Assistant Manager

Join us as an Assistant Manager and revolutionise banking,microfinance, MFS, FinTech, and the financial services and payment ecosystem inBangladesh! Deliver game-changing solutions, drive innovation, and work withtop industry leaders. Ready to make a lasting impact? Your journey starts here!

Project delivery, research, and technical support

• Take ownership ofdefined work streams and support client assignments; lead smaller or shorterassignments under the supervision of senior team members, where appropriate.
  
• Plan and conductprimary and secondary research, including literature reviews, interviews, fieldsurveys, focus group discussions, market research, and data analysis, asrequired.
  
• Structure problems,analyse evidence, and synthesise findings into high-quality reports,presentations, briefs, tools, and recommendations relevant to client needs.
  
• Support advisory workacross financial inclusion themes, including diagnostics, product or channeldevelopment, ecosystem assessments, implementation and pilot support, andpolicy or regulatory analysis.
  

• Engage professionallywith clients and ecosystem stakeholders, including financial service providers,regulators, government agencies, development partners, private-sectororganisations, and industry actors.
  
• Participate in and, where appropriate, support thefacilitation of client meetings, workshops, field visits, and stakeholderconsultations; prepare materials and document decisions and follow-up actions.
  
• Coordinate with IFE colleagues andcross-functional MSC teams to ensure smooth delivery, timely communication, andquality outputs. Be willing to travel within Bangladesh and occasionallyinternationally, as assignments require.
  

Business development and knowledge support

• Support conceptnotes, expressions of interest (EOIs), proposals, and technical approaches foropportunities from clients, donors, governments, and development partners.
  
• Conduct market and background research on prospectiveclients, emerging themes, policy developments, and industry trends to supportbusiness development and practice growth.
  
• Contribute to MSC's knowledge leadership through focusnotes, briefing notes, blogs, case studies, toolkits, and other publications oninclusive finance topics.
  
• Contribute ideas and market intelligence to help identifyand pursue opportunities that expand MSC's inclusive finance advisory portfolio in Bangladesh.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s orMaster's degree in economics, finance, business or public administration, developmentstudies, social sciences, or a related field.
  

Required knowledge and skills

• Inclusive finance ecosystem knowledge: Working understandingof Bangladesh's financial inclusion landscape and key actors, including banks,MFIs, NBFIs, MFS providers and fintech, regulators, and development partners.
  
• Analytical andproblem-solving skills: Ability to structure problems from limited information,connect insights across sources, and apply quantitative and qualitativeanalysis to develop practical solutions.
  
• Research and advisoryskills: Ability to conduct literature reviews, stakeholder interviews, surveys,focus group discussions, market assessments, and other research, and synthesisefindings into actionable advisory outputs.
  
• Financial products andmarket development: Exposure to one or more areas such as savings, credit,payments, insurance, MSME finance, or sustainable finance, with anunderstanding of customer needs, market barriers, and underserved segments.
  
• Project andstakeholder management: Ability to own defined work streams, coordinatestakeholders, manage timelines and follow-up actions, and maintain effectiveclient and partner relationships.
  
• Consulting,communication, and storytelling skills: Strong report structuring,presentation, and business-writing skills, with the ability to convert complexanalysis into clear messages. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, andPowerPoint is expected.