Thank you for your interest in working with Accion!
Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of — or poorly served by — the financial sector. For nearly 60 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through our work with more than 160 partners in 55 countries.
Accion recruits individuals with whom we can build a strong, mutually beneficial and lasting relationship. We seek to hire highly competent and dynamic professionals who are committed to fighting poverty and who share our vision. Some of the criteria we use to identify potential staff are:
- Specific skills and experience that match our needs;
- A high level of achievement in their career and/or studies;
- An approach to work that fits our organizational culture and values; and
- A positive attitude and motivation to excel.
In addition, we welcome candidates with diverse backgrounds and consider people at all career stages.
You will never receive unsolicited communication or e-mail regarding potential employment, or an invitation to submit applications to/from an email address that doesn’t end in “@accion.org,” Treat any such communications as fraudulent activity, and please never respond, send money or pass on personal details.
About Accion
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
The Accion Advisory team combines decades of on-the-ground experience with insights into new technologies to help our partners become more sustainable and scalable. We work with a variety of organizations focused on serving the financial needs of low-income people and businesses in emerging markets. With a presence in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, our team provides strategic and operational support to strengthen our partners and maximize their impact on underserved customers.
Our team is comprised of Regional Program Managers (RPMs) and their teams who are responsible for driving new business, bringing local context and hands on experience to meet customer needs; and Practice Area Leads who are technical area experts responsible for building the Advisory team’s expertise in core areas, driving execution excellence, and capturing synergies across technical practice areas and regions. The Practice Area Leads seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the execution of our engagements and to develop reusable tools and collateral for specific areas of expertise that Accion Advisory brings to all of our clients.
Position Summary
The Accion Advisory Team is seeking a Vice President of Practice Area Program Management, who will be part of the Accion Advisory leadership team and directly oversee the Accion Advisory Practice Areas. This will include managing senior level Practice Area Leads for Product Development, Customer Capability Building, Data Management and Analysis, and Operations & Technology, and providing guidance to leads for Risk Management, People & Culture, and various strategic initiatives around Agri finance and Women’s Economic Empowerment. The successful candidate will be passionate about re-imagining the delivery of financial products to underserved customers in this digital society and have experience working with and building financial products for underserved market segments as well as prior consulting firm experience.
Global remote: Washington DC, Europe or Asia are the preferred locations.
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
Our Accion Advisory Team is a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with a wide range of financial service providers and other partners across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “what if?” Our core expertise is advanced and supported by our Practice Areas which include customer capability building, data management & analytics, operations & technology, people & culture, product development, and risk management.
Position Summary
The Accion Advisory team is seeking a summer graduate intern with a passion for social change in the financial inclusion space. The individual will work closely with leaders within our team in building out master concept notes, supporting partner identification and working with technical experts as they update/create tools and trainings specific to Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) within their respective areas.
About Accion
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
Accion Advisory partners with a wide range of partners (e.g. financial service providers, corporates, Fintechs, etc) around the globe to better meet the financial and other needs of undeserved individuals and small businesses. Leveraging innovations in technology and financial services, we provide strategic operational support to our partners to help them remain the providers of choice in their dynamic markets.
Position Summary
A scalable and sustainable way to increase financial access is to provide financial products and services through digital channels, value chains and ecosystem partners. Accion is committed to increasing financial access through partnerships with Financial Service Providers (FSP), platform players and enablers that cater to the Micro and Small Enterprise (MSME) segment. This can be achieved by designing and developing world-class financial products, services and tools and implementing them at scale.
This role will focus on working with FSPs, digital platforms, Fintechs, and alternative data providers to adopt and scale digital credit products and value-added services through embedded finance models. It will require the design, development and implementation of product/service features, frameworks/guidelines, scoring models and tools that enhance and encourage uptake of digital credit products and help with managing the growth and quality of credit portfolios that are generated through these models.
The ideal candidate will have regional experience from countries across Africa in digital transformation, product development (for digital credit products to MSMEs, micro and small preferred), and credit and risk management, leveraging MSE-focused digital credit/embedded finance, with some exposure to working with a range of FSP and platform (e-commerce, FMCG, gig-work, supply chain) models. Practical experience in other, non-African markets is highly desirable.
