Position: Banking and Finance Expert (Recent Job)
- No. of Openings 1
- Category Bank/Financial Services
- Job Location 1
- Job Level Top Level
- Salary Negotiable
- Education Level Master' Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
- Experience Four year or above
- Expiry date Jul 11, 2020 (Expired)
Job Description
- Undertake assessment of Nepal's commercial lending to the agriculture sector from Project perspective
- Formulate strategies and plans for integrating the Project's Matching Grant (MG) scheme with commercial agriculture lending operations of financial institutions (FIs)
- Organise workshops for FIs at central and province levels to obtain support and buy-in for Project offer
- Continuously engage with FIs to forge collaborations – both at central, province and "palika' (local government) levels
- Provide orientation and training to Project staff and stakeholders on agriculture loan products and features as well as on the loan application, approval and disbursement processes
- Support development of easy to use business planning templates to support the loan application process
- Contribute to Business Planning training courses for agri-entrepreneurs with focus on how to obtain, utilize and repay loans
- Work with colleagues to ensure that a sufficient number of high quality Business Plans and loan applications are prepared and submitted to FIs
- Ensure that Letter of Intent (LoIs) are obtained from FIs in a timely manner
- Work with entrepreneurs, FIs and colleagues to ensure timely loan disbursal once Matching Grants approvals are received
- Work with FIs and Project colleagues to ensure that loan and grant funds are properly utilized
- Advise colleagues on banking and finance related issues
- Coach and mentor agri-clients on banking and finance matters
- Work with project colleagues and FIs for timely servicing of loans
- Pursue opportunities for creating synergies with other related / relevant initiatives
- Support in collection of data and provide inputs for analysis and reporting
- Undertake any other relevant tasks as may be required by Management
Required Competencies and Attributes:
- Commercial orientation with ability to formulate and assess bankable Business Plans, with strong financial analysis skills
- Good coaching, mentoring and training skills
- Strong communicator with ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups
- Well-developed computing skills
Work station: Kathmandu; with some travel within the country
Required qualifications:
- Master' Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Commerce, Business Studies, Finance, Economics, Agri-economics, Agribusiness, Public Administration or similar fields; Fully qualified CFA/ Chartered Accountants/ CIMA or ACCA also eligible
Experience:
- Preferably around 5 years plus experience working in a Financial Institution, chartered accounting or consulting or business services/ advisory firm; relevant experience in Business Planning and loan application review, approval and disbursal processes. Exposure to and understanding of the Micro-finance sector would be useful, but not essential.
Apply Instruction
Interested candidates should submit applications by email to [email protected] with "BFE 2020" in subject line. Applications should consist of:
Email cover letter with expected monthly remuneration.
CV of not more than four pages with two professional references.
Women and candidates from disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.