Assistant Manager

Join us as an Assistant Manager and revolutionise banking,
microfinance, MFS, FinTech, and the financial services and payment ecosystem in
Bangladesh! Deliver game-changing solutions, drive innovation, and work with
top industry leaders. Ready to make a lasting impact? Your journey starts here!

Project delivery, research, and technical support

- Take ownership of
defined work streams and support client assignments; lead smaller or shorter
assignments under the supervision of senior team members, where appropriate.
- Plan and conduct
primary and secondary research, including literature reviews, interviews, field
surveys, focus group discussions, market research, and data analysis, as
required.
- Structure problems,
analyse evidence, and synthesise findings into high-quality reports,
presentations, briefs, tools, and recommendations relevant to client needs.
- Support advisory work
across financial inclusion themes, including diagnostics, product or channel
development, ecosystem assessments, implementation and pilot support, and
policy or regulatory analysis.
Client and
stakeholder engagement

- Engage professionally
with clients and ecosystem stakeholders, including financial service providers,
regulators, government agencies, development partners, private-sector
organisations, and industry actors.
- Participate in and, where appropriate, support the
facilitation of client meetings, workshops, field visits, and stakeholder
consultations; prepare materials and document decisions and follow-up actions.
- Coordinate with IFE colleagues and
cross-functional MSC teams to ensure smooth delivery, timely communication, and
quality outputs. Be willing to travel within Bangladesh and occasionally
internationally, as assignments require.

Business development and knowledge support

- Support concept
notes, expressions of interest (EOIs), proposals, and technical approaches for
opportunities from clients, donors, governments, and development partners.
- Conduct market and background research on prospective
clients, emerging themes, policy developments, and industry trends to support
business development and practice growth.
- Contribute to MSC's knowledge leadership through focus
notes, briefing notes, blogs, case studies, toolkits, and other publications on
inclusive finance topics.
- Contribute ideas and market intelligence to help identify
and pursue opportunities that expand MSC's inclusive finance advisory portfolio in Bangladesh.

### Requirements
Educational qualification

- Bachelor’s or
Master's degree in economics, finance, business or public administration, development
studies, social sciences, or a related field.

Required knowledge and skills

- Inclusive finance ecosystem knowledge: Working understanding
of Bangladesh's financial inclusion landscape and key actors, including banks,
MFIs, NBFIs, MFS providers and fintech, regulators, and development partners.
- Analytical and
problem-solving skills: Ability to structure problems from limited information,
connect insights across sources, and apply quantitative and qualitative
analysis to develop practical solutions.
- Research and advisory
skills: Ability to conduct literature reviews, stakeholder interviews, surveys,
focus group discussions, market assessments, and other research, and synthesise
findings into actionable advisory outputs.
- Financial products and
market development: Exposure to one or more areas such as savings, credit,
payments, insurance, MSME finance, or sustainable finance, with an
understanding of customer needs, market barriers, and underserved segments.
- Project and
stakeholder management: Ability to own defined work streams, coordinate
stakeholders, manage timelines and follow-up actions, and maintain effective
client and partner relationships.
- Consulting,
communication, and storytelling skills: Strong report structuring,
presentation, and business-writing skills, with the ability to convert complex
analysis into clear messages. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint is expected.