Strategy Associate

Conduct market landscape analyses feasibility assessment and option prioritization for new food and agriculture finance opportunities with ISF clients;

• Support the design and development of new projects and business models focused on rural financial inclusion working with agroenterprises investment companies and / or financial service providers;
• Develop strategies on financial market interventions for donors and foundations in the food and agriculture sector.
• Conduct complex economic market and stakeholder analyses while problemsolving around specific issues; creatively find and draw upon sources of data from ISF research clients and external organizations.
• Support indepth due diligence including financial market legal and stakeholder analyses related to corporate advisory and specific problemsolving mandates
• Support direct intellectual input and analysis for original ISF research efforts engage with key stakeholders to further the teams understanding and support the production and creation of publishable content in collaboration with ISFs communications team.
• Manage individual work plan including tasks and milestones.
• Travel as needed to support analysis and implementation.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in business finance public affairs or other relevant field with excellent academic record.
• At least two 2 years as a top performer at a leading firm in strategy consulting corporate advisory or comparable experience working in a clientfacing team involving deep analytical approaches.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills applied towards understanding and interpreting business operations management capabilities and practices.
• Experience in multistakeholder facilitation through workshops working groups and relationship management.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner both written and oral.
• Professionalism and demonstrated experience working with senior officials in the public and / or private sector.
• Passion for application of innovative financial structures and business models to address food system sustainability.
• Demonstrated experience getting things done independently under ambiguous circumstances particularly in developing countries.

Additional Information :

The salary range for this position is $70k to $90k.

If you are interested in this position and meet the qualifications above please submit a onepage cover letter and resume when applying.

ISF provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. Individuals from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Key Skills

Marketing,Data Visualization,Tableau,Customer Segmentation,Microsoft Powerpoint,Investment Banking,Strategic Planning,Financial Modeling,Customer relationship management,Management Consulting,Google Suite,Analytics

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Salary : $70,000 - $90,000