Invest India - Specialist - BFSI

About the Department

Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It hosts teams working with various government initiatives such as Make in India, Startup India, AGNii, and PMG.

BFSI Desk is a team formed to facilitate the growth of the BFSI and Fintech sectors in India through policy streamlining, outreach programs, global promotion, and stakeholder management. The team's vision is to leverage the huge potential of the sector and provide an impetus to the industry while enabling policies and support for India's BFSI sector to emerge as the global leader.

Key Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for formulating, executing and supporting an investor targeting and facilitation strategy and action plan for the BFSI sector, with a special focus on the Banking, Financial Services and Fintech Segment. Key Result Areas will include:

- Targeting and supporting domestic and foreign investors on setting up in India/expanding in India by providing detailed opportunity analysis, regulatory overview and end-to-end investment facilitation services

- Planning and executing various investor engagement activities like roundtables, roadshows, client meetings, webinars for promotion, facilitation and outreach of the sector

- Creating detailed briefings and strategic collateral for internal and external stakeholders including company profiles, sector decks, sector profiles etc.

- Build sector expertise and prepare industry reports, blogs, brochures, presentations concerning the sector ecosystem and its growth

- Have deep analytical thinking and the ability to formulate company-level and industry-level strategies for overall business and industry growth

- Support investors and the industry with policy representations and issue redressal to enable overall ease of doing business in the sector

- Effectively understand industry pain points and global best practices from other markets and stakeholders to effectively communicate and co-create industry growth strategy with Indian industry and Government stakeholders

- Address ad hoc requests from various Government Ministries and Departments

- Be responsible for maintaining regular contact with all company accounts and industry stakeholders and conduct regular follow-up and ensure effective stakeholder management

Qualifications

- Undergraduate degree in India or overseas

- Relevant Experience: 1+ Years

- Prior work experience in Banking, Fintech, Insurance, Financial Services, Investment Banking or Management/Strategy Consulting

- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

- Knowledge of BFSI policies and regulatory landscape in India and globally

- Understanding of key trends shaping fintech trends domestically and globally

- Ability to work in teams and independently take responsibility for delivering results

- Excellent Research skills, Business Communication, and Analytical Skills

- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure for engagements and deliverables for the Government of India