Apply: Palladium Access to Finance Specialist

Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Kenya

Palladium is seeking to fill the role of Access to Finance Specialist.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen cross-border financial facilitation and trade financing to operationalise alliances and partnerships in target value chains
  • Develop strategies, utilising a combination of grants, TA, and performance-based incentives, to spur increased financing for regional trade
  • Assist in identifying new regional cross-border trade opportunities, and facilitate medium to long-term private sector investment in value chain systems
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for subcontractors and grantees working on financial facilitation
  • Identify capacity or product/service gaps of financial institutions to meet the finance needs of potential clients in the target value chains
  • Identify specific needs required for inclusive lending, ensuring, where applicable, tailored products, targeted marketing, and asset-based lending increase access to finance for women and women-owned businesses
  • Support the identification and expansion of appropriate risk mitigation tools to de-risk cross-border trade financing

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, International Trade, or a related field
  • Seven years, minimum, of experience working in the financial sector, preferably across multiple countries in East Africa
  • Experience in supporting East African enterprises to access trade financing and financing/investment in productivity enhancement and business expansion
  • Ability to identify and analyse financial opportunities, and experience in deal origination, structuring, and closure
  • Well-networked among financial institutions, fund managers, and other types of potential investors in the region
  • Ability to effectively communicate with partners and stakeholders
  • Strong preference for Kenyan and East African citizens

To apply and for more information, click here.

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