Website Aceli Africa
About Aceli Africa
Aceli Africa is a transformative initiative committed to mobilizing $1.5 billion in private sector lending for agricultural SMEs across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia by 2029. This ambitious target is achieved through a blend of innovative financial incentives designed to increase the risk appetite of both global and local financial institutions. Since its launch in 2020, Aceli Africa has significantly impacted the agri-SME lending space by supporting financial institutions in disbursing over 2,800 loans that connect over one million smallholder farmers to markets. The organization operates under the support of notable donors including Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada, IKEA Foundation, Norwegian Agency for Development, Swiss Development Corporation, UK FCDO, and USAID, which have committed over $93 million for the period 2020-2029. Aceli’s mission is to foster a more competitive lending market for agri-SMEs and serve as a scalable model across Africa.
About this Role
The Associate, Product position at Aceli Africa is integral to supporting the Product team, which plays a critical role in driving Aceli’s mission by designing and managing product incentives aimed at unlocking private sector lending to agricultural SMEs. The role entails a blend of market research, incentive design, and operations support. The associate will be directly involved in Aceli’s annual benchmarking and audit processes, incentive budgeting, and development of web-based dashboards. The role requires collaboration across various departments and with external partners to ensure that incentive products meet market needs and achieve desired impacts.
Responsibilities
- Support multi-month processes for Aceli’s annual benchmarking and audit, including data collection, cleaning, and analysis with lenders.
- Assist in the internal synthesis and presentation of findings from benchmarking exercises, including designing PowerPoint presentations and drafting memos.
- Facilitate the incentives product design and adjustment process, working with multiple teams and lenders to implement changes.
- Manage ad-hoc data and analysis projects with lenders, such as evaluating the performance of specific incentive program aspects.
- Collaborate in the annual incentive budgeting process, including initial analysis and model input evaluation.
- Develop and maintain data dashboards using PowerBI for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Aid leadership in conducting special analyses for reports to the Board, Steering Committee, and funders.
Requirements
- Minimum of four years of work experience, with at least two years in a management/strategy consulting firm.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint development and Excel analysis, with a bonus for PowerBI data visualization skills.
- Familiarity with the agri-SME sector in East Africa, preferably with agri-SME lending experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in developing senior-level communications.
- Attributes such as a strong attention to detail, curiosity, entrepreneurial mindset, excellent time management, and openness to feedback.
- Personal commitment to positively impacting farmer livelihoods and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Bachelor’s degree in a data or finance-related field.
Benefits
- Diverse and dynamic work environment with opportunities to contribute to impactful developments in African agribusiness.
- Support from an inclusive organization committed to equality regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Interested candidates are invited to apply by submitting a cover letter and CV by the specified deadline. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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