Consultant - Financial Services & Risk Management
Our clients include leading commercial banks, microfinance banks, SACCOs, and microfinance institutions and multilateral and bi-lateral donors.
With increasing demand for our services, MicroSave intends to recruit a Consultant to join its team in Kenya.
Job description: The successful candidate will be trained on MicroSave approaches and tools and will subsequently graduate to become a full consultant offering technical assistance and training to financial service providers in the following areas:
- Business planning and financial modelling,
- Financial management and analysis,
- Costing/pricing of financial services,
- Credit risk management
- Operational risk management
- Planning/implementing product pilot-tests and rollouts,
- Re-engineering of process, policies and procedures.
A critical component of MicroSave’s work is field research in line with its orientation of providing market-led solutions to financial services.
The candidate will therefore be expected to conduct field based research in carrying out assignments from time to time.
Location: The Consultant will be based in Nairobi but with upto 40% travel within Africa.
Location: The Consultant will be based in Nairobi but with upto 40% travel within Africa.
Experience: Interested persons should have at least 3 years (ideally 5 years or more) professional experience in financial accounting / audit, credit and operational risk management or compliance.
Skills: This position requires a wide range of skills, specifically:
- Strong cost accounting, business planning, and financial modelling skills,
- Strong field orientation and proven inter personal skills,
- High quality English speaking and writing ability and a professional demeanour.
- Highly developed computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and
Education: Part or full CPA or equivalent is a requirement. Masters level degree (or higher) in Finance / Business Administration is a definite advantage.
Language: Excellent spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Additional working language is an advantage but not mandatory.
Salary: Salary is negotiable and commensurate with experience.
Language: Excellent spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Additional working language is an advantage but not mandatory.
Salary: Salary is negotiable and commensurate with experience.
Availability: State availability in your covering email/letter.
Deadline: Deadline for applications is 4pm Fri. 28th February 2014.
Correspondence: Applications and detailed CV to be addressed to MicroSave HR Manager and sent by email to HR@microsave.net, marking the subject as: Vacancy for FSR Consultant - Kenya.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted