Internship Opportunity at UNCDF 2019 in Dhaka

UNCDF provides seed capital, loans and targeted technical support to help development finance institutions reach more poor households and small businesses, and local governments finance the capital investments. In Bangladesh, UNCDF is implementing the Local Finance Initiative (LFI) programme methodologies and tools that are designed to unlock the flow of capital to invest small and medium-sized infrastructure projects that are required to accelerate local economic development and private sector development for IELD Bangladesh programme and Municipal Investment Finance programme.

The Intern (Investment) will work under the direct supervision of UNCDF’s Program Analyst (Investment), based in Dhaka, Bangladesh and will have constant supervision and guidance from the internship supervisor and the UNCDF programme management in Bangladesh and Region.

• Collect and compile relevant financial data and evidence from books of accounts, cash book, register, bank statement, balance sheet, others record, files and registers.
• Analyze business trends and market segments on SME’s, private sector, public private partnership, NGO’s social business and public sectors businesses.
• Produce and coordinate easy-to-use presentation and communication material including data dashboards, maps, graphs, charts, info-graphics, blogs and other presentation material.
• Synthesize program related financial research outcomes and lessons learned into formats tailored to LGI’s including municipalities, Private entrepreneurs and SMEs.
• Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.

Investment due diligence:

• Analyze investment related documentation (i.e. audited financial accounts, cash book, banking related documents, register, staff payment, maintained sales register, files and other documents check and validate.
• Verify financial report and data through cross-checking with different sources
• Detect irregularities, manipulated, irrelevant, tempered or any confused data (if any)
• Review and check authenticity of title deed, registration, ownership documents, utilities, rental document, bank sanction letter, bank statement, Tax, VAT related certification and documents.
• Cross check of various information related to inputs collection, machineries, production, product supply, value chain, marketing, environment, compliance management as well as issues related with human resources management
• Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.

Business proposal and business plan preparation:

• Assist in the preparation of draft business proposal including investment rational, financial projection, commercial assumption, commercial feasibility and risk management.
• Preparation of business development plan, year of year growth performance, considering sustainable business
• Preparation of report on existing business practices and prepare financial projection of proposed expansion of businesses based on field proposal
• Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.

Assess commercial feasibility, profitability, marketing and operations:

• Asses commercial feasibility, profitability and marketing operations of submitted proposal;
• Review different feasibility and market study report from the proposed businesses;
• Document lessons learned;
• Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.

Assess existing performance of financial management and accounting system:

• Assit with assesing overall financial governance of ongoing businesses;
• Assist financial management performance of the particular businesses;
• Assit with assesing existing accounting system and suggest / comments for further scope for development.