Portfolio Officer, Anglophone Africa

Position: Portfolio Officer, Anglophone Africa
Report to:Regional Director, Anglophone Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job Type:Full time contractor

The Company...
Founded in 2005, Kiva is on a roll! Featured in Forbes, Inc., Time, CNN, Fox (to name just a few) & most recently on TV's Good Morning America, Kiva's mission is to alleviate world poverty. We're the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. To make this happen, Kiva partners with existing expert microfinance institutions.

Kiva provides a data-rich, transparent lending platform. We are constantly working to make the system more transparent to show how money flows throughout the entire cycle, & what effect it has on the people & institutions that lend, borrow, & manage it along the way. Our technology enables one-to-one interpersonal connections & lending at the lowest possible cost.

Job Description
Kiva seeks to hire a Portfolio Officer for Anglophone Africa to assist with ongoing expansion and partner monitoring. As an experienced and highly driven professional, you will play a key role in monitoring Kiva's growing portfolio in Anglophone Africa as well as assisting in due diligence on new partner microfinance institutions. As part of a small but dynamic regional team, you will have the opportunity to significantly affect one of the region's newest and fastest growing microfinance funders. You will work closely with key members of Kiva's Anglophone Africa team based in San Francisco, USAand Nairobi, Kenya. This paid position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Tasks / Responsibilities:

• Assist with desk review and onsite due diligence of new potential microfinance institution partners in Anglophone Africa
• Conduct financial analysis of potential Kiva partners including spreading financials, reviewing key ratios, and identifying problems and red flags
• Onsite due diligence with potential partners to understand the financials, review financial and accounting systems, and assess financial management

• Ensure Kiva's portfolio quality through effective monitoring including review of quarterly financials and portfolio reports
• Strengthen partner capacity by highlighting microfinance best practices

Mandatory Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• 3+ years of professional experience in the microfinance, banking, or audit sector
• BS/BA degree in business, finance, economics or related field
• English language fluency required; Swahili language and French language fluencies are a plus
• High degree of comfort with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word, in particular)
• Strong writing skills
• Ability to deliver results on multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong individual initiative and ability to work collaboratively
• Disciplined, detail oriented, and accountable
• Ability to interact effectively with people of other cultures, capacities, and organizations
• Strong interpersonal and speaking skills
• Ability to travel regionally up to 40% of your time, including rural locations

Highly Desirable Qualities

• Knowledge of microfinance best practices and familiarity with microfinance methodologies is a strong plus
• Internal Audit experience
• CPA designation

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary, with high growth potential based on performance

If interested…

• Send email to jobs@kiva.org. Include in the Subject Line: Portfolio Officer, Anglophone Africa  
• Include resume / CV and brief cover letter explaining why you’re interested / qualified
• Please do not contact the office directly with any questions or follow-up inquiries

Due to the high numbers of applicants for this position, we regret that we can only respond to candidates that we would like to interview.