This position will bring knowledge and experience related to designing and implementing digital financial products and applying frameworks, methods, tools, and techniques to help address client issues, manage credit risk, and take the lead in solutions and implementing change. In collaboration with the partner senior management teams, this position will lead the creation of a digital strategy, product definitions, and development of digitally enabled credit and/or embedded finance product roadmaps and work with cross-functional teams to develop the product lifecycle, from identifying user needs, planning the business case, to creating products and services that are valuable, usable, and feasible.
Preferred Locations: Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya.
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
Position Summary
Accion’s Human Resources team is looking for a Director, Talent and Culture who is passionate about designing and implementing high quality learning and employee engagement programs that boost employee growth and cultivate a high-performing, engaged, and inclusive workforce.
The Director plays a key role in strengthening a global culture of learning, engagement, and inclusion while ensuring that all learning and organizational effectiveness activities are strategically aligned with our mission and values. The Director is responsible for developing and implementing creative employee learning programs and engagement strategies to support organizational priorities. The Director also leads Accion’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Committee and has a unique opportunity to influence organizational culture and champion practices that make Accion a diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work.
This position reports to the Chief Talent Officer and is a key member of our Human Resources (HR) team.
About Accion
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
Accion Advisory partners with a wide range of partners (e.g. financial service providers, corporates, Fintechs, etc) around the globe to better meet the financial and other needs of undeserved individuals and small businesses. Leveraging innovations in technology and financial services, we provide strategic operational support to our partners to help them remain the providers of choice in their dynamic markets.
Ovante
Ovante was created by Accion Advisory as an in-housed web platform built to scale across Latin America. The end users of Ovante are microentrepreneurs who can access the platform directly from their cellphone or desktop. The platform consists of 17different topics around managerial, financial, and digital skill building and guides its users through the different course contents, introducing incentives for them to finish each topic, and providing them with tools to apply concepts learned on Ovante in their day-to-day businesses.
Ovante aims to not only provide business concepts once, but to maintain an ongoing dialogue with entrepreneurs to support the evolution of their businesses and help guide them in accessing financial services from which they could benefit. Ovante help users to have easier access to credit by providing financial services providers with alternative data that can be used to complement a credit assessment and increase the chances of Ovante´s users to get a loan.
Project Summary
Engage 100,000 MSMEs (micro, small, and medium businesses) to use Ovante through a collaborative approach with strategic partners in Mexico.
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 230 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
Position Summary
Accion seeks an experienced, strong and effective Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who will provide strategic and daily financial leadership to a global organization that continues to drive innovation in the financial inclusion industry.
Accion has grown in complexity over the last few years and is projected to continue to do so. In addition to increasing strategic complexity, the organization has the responsibility of integrating and operating multiple entities and subsidiaries across multiple geographies, including Accion Impact Management (AIM), an SEC Registered Investment Advisor, created to manage impact investment funds with third party investors.
This increasing scope, combined with multiple investment fund considerations and the exploration of new business models, means that there will be a greater need to assess strategic considerations, determine appropriate structuring, and evaluate the accounting and tax implications. The CFO will ensure proper financial systems, processes and controls, and financial
integrity through appropriate management, planning, accounting and financial reporting, audit, and control/compliance.
The Chief Financial Officer will be a member of Accion’s senior leadership team and report to Accion’s President and CEO; they will liaise closely with the Finance & Audit Committee.
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory:
We are a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with financial service providers and other partners worldwide to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “What if?” In this position, the Accion Advisory team is seeking an Associate in Product Development who is passionate about financial inclusion and delivery of financial products to underserved customers and the digital transformation of organizations that serve these customers.
Position Summary
This position reports to the Accion Advisory team's Senior Director of Product Development. The Associate will work under the Senior Director's direction and will be responsible for strategic partner and program management for initiatives with external partners. The partners include Financial Services Providers, Startups, Industry Bodies, and other financial services or product development organizations. The Accion Advisory team has prioritized Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as one of the strategic areas. We are exploring the potential of DPIs such as Account Aggregator (AA) and Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) to build new financial products with the help of partners. The Associate will play an important role in identifying such partners and managing the relationships as part of our current projects and business development efforts.
