Assistant Manager, Strategy & Product Development

An exciting new opportunity for a Assistant Manager, Strategy (Development Impact) has just opened at a multinational organisation in the Banking industry. About the role: Our esteemed client is seeking a Assistant Manager, Strategy (Development Impact) for their STPD (Strategy, Product & Development) team in Cairo, Egypt. This role offers an opportunity objectively measure, monitor, evaluate and report on the development impact of the Bank’s operations, guided by its Trade Development Impact Assessment (TDIA) Framework developed to support the achievement of its development mandate objectives and implementation of its strategic pillars. The role holder will be responsible for supporting STPD division in managing the process of data collection, ex-ante evaluation and validation, monitoring and evaluation of development outcomes of the Bank’s interventions, working with cross functional business teams, in order to determine the extent to which the Bank achieved its developmental targets.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the Bank’s Strategic Planning Process.
• Assist in conducting development impact evaluation on Sectors such as agro-processing, manufacturing, tradable service, and Thematic areas such as SMEs, intra-African trade, industrialisation and export development, etc.
• Participate in analytical monitoring of the progress of each disbursed facility into agro-processing, manufacturing, and tradable services in achieving development outcomes and impact against expectations, detecting discrepancies and reasons for such divergence and how performance can be improved.
• Provide dedicated evaluation reports for the Bank’s development funding partners in terms of the expected and actual development impact of their respective funds committed with Afreximbank.
• Assist in the preparation of technical inputs in response to queries on the Bank’s trade and development impact performance from the fund providers, development partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to the production of the Bank’s periodic reports, including the Annual Trade Development Effectiveness Report (ATDER), Development Impact Monitor (DEVIM), and Ex-ante Impact Rating Report.
• Support in updating and maintaining the Bank’s Trade Development Impact Assessment (TDIA) database.
• Assist in conducting capacity building on trade development impact evaluation, including workshops, and learning events organised for operations staff and relevant stakeholders.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with staff of departments supporting operations, in promoting an evaluation culture within the Bank and regional member countries and encouraging a process of continuous learning and improvement.
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the Director of Development Impact or Managing Director Strategy and Product Development (STPD).
  
  Compliance Responsibilities
  
  
• Understand and adhere to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably.
• Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/ActivitiesAnti-Bribery & Corruption
• Insider Trading Guidelines
• Report any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Complete the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment

Candidates Requirements:

• At least a master’s degree in finance, economics, or public policy, development finance/ studies or related with a strong grasp of core economic and financial concepts and understanding of development issues and their impact.
• Solid knowledge in quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation methods.
• Experience in trade development matters related to Africa.
• Experience in managing human and financial resources.
• Experience in development planning, management and evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies.

If you meet the above requirements do not hesitate to reply!