Ref.No: 131
Position purpose
The Associate undertakes in-depth research into various sectors, entities and markets relating to the bank’s countries and areas of operation to support its core processes of project preparation, monitoring and analysis, as well as formulation of strategies. The Associate prepares and distributes regular information updates on economic trends and key developments in the Black Sea region. The Associate also conducts searches into the identity, reputation, and commercial and political interests of parties with whom the bank intends to conduct business.
Key functions and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Director, DER, the Associate:
- monitors selected business information sources and provides daily current awareness information services;
- provides ad hoc research support to project teams and financial analysts in the course of project preparation, monitoring and analysis;
- performs compliance checks for prospective and existing clients, as well as Enhanced Due Diligence checks, focusing on providing accurate information on financial integrity and the reputation of the client, as an integral required part of the Customer Due Diligence process;
- maintains the historical and current statistical information database on BSTDB member countries, providing consolidated and updated statistical information;
- maintains the Business Intelligence part of the Bank’s intranet;
- provides assistance to the bank’s staff in locating electronic and printed sources and in the use of bank’s information resources.
Required knowledge, Skills and Experience
- College or first University degree, or equivalent, in Information/Library Sciences, Humanities, Business Administration, Marketing or Statistics;
- At least 5 years of working experience in conducting market related research using a wide variety of business information sources (Google, etc.);
- Knowledge of market data and other information sources;
- Knowledge of the bank’s regions and sectors;
- Knowledge of, and interest in, emerging market economies and related data sources;
- Ability to exercise judgment and analytical skills;
- Information mining and retrieval skills;
- Excellent time management and ability to multi-task under pressure;
- Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills;
- Highly literate with excellent writing skills.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- A postgraduate degree or a professional qualification in Information Management;
- Knowledge of databases such as Factiva, World-Check 1, EMIS, etc.;
- Experience in the region of the BSTDB’s operations;
- Experience in an international development financial institution.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
For a candidate to participate in the competitive selection for this position, s/he must meet at least the following minimum requirements:
- At least a College or first University degree, or equivalent;
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience.
Application Procedure
Applicants must be nationals of the Bank’s Member States (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine).
In order for your application for the above vacancy to be considered valid, please:
- Complete the BSTDB Application Form in full:
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- Provide an answer to EACH question (box);
- If a question is not applicable to you, please write N/A;
- No additional documents (such as CV’s) will be considered.
- Send the completed BSTDB Application Form as an attachment to: recruit@bstdb.org. Please include in the subject line of the e-mail only the Reference Number of the vacancy you are applying for and your full name.
Example: 131 John Smith
You will receive an automatic response that your application has been successfully received.
The closing date for applications is Monday, 26 July, 17:30 pm (Greece Time).
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
this job offer is not open for applications
