DAI GLOBAL, LLC, implementer of USAID-funded Financial Sector Transformation Project (FST)  is seeking qualified candidates for the Non-Bank Financial Institution (NBFI) Team Lead position.

 The successful candidate will direct FST’s activity in support of increasing access to small and medium size businesses. He/She will work collaboratively with other senior FST component leads (consumer lending and protection, legal and regulatory reform, IT policy, digital finance, capital and commodity markets) to develop a more competitive financial sector. He/She will assume the lead role in advancing FST’s productive relationship with the leasing sector, in particular the existing activities with the Ukrainian Union of Lessors (UUL). He/She will also be responsible for analysis of the NBFI sector generally (trends, legislation, constraints, financial intermediaries) and monitoring developments in the sector and reporting on them.

 Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the status of the NBFI sector (finance companies, credit unions, insurance and leasing companies, “payday” lenders, microfinance institutions) and analyzing the constraints to expanding financial intermediation;

• Providing input on legal and regulatory issues affecting financial intermediation by NBFIs;

• Examining issues of policy and taxation that impact NBFIs, specifically with regard to leasing;

• Supervising and managing the reports/activities of sub-contractors;

• Contributing to the selection of grantees, and monitoring  their performance under the grant award;

• Reporting quarterly on project activities

Required Qualifications:

• University Degree in economics, law, business or related field preferred;
• 10 + years’ experience in the NBFI sector, with five years of management responsibility required;

• Strong analytical skills;

• Strong interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills;
• Good command of English, both oral and written, and fluent Ukrainian required;
• Familiarity with donor assistance programs preferred.

Reporting:

The NBFI Team Lead will report to the FST Deputy Chief of Party.

 Candidates are asked to submit their CVs and cover letters in English to[email protected]  by August 20, 2019, 6 pm Kyiv time. Please reference the job for which you are applying for in your e-mail’s subject line. The applications will be reviewed and interviews will be held on the rolling basis.