LAC Financial Innovation Consultant

Core responsibilities:

• Refine the design, capital stack, and financial flows of innovative investment vehicles. Support the definition of governance, risk allocation, and incentive mechanisms for blended finance instruments.
• Develop and refine fund-level and project-level financial models that capture expected returns, risks, and capital flows. Conduct scenario analyses and sensitivity testing to assess financial viability and investor attractiveness.
• Support the integration of impact, adaptation, and gender considerations into the instrument's design and monitoring framework.
• Conduct targeted consultations with public and private investors, financial intermediaries, and sector stakeholders to validate key assumptions and value propositions of proposed instruments.

This role contributes directly to CPI's mission of driving systemic capital mobilization for sustainable development across Latin America by designing and structuring innovative financial instruments that unlock investment for climate solutions.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, sustainable development, or a related field. Master's degree is desirable.
• Minimum six (6) years of professional experience in financial analysis, investment structuring, or climate finance.
• Demonstrated experience working with public and/or private financial institutions, including development finance institutions, commercial investment funds, or impact funds.
• Proficiency in financial modeling (Excel-based), including fund-level waterfall structures, IRR, and sensitivity analysis.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Salary range is commensurate with experience. This is a 160-day contract position working in a fast-paced, multicultural, and remote environment.