Credit and Business Development Intern at Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT)

• We are recruiting for a Credit & Business Development Intern to join our team. This opportunity is designed for students that would like to get practical experience in finance and credit administration. Hands on interaction with the MESPT credit and business development team will allow you the opportunity to work on analyzing credit packages, learn the basics of credit analyst work, record management and develop the skills to identify the various strengths and weaknesses of credits, development, and technical writing.

Key Responsibilities and duties

Record Management

By the supervision of Credit and Business development officer:

• Support credit officers in record management- physical, soft and security records.
• Support the credit officers in identifying records ready for archiving/destruction.
• Ensure proper storage of records received from clients in soft and hard copies.
• Maintain a record inventory of all physical and electronic records.

Data Management

• Data collection and evaluation as per the covenants shared between MESPT and partners.
• Timely follow up M&E data with FIs.
• Analyzing the data per client, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Develop a consolidated data set for all clients.

Financial analysis

• Support credit officers in data input of financial information to data analysis tool.
• Support credit department in review and enhancing financial and data analysis tools.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• Experience in Ms Office Suite Products i.e., Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power BI, etc
• Experience in report writing will be an advantage.
• Familiarity in matters data and record management from previous internships, jobs, or employment would be highly advantageous.
• Not required to have professional work experience but those with professional experience are also encouraged to apply.

Qualifications/Other Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma in the fields of statistics, Monitoring, and evaluation, or equivalent.

Behaviour

• Positive, energetic self-starter with a high level of personal drive and resilience
• Willing to learn.
• Demonstrated integrity and of positive attitude.