Available Positions

As an Investment Analyst, your responsibilities will encompass conducting comprehensive financial research, assessing market trends, and analyzing investment opportunities. You will play a vital role in supporting our investment decision-making process, which involves evaluating various asset classes, managing portfolios, and optimizing investment strategies to achieve our financial objectives. Your keen analytical skills will be essential in generating valuable insights, conducting risk assessments, and providing recommendations that will directly impact our investment performance.

Responsibilities

• Assessing business and asset valuations.
• Calculating risks and opportunities for potential and current clients.
• Monitoring market trends and investment portfolios.
• Analyzing previous investment decisions and generating key takeaways.
•  Conducting meetings with clients and management throughout the year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• At least 1 year of experience in investment and/or financial analysis. Candidates without experience should demonstrate personal initiatives that point to passion for investment analysis.
• Familiar with Office Suite especially PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

The Research and Learning Analyst plays a crucial role in driving data-driven decision-making and enhancing the learning experience within our organization. Your responsibilities include conducting comprehensive research, analysing data from diverse sources, and providing valuable insights that will guide our strategies and improve our educational programs. You will have the chance to design surveys, conduct experiments, and use advanced statistical tools to assess the effectiveness of our learning initiatives, ultimately helping us deliver high-quality educational content and experiences. 

Responsibilities

• Support firmwide Business Development efforts through identification of business opportunities and preparation of proposals and EOIs.
• Provide support in the design of methodologies for research, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
• Design, develop, and test research instruments.
• Validate data sources and regularly update the firm’s database of credible data sources.
• Clean, organize, archive, and manage the firm’s research datasets.
• Support the development of innovative capacity building and learning solution.
• Actively participate in client meetings.
• Participate in planning, implementation, and reporting on research, learning, and M&E activities.
• Undertake data analysis using qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Produce illustrated descriptive and analytical reports of implemented research studies.
• Document case studies and develop insights from the firm’s body of research work to support the firm’s communication function.
• Identify and support documentation and automation of routine tasks and procedures in the department.

Qualifications and Experience

• A track record of outstanding academic performance, with a Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, or any related field.
• Highly analytical and creative problem solver with a can-do attitude.
• Confident self-starter with an ownership mindset and a high sense of urgency.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Must work well in a team-oriented environment as well as independently.
• Be receptive to feedback and willing to learn.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information in a strictly professional manner.
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor in times of high stress.

The Associate, Access-to-Finance Program is responsible for supporting and driving the operations and strategic initiatives of the Access-to-Finance unit. This role involves administrative oversight, program management, due diligence, portfolio monitoring, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement to enhance financial access for various clients, including financial institutions and last-mile beneficiaries. Potential hire must have a background in banking (credit) and/or implementing access-to-finance programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct overall program management by regularly tracking the fund’s performance against the Log frame, engaging all relevant stakeholders to resolve any issues arising, and resource planning.
• Oversee the successful completion of all light and detailed due diligences sanctioned by the Senior Manager, Access to Finance. This involves budgeting, logistical planning, review of reports, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead the Portfolio Monitoring process for all onboarded participating financial institutions. This involves reviewing monthly and quarterly Portfolio Monitoring reports submitted by analysts, regularly updating the monitoring portal with onboarding and disbursement information, reviewing, and ensuring accurate and smooth performance of the monitoring portal, and engaging participating financial institutions to resolve any issues arising.
• Supervise the documentation of all program reports such as the monthly performance report, due diligence reports, and reports to investment committees.
• Support the Senior Manager, Access to Finance in the development of proposals, concept notes, and any other business development material as need arises.
• Develop and lead capacity-building training sessions with access to finance clients ranging from financial institutions to last mile program beneficiaries.
• Conduct market research and build business cases to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or organizational transformation.
• Perform reviews of spreadsheets, data computing platforms, and reports to ensure accuracy, consistency, and clear communication of results.
• Provide on-the-job training to junior analysts as well as participate in the delivery of other technical training within the firm.
• Perform process mapping field visits to each of the selected enterprises.
• Monitor and analyze data collected from enterprises.
• Support business owners during strategic discussions and recommendations for process improvements with the objective of improving business profitability.
• Adaptively write reports communicating key insights, performance, and other key trends for a variety of clients/audiences.
• Document reports that demonstrate progress and key performance milestones related to the training and capacity building of all the enterprises, improvement in business management, reporting of expected results, and the number of beneficiaries reached.

