange and prepare background documents for client interactions, including presentations, memos, and reports.
- Coordinate and participate in internal meetings, and support follow-up and reporting.
- Support project due diligence and approval processes, with emphasis on ensuring that key economic, financial, technical, and legal issues are considered and mitigants are incorporated in the financing structure.
- Analyze financial statements, and assist project team leads in structuring transactions.
- Prepare financial models to assess the commercial and financial viability of projects.
- Support internal coordination through information exchanges, and work with relevant divisions of the Bank.
- Support the senior team and management in achieving targets and objectives.
- Perform ad hoc tasks assigned by management.
Requirements:
- Minimum 4-5 years of relevant work experience in financial institution, corporate, or project finance gained in multilateral development banks, commercial/investment banks, ECAs, international credit insurance companies/broking firms, and/or international financial institutions. Experience in the financial institutions sector will be an advantage.
- A master’s degree in business, economics, finance preferred. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree will also be considered provided additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a master’s degree.
- Understanding of international capital markets, especially commercial banks, credit guarantees/insurance, and financial products, including loans, swaps, and CDS.
- Experience using available research tools, including Dealogic–Loan Analytics and Bloomberg, and market publications and bookrunning platforms such as Debtdomain, Intralinks, and Syndtrak.
- Experience in structuring comprehensive solutions across financial products using debt, private equity and funds, and/or capital market instruments.
- Experience leading or managing projects will be an advantage, with the ability to identify, engage, and work with different stakeholders across the private and public sectors, such as issuers, institutional investors, regulators, banks, and other intermediaries.
- Strong financial, analytical, and credit skills.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills and commitment to work in a respectful, team-oriented, and multicultural environment.
- Proficient oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French, Arabic, or languages used in Southeast Asian economies in which AIIB invests would be an advantage.
AIIB is committed to diversity, transparency, and inclusion. We believe our strength comes from having a team with the right diverse skills, experiences, and abilities selected through a merit-based competitive process. We actively encourage applications from people from both within and outside AIIB members, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, race, disability, or sexual orientation.
Join in AIIB’s mission to promote sustainable infrastructure investments and to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.
Previous experience and qualifications will determine the grade and job title at which successful applicants will enter AIIB.