Senior Financial Services Officer

Title: Senior Financial Services Officer.

Location: Amman, Jordan

Type: Full-time, Project

Reporting to: Regional Financial Services Manager.

For over 100 years, NEF has worked to build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa through education, governance, and economic development initiatives. Working through a network of country offices and local partners, NEF currently operates in nine countries: Armenia, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Palestine, Senegal, Syria, South Sudan, and Sudan. Its programs are organized around three themes: Inclusive Economic Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, and Peacebuilding.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

NEF has launched the Revolving Credit Fund (RCF) to empower local entrepreneurs in North Syria by facilitating MSMEs access-to-finance. The Senior Financial Services Officer will work under the supervision of the Regional Financial Service Manager to lead the full lending cycle, and provide the needed technical support to the field staff.

Main duties include:

• Evaluate applicants’ creditworthiness by reviewing submitted credit reports.
• Coordinating and following up with the day-to-day lending activities, and secure proper documentation and the coordination of the loan process.
• Remotely coordinating site visits to potential borrowers and provide the needed technical support to field staff.
• Following up on the repayment process and monitoring the loan portfolio indicators.
• Evaluating and improving portfolio performance, financial products, and borrowers satisfaction.
• Supporting the continuous development of the loan processing mechanism.
• Operating in compliance with laws and regulations and adhere to lending compliance guidelines and donors’ requirements.
• To contribute in drafting project work plans, and documenting work procedures.
• Providing the needed support in other aspects related to the project financial component.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in finance, accounting or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience with a financial services institution.
• Excellent understanding of MSMEs loan products, and credit analysis.
• Microsoft office skills.
• Excellent numerical skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Must be eligible to work and reside in Jordan.

Position Criteria

• Builds and maintains effective relationships with team, colleagues, other members and external partners and supporters, in both in-person and remote contexts.
• Flexible, solution-oriented, and committed to programmatic excellence.
• Experience working in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is preferred.

• Stay abreast of new types of business loans and latest lending practices, as well as the digitization of financial services.

NEF will accept rolling applications until the position is filled. The review of applications will begin on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

TO APPLY:

Please apply by submitting the following documents to https://neareast.bamboohr.com/careers/242?source=aWQ9MTk%3D:

1. Cover letter outlining relevant experience and skills based on the requirements outlined above.
2. Curriculum Vitae;
3. List of three references (including one from current, or most recent, employer).

Applicants are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Near East Foundation by visiting the NEF website at www.neareast.org prior to applying.

The Near East Foundation promotes Equal Opportunities for all applicants seeking employment and NEF employees.

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