About Accion
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
We are a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with financial service providers and other partners worldwide to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “what if?” In this position, the Accion Advisory team is seeking a Senior Specialist in Product Development who is passionate about financial inclusion and delivery of financial products to underserved customers and the digital transformation of organizations that serve these customers.
Position Summary
This position reports to the Accion Advisory team's Senior Director and Global Practice Lead for Agriculture. As an Associate, you will work on projects that aim to enhance customers' financial inclusion and resilience along the Agri-value chain. You will help our clients, mainly financial service providers serving smallholder farmers and agribusinesses, to design and implement customer-centric financial products and services that address their needs and preferences. You will also collaborate with various Agri-value chain stakeholders, such as Agritech, platforms, aggregators, input suppliers, processors, and buyers, to understand their pain points, opportunities, and solutions. You will support the Agriculture Practice Lead and other team members in developing Accion's strategy in the Agri-practice area, which includes conducting market research, building partnerships, developing knowledge products, identifying new business opportunities, and supporting proposal development.
Location: Mumbai, India
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory
We are a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with a wide range of financial service providers and other partners across the world to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “what if?” In this position the Accion Advisory team is seeking an Associate, Data, Operations and Technology who is passionate about financial inclusion and delivery of financial products to underserved customers and the digital transformation of organizations that serve these customers.
Position Summary
This position reports to the Senior Director, Operations and Technology, in the Accion Advisory team. The Associate assesses how organizations are performing and helps them improve their products, processes and systems. He / She conducts research and analysis to come up with solutions to business problems and helps to introduce these solutions to businesses and their clients. The Associate works under the direction of the Senior Director to define the approach and implementation of the prioritized areas of support, create the roadmap and solution portfolio based on problem statements and industry trends, ensure the optimization and standardization of the implementation of new products and services, and create a formalized approach for knowledge management.
Location for this position: Mumbai, India
About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people who are failed by the global financial system. We develop and scale responsible digital financial solutions for small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women, so they can make informed decisions and improve their lives. Through targeted investment strategies, advisory solutions, and expert thought leadership, we work with local partners to develop and scale cheaper, more accessible, and customer-friendly financial solutions. Since 1961, Accion has helped build more than 235 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching more than 350 million people. More at https://www.accion.org.
About Accion Advisory:
Accion Advisory partners with a wide range of partners (e.g. financial service providers, corporates, Fintechs, etc) around the globe to better meet the financial and other needs of undeserved individuals and small businesses. Leveraging innovations in technology and financial services, we provide strategic operational support to our partners to help them remain the providers of choice in their dynamic markets.
Position Summary
This position will work closely with the Managing Director (MD) on developing engaging collateral and presentations, supporting, and improving operational processes for the Advisory team, and planning and supporting team gatherings, also supporting the new business proposal process and technical initiatives. This position will support and develop strategies for communication, talent, and knowledge sharing and play a facilitator role within the Accion Advisory leadership team.
Accion Advisory is looking for a candidate who has a good understanding of inclusive finance as well as the broader consulting landscape. The candidate must be exceptionally organized and able to complete tasks with limited guidance, share knowledge and expertise with the team, and develop and evaluate systems for tracking Accion Advisory activities. The individual must have strong communication skills, excellent writing skills and have the desire to learn and improve project management skills. The candidate must be a strategic thinker, understand the consulting ecosystem and have some experience pushing forward project objectives. Since this position will be working on sensitive matters closely with the Managing Director, her leadership team and high-level stakeholders, they must have a superior political acumen, strong sense of discretion and good judgement. They must be highly motivated with a strong work ethic and the ability to juggle competing priorities. As a small organization, the candidate is expected to be a team player and contribute to evolving agendas.
This position will report into the Managing Director, Accion Advisory and participate in departmental meetings, be involved in planning, and coordinate closely with all teams across Accion Advisory and Accion.