Job Description
Job Summary
The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting entrepreneurs (KCIC clients) to be become bankable or investor ready by providing client tailored technical assistance and support to Start-ups, SMEs and Community Based Organizations through business advisory services, organizing business trainings, coaching clients and linking clients to financiers, markets and relevant resources.
Responsibilities
• Provide business advisory and financial analysis support to clients to support climate technology innovators;
• Analyze and evaluate programme requirements to ensure alignment of client’s strategy and the prevailing economic and technological advances through conducting client baseline/assessments;
• Nurture early-stage enterprises through market feasibility studies, product development, customer acquisition and revenue generation support;
• Support portfolio clients through research support in their areas of operation knowledge sharing and ensure collection of data for monitoring and evaluation purposes
• Prepare financial models for enterprises to foster growth and scale up of enterprises;
• Support portfolio clients to develop bankable business plans / investment proposals/ Investment pitches;
• Analyze business needs for translation into technical requirements and propose mentorship solutions to the identified business problems;
• Identify business training needs for clients and their eventual facilitating preparations;
• Identify suitable events to promote KCIC’S profile and generate client leads;
• Maintain and monitor work schedules for periodic reporting to achieve programme objectives.
Qualifications
• Minimum of Bachelor’ s degree in business related courses.
• Professional qualifications in CPA, ACCA and CFA desired.
• Over 3 years’ experience in business development services, strategic or management consulting, or in providing technical business assistance ideally working with startup, early stage entrepreneurs, Community Based Organizations, and Self Help `groups.
• Experience in the critical analysis of a business, investment plans and financial statements;
• Experience working with the Climate Change sector is an added advantage;
• Good interpersonal skills with an ability to work with a diverse mix of professionals.
• Ability to work in an environment of constant change;
• Ability to solve problems and make critical decisions;
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.