Business and Financial Consultant
Business and Financial Consultant
Who we are
Advance Consulting is a business and investment advisory firm operating in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. We drive impact through private sector development by supporting the sustainable growth of SMEs in the AgriFood, Renewable Energy and Circular Economy sectors.
By 2050, the number of people who live on our planet will have doubled. We believe that SMEs in AgriFood have a key role in feeding this population, as they hold critical positions along the value chains as producers, input suppliers, off-takers, processors, and distributors. SMEs in the renewable energy sector are pivotal in assuring that 900 million people, who currently do not have electricity, will gain access to affordable energy by 2030. At the same time, we need to transition to a Circular Economy as we cannot sustainably continue extracting the earth’s limited resources.
Our team of 34 dedicated professionals are based at our offices in the Netherlands, Kenya, and Jordan. In addition, 9 passionate consultants from our sister company Advance Insight support high-impact SMEs with their digital transformation from our shared offices in Kenya and the Netherlands.
Our work in Jordan
In Jordan, we support the development of a sustainable and competitive agriculture sector through an increasing number of programs and partnerships. Amongst others, we aim to improve the income opportunities and longer-term resilience of horticulture smallholder farmers, cooperatives and SMEs in Jordan via tailor-made business development support. We also improve access to finance for SMEs and smallholder farmers by developing, piloting and scaling financial products in close collaboration with the Agricultural Credit Cooperative and mobile money platforms. In addition, we will develop viable business cases to improve product and service provision to smallholder farmers and SMEs.
The position
To support our growing team and project portfolio in Jordan, we are recruiting a Business and Financial Consultant. He/she will be based in our office in Amman, and will report to the Country Director. Tasks and responsibilities of the Business and Financial Consultant may be adjusted to some extent depending on the background and technical expertise of the applicant, but will at least include: