Our client, a European institution, is looking for a business planning and allocation who speaks English fluently. This is a temporary contract.
The selected candidate manages the following responsibilities :
* Implement the deal allocation process operationally (i.e. to prepare, organise and over time lead internal deal allocation meetings, prepare draft minutes, check data completeness and quality, check relevant documents, prepare required rationale for allocation decisions, etc).
* Provide guidance for further development & improvement of the deal allocation model.
* Assist in the development of tools and dashboards to streamline the deal allocation process execution.
* Assist in the improvement or update of the deal allocation process and model documentation.
* Execute a data quality control exercise on the investment preferences of equity mandates by conducting an analysis of the set of investment criteria prepared by the investment teams and compare with the variables required by the model.
* Deal allocation process execution is run and documented accurately and in a timely manner.
* Over time, preparation of other tools and dashboards to facilitate the process execution.
Preparation or update of the process documentation when necessary.
* He ideally has the following qualifications:
* University degree in Business Administration, International Business, European Studies, Economic Studies, Engineering or similar.
* Good knowledge and understanding of financial institutions', activities and market.
* Good understanding of financial institution's products (with a focus on equity business line).
* Good understanding of EU's scope, institutions and policy objectives.
* Prior experience in data analysis, banking/finance, consulting or in public institutions (e.g. development bank or NPI).
* Prior project management and coordination experience.
* Fluency in common IT tools (MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint).
* Any familiarity with advanced Excel functionalities or other data analysis tools will be considered an asset (notably SQL, Alteryx, Tableau, or similar).
The candidate has the following key competencies :
* Good drafting, analysis and synthesis skills.
* Good interpersonal skills;
* Excellent written and spoken English. Knowledge of other EU languages would be considered an advantage.
* Ability to work efficiently under pressure, multitask, self-organise and meet strict deadlines, while at the same time delivering high-quality results.
* Ability to discriminate between taking initiative and working autonomously under given objectives vs. seeking for guidance or approval by team hierarchy.