Investment Officer Job Vacancy at Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust in Kampala, Uganda

Job Title: Investment Officer

About aBi Trust:

The Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust is an institution set up by the governments of Uganda and Denmark to support agribusiness initiatives in the country. In particular it is to support the private sector to increase their contribution to the agricultural sector by increasing productivity and competitiveness leading to poverty reduction through economic growth, wealth, and employment creation.
The vision of aBi Trust is of “competitive private sector led agriculture in Uganda” with the mission to” promote private sector driven agribusiness development to enhance wealth creation in the country.” aBi Trust implements its interventions through partners.

Job Summary:
The Investment Officer will perform due diligence on prospective financial institutions seeking lines of credit and other related products
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
 •Appraise potential financial institutions /proposals and market for agribusiness wholesale lending.
 •Appraise guarantee cases as submitted by partner financial institutions for the aBi finance’s approval
 •Train and sensitize partners for improved portfolio quality and timely reporting.
 •Monitor financial institutions closely on product utilization, fee / interest payments, beneficiary tracking and maturing repayments.
 •Support process of assembling relevant reports to management and Board.
 •Emphasize and protect high portfolio quality (Guarantee and Lines of Credit)
 •Maintain records, files pertaining to the Lines of Credit and Guarantee schemes including legal and collateral documentation.
 •Maintain outstanding guarantees, lines of credit and any other investments and propose actions where necessary.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
•The applicant should possess a Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, statistics and related professional courses from accredited institutions
•Additional training in credit analysis and risk management will be an added advantage
•At least three years in credit risk analysis
•Excellent analytical and report writing skills
How to Apply:
All interested persons who meet the above criteria should submit their application together with an updated CV and at least three (3) suitable referees and telephone contacts to; invo@abitrust.com

NB:  E-mail applications should not exceed 2MB
Deadline: 4th October 2013