Qualifications

• Graduate with at least a second-class degree and above a quantitative field. MBA or related master’s level qualification would be highly desired
• Minimum of 6 years working experience in banking (credit) or access-to-finance programs.
• Openness to learning the automation process of data analysis and related development of back-end technology for the same.
• Strong report writing skills that are adaptable for a variety of audiences. Evidence of these skills are an added advantage.
• Interest in data analytics, business strategy, and investment research.

The Head of Strategy Development and Partnerships is responsible for driving business growth through strategic partnerships and client relationships. This role involves developing and maintaining a new business pipeline, supporting business development activities, managing client relationships, mapping the business community, disseminating content, and coordinating networking activities.

Responsibilities

Pipeline Sourcing

• Develop and maintain a new business pipeline aligned with the business development strategy and targets.
• Source opportunities across various sectors, including private, developmental, and public.
• Provide regular feedback and updates to management.

Business Development Support

• Execute and catalyse business units' development activities.
• Identify and schedule meetings with key influencers in target sectors.

Relationship Management

• Leverage personal and professional relationships to manage existing and newly generated clients.
• Respond to client queries promptly and effectively.

Client and Market Mapping

• Continuously map the business community.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge repository of clients, both suspects and prospects, in line with the business units' strategies.

Content Dissemination

• Manage the dissemination of ASIGMA’s shareable content to existing and potential business opportunities.
• Contact potential clients to establish rapport and create opportunities for presentations to target organizations, institutions, and businesses.

Networking and Events Coordination

• Assist in coordinating networking activities such as industry forums, select conferences, and client events.
• Maintain an events calendar on behalf of the company.

Qualifications and Experience

• A graduate with an excellent undergraduate degree. A master's degree would be advantageous.
• Background in Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Business to Customer (B2B2C) business development.
• Over 10 years of proven experience in relationship management, negotiation, customer acquisition, and retention.
• Strong existing relationships in private, public, and development sectors.
• Excellent high-level communication and public speaking skills for marketing ASIGMA’s service offerings.
• Highly analytical and a creative problem solver with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• At least three years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong report writing skills, adaptable for various audiences; evidence of these skills is an added advantage.
• Ability to work independently with minimal instruction in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Receptive to feedback and willing to learn.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information professionally.
• Maintain a professional demeanor under stress.
• High energy level and personal commitment to teamwork.

The Head of Strategy Development and Partnerships is responsible for driving business growth through strategic partnerships and client relationships for ASIGMA’s four business units. This role involves developing and maintaining a new business pipeline, supporting business development activities, managing client relationships, mapping the business community, disseminating content, and coordinating networking activities.

Responsibilities

Pipeline Sourcing

• Develop and maintain a new business pipeline aligned with the business development strategy and targets.
• Source opportunities across various sectors, including private, developmental, and public.
• Provide regular feedback and updates to management.

Business Development Support

• Execute and catalyze business units' development activities.
• Identify and schedule meetings with key influencers in target sectors.

Relationship Management

• Leverage personal and professional relationships to manage existing and newly generated clients.
• Respond to client queries promptly and effectively.

Client and Market Mapping

• Continuously map the business community.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge repository of clients, both suspects and prospects, in line with the business units' strategies.

Content Dissemination:

• Manage the dissemination of ASIGMA’s shareable content to existing and potential business opportunities.
• Contact potential clients to establish rapport and create opportunities for presentations to target organizations, institutions, and businesses.

Networking and Events Coordination

• Assist in coordinating networking activities such as industry forums, select conferences, and client events.
• Maintain an events calendar on behalf of the company.

Qualifications and Experience

• A graduate with an excellent undergraduate degree. Masters' degree would be advantageous.
• Background in Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Business to Customer (B2B2C) business development.
• Over ten years of proven experience in relationship management, negotiation, customer acquisition, and retention.
• Strong existing relationships in private, public, and development sectors.
• Excellent high-level communication and public speaking skills for marketing ASIGMA’s service offerings.
• Highly analytical and a creative problem solver with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• At least three years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong report writing skills, adaptable for various audiences; evidence of these skills is an added advantage.
• Ability to work independently with minimal instruction in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Receptive to feedback and willing to learn.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information professionally.
• Maintain a professional demeanor under stress.
• High energy level and personal commitment to teamwork.