AGF Assistant Business Development Officer at African Guarantee Fund (AGF)

Position Summary

This position focuses on providing support to the specific region in the implementation of business development strategies and plans to meet the department’s revenue targets.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Business Development
2. Assist the Business Development officer (BDO) to identify and develop new business proposals to meet the department’s volumes of guarantees issued, revenue targets and social impacts;
3. Use multiple prospecting methods to generate deals, set up sales meetings and pitch appropriate solution-offerings to prospects;
4. Assist the BD Officer to conduct full credit reviews of financial institutions and corporations;
5. Actively involved in preparation of guarantee requests for presentation and approval by the relevant approval bodies; 
6. Assist the Business Development Officer to manage the Guarantee process cycle right from Lead 
7. Generation, Credit appraisal which includes credit/risk rating of the Country, Transaction, Lender
8. and Borrower on the basis of business & financial analysis, due diligence and site visits;
9. Assist the Region Head in developing and managing relationships with AGF partner lending  institutions to meet their guarantee requirements;
10. Assist to manage and efficiently handle all guarantee claims applications sent by our Partner Lending Institutions (PFI)
11. Work with the Region Head to develop a Proactive Customer Relationship Management in order to support AGF’s guarantee products utilization by our PFIs
12. Monitor the PFIs’ submissions of periodic reports to AGF in a timely manner
13. Monitor the PFIs’ payment of invoice fees in due time 
14. In addition to the above duties, the Assistant Business Development Officer may be required to perform other related or unrelated duties based on the company’s needs.

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experiences

1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Banking, Finance, or Business Administration, CFA;
2. A minimum of three (3) years of experience in a financial institution or in financial services;
3. Excellent knowledge in Financial Analysis;
4. Ability to compile and report results of activities;
5. Demonstrated track record in business development and portfolio management with focus in 
6. consultative and solution-oriented sales and marketing approaches;
7. Demonstrated experience as client-facing staff.
8. Additional eligibility, critical competencies and desired characteristics
9. Bilingual – Fluent in English and French 
10. Excellent financial analysis skills;
11. Ability to work independently and with teams;
12. Self-driven individual;
13. Excellent IT skills;
14. Ability to work in a professionally and culturally diverse setting;
15. Willingness to travel;
16. Good knowledge of private equity environment is an added advantage.

Eligibility

• The position is open to bilingual French and English speakers from any African country.