MIX - Junior Analyst - Asia

Job Description :

- The Junior Analyst is responsible for supporting the growth and expansion of MIX's core activities in Asia, focusing primarily on India market in line with the organization's goals of achieving reliable, comparable, and publicly available information on the performance and outreach of financial service providers (FSP).

- The Junior Analyst is responsible for collecting, processing and analyzing financial, operational and social performance data from a portfolio of MFIs, in addition to supporting partner organizations in the use of MIX's systems and products. This position requires a dynamic and self-motivated individual with an understanding of financial analysis, accounting and regional socio-economic trends.

Responsibilities :

To achieve these goals, the Analyst will have primary responsibility (90% of time) to :

- Ensure the ultimate collection of data on the assigned portfolio of MFI: solicit, collect, review and analyze MFI data, ensuring MIX standard quality and in line with regional work plan targets;

- Manage the publication of data, files and other information to MIX Market and other databases and information platforms;

- Work with the Lead Analyst to produce MIX's market intelligence reports on regional analysis and research;

- Support Lead Analyst to produce and support other analysis products delivered by MIX's programs.

- Work with the Lead Analyst on specific projects, partnership development.

- Carry out research to further the MIX's understanding of regional actors and developments affecting MFI performance;

The Analyst will have a secondary responsibility (10% of time) to support the other work of the MIX on any number of tasks including to:

- Supporting the development of MIX's programs through regional partnerships and projects;

- Support improvement of MIX's technology used by the analyst team and partners; contributing to shared analyst tools.

Working Relationships :

The Analyst will work with a global team of Analysts under the supervision of Lead Analyst/Asia Regional Manager with a collective responsibility for industry analysis covering the globe in the performance and outreach of FSPs.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in economics, commerce or finance; Master's degree preferred.

- Less than 3 years- experience in accounting, finance, or financial analysis.

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint and comfort with online databases are essential.

- Familiarity with microfinance or financial inclusion sector preferred.

Skills :

- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.

- Self-starter and independent actor able to carry out agreed work plan with little supervision.

- Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written). Additional knowledge of Indian local languages preferred.