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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Portfolio Manager - Africa

by Unknown  |  at  6:23 AM

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: 
Founded in 2005, Kiva is a non-profit organization. It works with MFIs on five continents to provide loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. Its mission is to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.
ABOUT THE JOB: 
Kiva is seeking a Portfolio Manager - Africa. S/he will be responsible for developing, fostering, and supporting relationships with the organization's field partners within countries across Africa. S/he will provide onboarding, training, and operational support to field partners to ensure compliance with organization's policies and the effective and efficient use of organization's systems. S/he will also monitor the financial, social, and operational performance of partners through analyses of financial statements and other relevant reports, regular borrower verifications, and occasional on-site visits. S/he will report to  the regional director of Africa. 
Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Partner management: monitor assigned partnerships (both remotely and in-person), including tracking financial performance, monitoring credit risk, and social performance to ensure organization's investments are impactful. Provide updates to lenders on partners’ risk and social performance status as necessary;
  • Partner monitoring: in collaboration with regional team, monitor all partners for compliance with organization's policies, and adjust organization's funding as necessary;
  • Business development: develop extensive network to source and recruit new partner organizations. Screen potential partners, review partner applications, accept/reject applications from partners, as necessary;
  • Due diligence: conduct desk review and onsite due diligence for new potential partner organizations in the region to understand and assess financial management, social performance. Present potential new partners for approval;
  • Partner support: act as the key point person for organization's field partners, communicate organization's mission, vision, and strategies. Assist in onboarding approved partners, act as liaison between organization and the partners, communicate organization's policy to partners and update organization on any new partner developments and/or issues. Provide assistance, as needed, to resolve issues faced by the partners such as trouble accessing tools provided by organization;
  • Volunteer management: oversee organization's fellows including assisting with training week and providing supervision and guidance throughout the fellow’s placement. Develop a work plan and review each fellow’s deliverables on an ongoing basis.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree required;
  • About 2-5 years of work experience in finance, international development , NGO management, and/or social impact business role;
  • Experience in microfinance industry, non-profits, social enterprise, or financial sector in general;
  • Ability to network extensively and manage relationships;
  • Flexible and willing to adjust schedule in working across varying time zones;
  • Comfortable travelling extensively when needed, and working remotely in developing countries. Ability to travel up to 30% of the time;
  • Cultural sensitivity with demonstrated commitment to the region, which may include prior work experience;
  • Strong communication skills including the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders;
  • Ability to manage time well and prioritize across competing tasks.
HOW TO APPLY: 

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