Credit and Business Development Intern at - Nairobi, Kenya - Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT)

Description

The overall objective of the Micro-Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) is to promote economic growth, employment creation and poverty alleviation through support to enterprises.

MESPT works with intermediaries that provide financial or business development services to improve the performance of enterprises

SUMMARY
We are recruiting for a Credit & Business Development Intern to join our team. This opportunity is designed for students that would like to get practical experience in finance and credit administration.

Hands on interaction with the MESPT credit and business development team will allow you the opportunity to work on analyzing credit packages, learn the basics of credit analyst work, record management and develop the skills to identify the various strengths and weaknesses of credits, development, and technical writing.

Key Responsibilities and duties
Record Management

By the supervision of Credit and Business development officer:

Support credit officers in record management- physical, soft and security records.
Support the credit officers in identifying records ready for archiving/destruction.
Ensure proper storage of records received from clients in soft and hard copies.
Maintain a record inventory of all physical and electronic records.

Data Management

Data collection and evaluation as per the covenants shared between MESPT and partners.
Timely follow up M&E data with FIs.
Analyzing the data per client, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Develop a consolidated data set for all clients.

Financial analysis

Support credit officers in data input of financial information to data analysis tool.
Support credit department in review and enhancing financial and data analysis tools.


REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Experience in Ms Office Suite Products i.e., Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power BI, etc
Experience in report writing will be an advantage.
Familiarity in matters data and record management from previous internships, jobs, or employment would be highly advantageous.
Not required to have professional work experience but those with professional experience are also encouraged to apply.


Qualifications/Other Requirements:
Degree or Diploma in the fields of statistics, Monitoring, and evaluation, or equivalent.

Behaviour

Positive, energetic self-starter with a high level of personal drive and resilience
Willing to learn.
Demonstrated integrity and of positive attitude.