Access to Finance Manager - USAID (Contract Role)

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In support of the Southeast Asia Smart Power Program of the U.S. Government, USAID seeks to support Southeast Asia's energy sector transformation to an accessible, clean, secure, and market-driven sector by promoting energy trade, mobilizing investment in the deployment of advanced energy systems, enhancing power system flexibility, increasing competitiveness, and a net-zero global emissions goal that supports growing private sector engagements in Southeast Asia to create investment opportunities for U.S. companies.
The purpose of the USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness (IPSC) Activity is to remove constraints and build the competitiveness of small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam, including those led by vulnerable populations. With this activity, USAID/Vietnam is supporting Vietnam's competitiveness vertically at the policy, market, and firm level; and horizontally by working along the entire spectrum of enterprise growth models, from household businesses transforming into registered firms to small firms on the cusp of scaling up. Deloitte Consulting LLP ("Deloitte") is implementing this Activity on behalf of USAID. The Agency for Enterprise Development (AED) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is the Vietnam Government counterpart of IPSC.
IPSC is comprised of four interrelated Objectives:
• Objective 1. Building business management capacity of SGBs, including those led by vulnerable populations.
• Objective 2. Improving efficiency and productivity by promoting innovation, technology adoption, and sustainable business models.
• Objective 3. Enhancing the business enabling environment (BEE) for a broad-based inclusive economy.
• Objective 4. Strengthening business-to-business (B2B) and cross-sectoral linkages.
Work you will do
The Access to Finance Manager will perform financial assessments to identify and address the key factors affecting the lack of financial products and available funding for SGBs. The Access to Finance Manager is responsible for improving access to finance of the targeted sectors by designing and executing effective strategies to support IPSC implementation.
Work location: Project office in Ha Noi.
• Conduct assessments and analysis to identify the financial management gaps and challenges faced by SGBs and develop strategies and initiatives to enhance the financial management capabilities of SGBs.
• Lead a mapping exercise of the current landscape of financial platforms that are available for SBGs to access financing.
• Identify capacity gaps in financial institutions and lead implementation of capacity building support to SGBs and banks designed to improve their lending and savings products for SGBs.
• Develop and supervise delivery of training programs and technical assistance to SGBs, financial institutions as well as value chain actors including facilitation of in-depth technical assistance, i.e. developing business plan, developing financial proposal ... for successful access to finance.
• Work with commercial banks to design the new loan products that is suitable and easy-to-access for SMEs in general and especially IPSC's SGBs.
• Collaborate with financial institutions to design new innovative financial products that helps SMEs better approach to capital
• Work with commercial banks, investment funds, supply chain actors to identify resources and facilitate for increasing investment in the adoption of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) standards and practices; provide technical support and guidance to partner institutions, as well as SGBs.
• Identify and document financial constraints in selected sectors and develop strategies to address them.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with regional and local level banks, microfinance institutions, cooperatives, partner institutions, collaborators, private sector players, and key associated stakeholders.
• In conjunction with the MEL Manager, collect and report on relevant data for reporting to USAID and project partners (number of SGBs with improved access to finance and amount of US$ mobilized).
• Contribute regular inputs for IPSC's weekly, quarterly, and annual reporting, in addition to creating success stories as required.
• Carry out additional tasks, as per the request of the Business Ecosystem Director within the scope and expertise.