The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has been active in the Philippines for more than 40 years and established an office in Manila in 1977. To complement its growing investments, IFC is expanding its advisory services to include public-private partnerships and private sector development. IFC, with support from the Governments of Australia and Canada, established a multilateral program to support the development of small and medium enterprises.
To further its Advisory Services work, IFC is currently seeking a Consultant on SME Banking
SCOPE OF THE JOB
This consultancy will result in the production of a report that will include the following:
Market Sizing and Understanding:
• Assessment of the reachable small business and medium-sized business markets;
Defining and Pricing Needed Capacity Building Advisory Services
• Provide a deeper analysis of the gaps in a bank’s current microfinance and SME lending methodologies and capacity;
• Proposed changes to a bank’s SME strategy,
• Details of all the consultancy assignments that are estimated to be required to achieve efficient, safe and profitable SME
banking,
Cost and Revenue Projections
• A detailed assessment of the volume of extra revenues and profits that can be expected from SME banking,
• A detailed description of all the costs involved in implementing the SME banking strategy
Provide a Baseline for Understanding the Impact of SME Banking
• Obtain baseline figures for all output and impact parameters
• Future targets for all listed indicators, per period.
QUALIFICATIONS AND POSITION REQUIREMENTSThe consultant chosen should be:
• A highly experienced, internationally recognized banker with SME banking experience as Project Manager;
• Should have at least 10 years’ banking experience, including min. 5 years of SME banking, with a good reputation and strong track record;
• Proven, documented successes in SME banking projects;
• Experience in East Asia, ideally in the Philippines, is highly desirable.
For more information and to view the detailed Request for Proposal, click this link:
http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/eastasia.nsf/Content/Opportunities.
Please submit your CVs to
[email protected] on or before Tuesday, 11 September 2007.
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ELSA BAYSIC - SUMIDO
General Manager
Philippines-Canada Cooperation Office (PCCO)
The Program Support Unit of CIDA in the Philippines
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