Investment and Access to Finance Senior Associate (Remote Flexibility) - Abt Global Inc.
Cambridge, MA
About the Job
The World at Abt
Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt. Creating a more equitable and sustainable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.
We are a team of 4,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment and energy do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.
To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and freedom. We’ll enable your entrepreneurial spirit to design your work as you deem fit, balancing your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.
Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.
The Opportunity
The Investment and Access to Finance Senior Associate in Abt’s Chief Solutions Organization (CSO) will provide expertise and technical leadership to primarily support Abt’s internationally focused Resilient Economies portfolio and with the opportunity to support other relevant international and US-focused portfolios.
The Investment and Access to Finance Senior Associate serves as a senior specialist to develop and apply relevant technical and equity-centered solutions to address program design and client needs, drawing from across Abt's capabilities and working with other subject matter experts within Abt’s CSO. The Senior Associate will bring a strong customer perspective in developing and incorporating these solutions into program design and delivery within the respective clients’ environments and contexts.
Core Responsibilities
+ Supports capture and bid of the Resilient Economies portfolio top opportunities and critical recompetes.
+ Supports, and may serve as, the opportunity lead and/or technical lead for capture and proposal efforts with USAID clients.
+ Engages with solution architects and other experts across all of Abt’s capability lines to craft effective, winning solutions that are responsive to the client’s needs and operating realities.
+ Helps to craft effective capture and win strategies and frequently serves as a color team reviewer to ensure that win strategies are implemented in bids.
+ Partners with portfolio lead, client account leads, project leads, and others to develop, lead, and execute client demand generation efforts, including the development and delivery of white papers and unsolicited proposals for new work.
+ On newly awarded opportunities, supports account and project leadership in standing up a ready and effective project team and technical, management, and staffing solutions fit to the client’s operating environment.
+ Serves as a technical advisor and/or project quality reviewer on projects within the portfolio, leveraging their domain and customer expertise.
+ Coaches and advises project leaders and other senior staff working on projects within the portfolio, specifically with respect to the client context.
+ Supports critical client conversations on projects and captures, to include helping to manage issues, address points of customer dissatisfaction, and gain the customer's assessment of Abt performance (e.g., "voice of the customer").
+ May serve in other direct-delivery roles on projects, to include as Project Director.
What We Value
+ Master’s Degree + 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD + 8 years of relevant experience
+ Proven technical expertise, recognized both within and outside the organization, as an expert and thought leader in mobilizing investments in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and improving access to capital for small and informal enterprises and economically or socially disadvantaged groups (e.g., investment facilities or funds, investment guarantees/first loss capital, transaction advisory, blended finance, value chain finance, leasing, insurance, and SME technical assistance windows).
+ Significant experience in business development roles and client relationship management with USAID and other clients.
+ Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness in understanding and advancing thought leadership in the investment and access to capital space.
+ Strong understanding of USAID, other international organizations, and partner countries’ agriculture, food security and economic growth strategies and priorities.
+ Familiarity with the linkages and opportunities to align agriculture and economic growth with climate change mitigation and adaptation investment strategies and instruments.
+ Has demonstrated the ability to integrate capabilities in research, technical assistance, digital and data solutions, and equity together into holistic solutions for pressing challenges and high priorities within agriculture and economic growth programming in LMICs.
+ Seeks, develops, and shares information that extends Abt’s knowledge of approaches to and implementation of investment and access to capital strategies to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Applies such information to guide development and delivery of concepts, theories, and products.
What We Offer
We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.
Abt Global Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $120,888.08 to $193,420.92 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.
Disclaimer : Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
#LI-TS1 #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid
Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt. Creating a more equitable and sustainable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.
We are a team of 4,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment and energy do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.
To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and freedom. We’ll enable your entrepreneurial spirit to design your work as you deem fit, balancing your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you.
Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.
The Opportunity
The Investment and Access to Finance Senior Associate in Abt’s Chief Solutions Organization (CSO) will provide expertise and technical leadership to primarily support Abt’s internationally focused Resilient Economies portfolio and with the opportunity to support other relevant international and US-focused portfolios.
The Investment and Access to Finance Senior Associate serves as a senior specialist to develop and apply relevant technical and equity-centered solutions to address program design and client needs, drawing from across Abt's capabilities and working with other subject matter experts within Abt’s CSO. The Senior Associate will bring a strong customer perspective in developing and incorporating these solutions into program design and delivery within the respective clients’ environments and contexts.
Core Responsibilities
+ Supports capture and bid of the Resilient Economies portfolio top opportunities and critical recompetes.
+ Supports, and may serve as, the opportunity lead and/or technical lead for capture and proposal efforts with USAID clients.
+ Engages with solution architects and other experts across all of Abt’s capability lines to craft effective, winning solutions that are responsive to the client’s needs and operating realities.
+ Helps to craft effective capture and win strategies and frequently serves as a color team reviewer to ensure that win strategies are implemented in bids.
+ Partners with portfolio lead, client account leads, project leads, and others to develop, lead, and execute client demand generation efforts, including the development and delivery of white papers and unsolicited proposals for new work.
+ On newly awarded opportunities, supports account and project leadership in standing up a ready and effective project team and technical, management, and staffing solutions fit to the client’s operating environment.
+ Serves as a technical advisor and/or project quality reviewer on projects within the portfolio, leveraging their domain and customer expertise.
+ Coaches and advises project leaders and other senior staff working on projects within the portfolio, specifically with respect to the client context.
+ Supports critical client conversations on projects and captures, to include helping to manage issues, address points of customer dissatisfaction, and gain the customer's assessment of Abt performance (e.g., "voice of the customer").
+ May serve in other direct-delivery roles on projects, to include as Project Director.
What We Value
+ Master’s Degree + 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD + 8 years of relevant experience
+ Proven technical expertise, recognized both within and outside the organization, as an expert and thought leader in mobilizing investments in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and improving access to capital for small and informal enterprises and economically or socially disadvantaged groups (e.g., investment facilities or funds, investment guarantees/first loss capital, transaction advisory, blended finance, value chain finance, leasing, insurance, and SME technical assistance windows).
+ Significant experience in business development roles and client relationship management with USAID and other clients.
+ Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness in understanding and advancing thought leadership in the investment and access to capital space.
+ Strong understanding of USAID, other international organizations, and partner countries’ agriculture, food security and economic growth strategies and priorities.
+ Familiarity with the linkages and opportunities to align agriculture and economic growth with climate change mitigation and adaptation investment strategies and instruments.
+ Has demonstrated the ability to integrate capabilities in research, technical assistance, digital and data solutions, and equity together into holistic solutions for pressing challenges and high priorities within agriculture and economic growth programming in LMICs.
+ Seeks, develops, and shares information that extends Abt’s knowledge of approaches to and implementation of investment and access to capital strategies to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Applies such information to guide development and delivery of concepts, theories, and products.
What We Offer
We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.
Abt Global Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $120,888.08 to $193,420.92 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.
Disclaimer : Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
#LI-TS1 #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid
Source : Abt Global Inc.