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International MSME Banking Expert

Various, Countries in the CISfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Nov 2025

About the role

Do you have in-depth experience in providing banking services to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)? Do you know how to get ahead of the competition? Do you understand the power of a well-motivated and well-equipped team? Do you feel you’ve done it all and are looking for your next big challenge? We can offer that and more!

We are Business & Finance Consulting (www.bfconsulting.com), an international consulting company specialised in establishing and upgrading MSME banking services in emerging markets. With more than 120 staff, we have been working with well-known development banks and international donors for over 21 years in around 80 countries in the Balkans, Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Does this sound interesting to you? Then our newly-opened vacancy for the full-time permanent position of International MSME Banking Expert might be the right next career step for you. Come and join our dynamic team!

Location: Any (remote work), with the possibility of travel
Type: Full time (8 hours/day, Monday to Friday)

We look for individuals who have at least 5 years of banking experience, including:

At least 3 years in a head office position, with at least 1 year in middle management position
Experience working as a full-time bank employee within the last 3 years
Strong experience with MSME segments, especially in the lending business
Experience with corporate or retail business is an advantage
Work experience at market leaders or international banks is an advantage
Fluent speaker either of Russian or of French

Your specific experience should include:

Business development, operational business planning, setting KPIs and budgeting
Hiring, training, motivating and leading staff
Sales and delivery channel management
Development and improvement of lending and non-lending financial products
Knowledge of trade finance products is an advantage
Credit analysis, credit risk assessment and underwriting, especially in the MSME segment
Experience with the agricultural customer segment is an advantage
Business process optimization, including costing analysis and cost optimization exercises
Digitalization and automation of business processes, particularly credit process workflows
Working with CRM systems, loan origination systems and scoring-based online lending
Data analysis, particularly experience with big data and management reporting/dashboards
Strong MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills
Knowledge of VBA and/or Power BI (or similar analytical tools) is a strong advantage
Fluency in written and spoken English and Russian
Strong writing skills
Flexibility to travel and spend >50% of your time out of your home country

In this position, you will:

Conduct diagnostic assessments of project partner financial institutions (PFIs)
Identify improvement potential, including developing concepts and project implementation plans
Develop internal procedures and tools for PFIs on the aforementioned areas
Support the implementation of recommendations in cooperation with PFI teams
Conduct effective training sessions and workshops
Write regular reports on project progress and impact