IFMR - Senior Associate/Associate - Finance Business Development

Senior Associate-Associate Finance Business Development

IFMR Holdings Private Limited

Job Description: Senior Associate/Associate, Finance Function

The mission of IFMR Holdings (an IFMR Trust group company) is to provide complete access to finance for every individual and every enterprise. IFMR Holdings directly runs business that work with financial sector originators to enlarge their product suite from delivery of credit products to becoming a multi-product distribution company. IFMR Holdings is also an investment vehicle that enables the scale-up of its commercial operating investee companies, as well as investments in new complementary business opportunities that further its mission. The three companies under the aegis of IFMR Holdings are:

IFMR Capital facilitates debt capital for high-quality financial institutions (originators) that lend to financially excluded households and enterprises that face challenges raising debt capital. IFMR Capital has facilitated more than INR 14,000 crores of financing to sectors such as microfinance, affordable housing finance and small business loans. IFMR Capital also houses IFMR Investments, an asset management and advisory company that raises and manages debt funds to provide medium to long-term debt capital to high-quality originators operating in the aforementioned sectors. Having launched the - AA(AIF)- rated IFMR FImpact Investment Alternative Investment Fund, the first scheme under its social venture fund, it aims to deepen the Indian debt market for this sector through investments in long-term senior and subordinated debt instruments.

IFMR Rural Finance (IRF) is a technology services company that owns and licenses the KGFS model for reaching financial services to the underbanked populations. IRF is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company for its processes. IRF currently supports IRCS as a licensee of the KGFS model. In addition IRF works with 60 other partner organisations for distribution of other financial services.

IFMR Rural Channels and Services (IRCS) is a financial services provider operating through a network of branches in remote rural India, providing a complete set of financial products and services to financially excluded households and enterprises. It does this through a unique branch-based business model, known as the - Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services- (KGFS) and a unique wealth management approach tailored to each household and enterprise. At present, IRCS operates in three states through six KGFS- and over 230 branches, while reaching out to approximately 600,000 individuals.

The candidate that fills this position will work primarily with the CFO's office, but will also work with the Chief Executive Officer and the IFMR Holdings team on the following areas :

- Equity Analysis - supporting the planning, business forecasting of equity requirements across group companies, build business models, understand and contrast businesses with industry benchmarks, managing MIS and reports for investors

- Group Equity raises - Will be a part of the equity and debt raises at the company and group level. Will be a part of the equity raise team

- Will supporting the CFO's office in managing investee companies and analyse performance of investee companies

- Will be the relationship manager for a few key investors

- Supporting the team in stakeholder management

- Supporting senior management in external and internal communications and representation

- Approximately 3-5 years of experience in the financial services sector or consulting companies engaged in business forecasting or an investment analyst at a private equity fund

- Self-motivated and independent

- Detail-oriented, process driven, and able to work to stringent deadlines, with a strong ability to project manage

- Excellent business modelling skills, proficient in MS Excel, ability to run SQL queries will be a plus

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)

- Excellent analytical and presentation skills; ability to think strategically

- Strong interpersonal skills

- The ideal candidate would have some exposure to brand building/marketing roles, public relations, communication

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India