Investment Officer Job at Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust

Job Title: Investment Officer
Organisation: Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About aBi
Trust:
The Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust is an
institution set up by the governments of Uganda and Denmark to support
agribusiness initiatives in the country. In particular it is to support the
private sector to increase their contribution to the agricultural sector by
increasing productivity and competitiveness leading to poverty reduction through
economic growth, wealth, and employment creation.

The vision of aBi Trust is of “competitive private
sector led agriculture in Uganda” with the mission to” promote private sector
driven agribusiness development to enhance wealth creation in the country.” aBi
Trust implements its interventions through partners.
Job Summary: The Investment Officer will perform due diligence on prospective
financial institutions seeking lines of credit and other related products
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Appraise potential
    financial institutions /proposals and market for agribusiness wholesale
    lending.
  • Appraise guarantee cases
    as submitted by partner financial institutions for the aBi finance’s
    approval
  • Train and sensitize
    partners for improved portfolio quality and timely reporting.
  • Monitor financial
    institutions closely on product utilization, fee / interest payments,
    beneficiary tracking and maturing repayments.
  • Support process of
    assembling relevant reports to management and Board.
  • Emphasize and protect
    high portfolio quality (Guarantee and Lines of Credit)
  • Maintain records, files
    pertaining to the Lines of Credit and Guarantee schemes including legal
    and collateral documentation.
  • Maintain outstanding
    guarantees, lines of credit and any other investments and propose actions
    where necessary.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should
    possess a Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, statistics and related
    professional courses from accredited institutions
  • Additional training in
    credit analysis and risk management will be an added advantage
  • At least three years in
    credit risk analysis
  • Excellent analytical and
    report writing skills
How to Apply:
All interested persons who meet the above criteria
should submit their application together with an updated CV and at least three
(3) suitable referees and telephone contacts to; invo@abitrust.com
NB:  E-mail applications should
not exceed 2MB
Deadline: 4th
October 2013

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