Full-Time Fund Management and Finance Consultant
Job Description
Volunteering opportunity
Fund Management and Finance Consultant
Based in Frankfurt, Germany
From January 2015
Overview
Yunus Social Business (YSB) is a social business accelerator, focusing on incubating and financing social businesses globally. A social business is a new kind of company that combines the strengths of both the social development and the business world. It is created with the sole purpose to solve a social problem – like NGOs – but to do so in a financially sustainable way – like businesses.
YSB was co-founded by Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann, and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the microfinance organization Grameen Bank, as well as a variety of social businesses in Bangladesh and worldwide. A social business ourselves, we report directly to Professor Yunus, and we are part of the Grameen network of over 40 social businesses and more than 50,000 employees.
We at YSB are currently a global team of 40 people with experience in entrepreneurship, consulting, venture capital, business incubation, finance and international development. YSB further has a large pool of expert volunteer consultants that contribute to its global and local operations.
Our main office is in Frankfurt, Germany and we have an on-the-ground presence through our local country teams in Albania, Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Tunisia, India, and Uganda.
Our core business is the incubation and financing of social businesses in the following manner:
• We design and implement incubation and/or accelerator programmes in our local countries to search for, coach and mentor entrepreneurs to create strong, investment-ready social businesses
• We also serve as a financing vehicle for the most promising social businesses in a defined geographic area (country, region or city), using a methodology similar to those used in the venture capital space
• We further provide on-going advice and support post-investment, including a peer-to-peer exchange with other social business entrepreneurs
Main responsibilities of the Fund Management and Finance Consultant:
We are looking for a volunteer as Fund Management and Finance Consultant from January 2015 for a minimum of 3 months, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Fund Management and Finance Consultant will report to the Director of Funds and Investments, and have the following duties:
• Work closely with the different local country teams to
o Develop and maintain investment tracking and fund management tools for the various incubator funds and social businesses;
o Establish and improve social impact and other monitoring tools for effective management of the portfolio of social businesses;
• Develop data and analytical tools as basis for fundraising proposals and presentations;
• Prepare initial fundraising proposals for potential partners, preparing due diligence documents and compiling detailed funding proposals where required;
• Support the development and implementation of financial tools, including budgeting and management information systems;
• Other, more project-specific tasks may also be part of your role, depending on needs and availability.
Selection criteria:
Candidates should have the following qualities, skills and experience:
• A university degree in economics, business administration, marketing, communications or related fields;
• Excellent time management and communication skills. You should be able to manage projects independently without a lot of guidance, and to be able to manage several projects at the same time under time pressure;
• Excellent Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills, strong analytics, creativity and attention to detail;
• Sensitivity to customer needs. YSB works with clients from a wide range of industries and backgrounds, you need to be comfortable thinking outside the box;
• Fluent written and oral English; German an advantage;
• At least two years of experience in at least two of the following
o Professional services e.g. management consulting, banking, venture capital, private equity, accounting, marketing, PR, communications
o Strategic, financial or general-management divisions of private-sector businesses (large corporations or SMEs)
o International NGOs, with experience in fundraising activities;
• Command of business consulting tools, especially Excel modelling, business-plan analysis, interview techniques, and research;
• Commitment to serving society’s needs;
• A high level of personal integrity and teamwork spirit.