Position No: 116
Position Title: Senior Analyst
Department: Financial Analysis (DFA)
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Type of position: Professional
Closing Date for applications: 16 March 2015
Appointment Type: Three-year fixed term appointment (internal candidates holding open-ended appointments will retain their open-ended appointment status)
Organizational context and impact of results
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Director DFA, the Senior Analyst is responsible for making a significant contribution to the financial analysis activities of the Department. The Senior Analyst provides independent financial analysis to several key departments and is actively involved in the project implementation, monitoring and recovery stages of the project ensuring accurate, timely and high quality work.
The Senior Analyst works in close collaboration with key departments of BSTDB, including, Banking, Risk Management and Project Implementation and Monitoring.
The key results have an impact on the realization of the Department’s and Operations Division objectives in determining the financial viability of the operations for the end-users, including the Credit Committee members, Board members and other internal colleagues, contributing to the successful completion of the BSTDB’s overall business targets.
Functions
- Performs the financial due diligence of the proposed operation, providing an opinion on its financial eligibility, and
- Participates in the financial monitoring of the ongoing operations and provides an opinion on their financial performance, on waivers, amendments, consents and notices.
- Performs other duties related to the due diligence, appraisal, and the monitoring of the operation and participates as a member of the recovery team for non-performing assets.
- Liaises and maintains high level relationships with counterparties and authorities.
- Promotes the Bank’s activities through participation in various events.
Competencies:
- Professionalism: maintains a level of expertise and professional knowledge commensurate with the respective position and job description,
- Results Orientation: demonstrates ability for achieving results against an internal or external standard of excellence.
- Communication and interaction with impact: Transfers efficiently and effectively information and messages, wields effective tactics for persuasion.
- Client/stakeholder orientation – ensures appropriate service of high standard to internal and/or external customers and develops constructive and sustainable business/ customer relationships.
- Teamwork: effectively cooperates with others aiming at the achievement of team objectives.
- Cultural sensitivity/Diversity: supports and promotes an environment that holds opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, culture and age.
- Integrity: maintains standards of objectivity, independence and discretion. Behaves ethically and in consistency with institutional core values.
- Accountability: exhibits a strong sense of responsibility for one’s work and resulting consequences.
- Innovation and change: is open to and applies novel ideas and thinking to improve processes, methods, systems or services. Accepts and adapts to changes.
- Critical thinking: clarifies goals, examines assumptions, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions.
Minimum requirements for the position
- Education: First-level University degree in Finance, Accounting, Applied Economics or Business Administration.
- Experience: At least 8 years of relevant working experience in project/operation analysis, structuring and forecasting of which at least 3 years as a financial or credit analyst in a banking or financial institution.
- Proven experience in determining and recommending appropriate financial covenants.
- Computer skills: Excellent practical application of Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.
- Ability to work efficiently with limited information.
- Financial analysis skills including reviewing and building financial models.
- Proficiency in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and ability to analyze and interpret accounting data.
- Excellent command of English.
Desirable education/qualifications/experience/knowledge/skills:
- Relevant Postgraduate degree and/or CFA professional qualification.
- Experience working in an international development financial institution.
- Experience working in a banking institution in the Bank’s member countries.
- Good knowledge of a language of a member state of the Bank.
It is the BSTDB’s policy to offer equal employment opportunities to qualified candidates regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.
Application Procedure
In order for your application for one or more of the above vacancies to be considered valid, please:
1. Complete the BSTDB Application Form in full:
- Provide an answer to each question.
- If a question is not applicable to you, please complete N/A.
- No additional documents (such as CV’s) will be considered.
2. Send the completed BSTDB Application Form as an attachment to: recruit@bstdb.org. Pleaseinclude in the subject line of the e-mail only the Reference Number of the vacancy you are applying for and your full name.
Example: 119 John Smith
The above-described application procedure should be followed separately for each vacancy.
In case of application for more than one vacancy, you will receive an automatic receipt confirmationonly to the application which was sent first. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
