Assistant manager

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

Project delivery, research, and technical support

Take ownership of defined work streams and support client assignments; lead smaller or shorter assignments under the supervision of senior team members, where appropriate.

Plan and conduct primary and secondary research, including literature reviews, interviews, field surveys, focus group discussions, market research, and data analysis, as required.

Structure problems, analyse evidence, and synthesise findings into high-quality reports, presentations, briefs, tools, and recommendations relevant to client needs.

Support advisory work across financial inclusion themes, including diagnostics, product or channel development, ecosystem assessments, implementation and pilot support, and policy or regulatory analysis.

Client and stakeholder engagement

Engage professionally with clients and ecosystem stakeholders, including financial service providers, regulators, government agencies, development partners, private-sector organisations, and industry actors.

Participate in and, where appropriate, support the facilitation of client meetings, workshops, field visits, and stakeholder consultations; prepare materials and document decisions and follow-up actions.

Coordinate with IFE colleagues and cross-functional MSC teams to ensure smooth delivery, timely communication, and quality outputs. Be willing to travel within Bangladesh and occasionally internationally, as assignments require.

Business development and knowledge support

Support concept notes, expressions of interest (EOIs), proposals, and technical approaches for opportunities from clients, donors, governments, and development partners.

Conduct market and background research on prospective clients, emerging themes, policy developments, and industry trends to support business development and practice growth.

Contribute to MSC's knowledge leadership through focus notes, briefing notes, blogs, case studies, toolkits, and other publications on inclusive finance topics.

Contribute ideas and market intelligence to help identify and pursue opportunities that expand MSC's inclusive finance advisory portfolio in Bangladesh.

Requirements

Educational qualification

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in economics, finance, business, public administration, development studies, social sciences, or a related field.

Required knowledge and skills

Exposure to one or more areas of the inclusive finance ecosystem, such as banking and microfinance, digital financial services and payments, sustainable finance, product and market development, or ecosystem development.

Experience delivering projects or defined workstreams, including planning activities, coordinating stakeholders, managing timelines, and producing high-quality deliverables.

Strong primary and secondary research experience, with the ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information and translate evidence into practical recommendations.

Experience working with financial institutions, development partners, government or regulatory stakeholders, private-sector actors, or other ecosystem participants in Bangladesh is preferred. Regulatory familiarity is an added advantage.