Community Development Banking List
12-07-2009, 02:34 PM
Original message from: LBonham@cfsinnovation.com
The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) is the nation's leading authority on financial services for underbanked consumers. Since 2004, its programs have focused on informing, connecting and investing - gathering enhanced intelligence, brokering and supporting productive industry relationships and fostering best-in-class products and strategies. CFSI works with leaders and innovators in the business, government and non-profit sectors to transform the financial services landscape. CFSI is a non-profit affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation, America's first and leading community development and environmental banking corporation. For more on CFSI, go to www.cfsinnovation.com<http://www.cfsinnovation.com>. ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com>.') For more on ShoreBank, go to www.shorebankcorp.com<http://www.shorebankcorp.com>. ('http://www.shorebankcorp.com>.')
The innovation manager is responsible for working with the innovation director to develop strategies for expanding the quantity and quality of financial products, services and strategies for underbanked consumers. A critical component of this work will be conducting research, writing reports and producing content for CFSI dissemination. Much of this research will be conducted in partnership with others, requiring strong interpersonal skills, project management capability and leadership ability.
The research conducted by CFSI focuses on what we consider the core drivers of effective change: improved understanding of consumer needs, identification and support of best practices solutions, dissemination and increased awareness of what works, and the development of innovations around what missing links remain. In particular, CFSI focuses on how to increase the opportunities that underbanked consumers have to save, access credit and conduct transactions via innovative products and technologies such as prepaid cards or mobile financial services.
Responsibilities include:
1. Work with the Innovation Director and CFSI team to develop and implement a strategy to achieve the CFSI vision for each innovation area (such as savings, credit or prepaid cards), taking a leadership role for a sub-set of the innovation areas.
2. Conceive of and execute multi-method research projects (usually conducted with partners), such as consumer research studies, analyses of industry economics, development of financial models or implementation of in-market pilots.
3. Partner with Networks team to vet, develop and manage research partnerships.
4. Manage consultants, vendors, partnerships and interns to produce reports, research analysis and other deliverables.
5. Keep current on financial services trends and happenings. Create tools to communicate trends both to internal staff and to the wider financial services industry.
6. Research and write white papers, best practice studies, policy briefs and trend analyses on a variety of financial services topics related to the underbanked.
7. Create effective presentations and content, and as necessary, present this information at Center events or industry conferences.
8. Manage the Center's research archives and knowledge management tools, including its growing resource library, and increase the organization's quantitative and industry research capacity.
9. Serve as a resource to external Center stakeholders, providing advice and information to both for-profits and non-profits; interface with industry experts and leaders on innovation areas and ensure that pertinent information is filtered to Center staff
10. Work collaboratively with other team members on the full range of Center activities; serve as a resource for other ShoreBank companies.
Qualifications & Characteristics
1. Demonstrated skills in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and analysis.
2. Financial services industry knowledge strongly preferred. Financial modeling and/or business planning expertise a plus.
3. Strong desire to be engaged in mission-related work. Community development experience a plus.
4. Superior writing and oral communications skills.
5. Entrepreneurial: must be comfortable in a highly collaborative environment.
6. Ability to work independently.
7. 5 - 7 years of work experience preferred.
8. Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred.
9. Strategic planning skills a plus
10. Demonstrated software skills in word processing, graphics and PowerPoint applications. Demonstrated skills with statistical software packages and data sources.
Please submit resumes, with a writing sample, to resumes@cfsinnovation.com<mailto:resumes@cfsinnovation.com?subject=Innovatio n%20Manager>. Please include "innovation manager" in the subject line.
Lorie Bonham, Communication Manager
Center for Financial Services Innovation
An Affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation
312.881.5807 | lbonham@cfsinnovation.com
http://www.cfsinnovation.com ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com')
Register for the 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
June 9-11, 2010 | Miami, FL | www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10<http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10> ('http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10>')
The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) is the nation's leading authority on financial services for underbanked consumers. Since 2004, its programs have focused on informing, connecting and investing - gathering enhanced intelligence, brokering and supporting productive industry relationships and fostering best-in-class products and strategies. CFSI works with leaders and innovators in the business, government and non-profit sectors to transform the financial services landscape. CFSI is a non-profit affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation, America's first and leading community development and environmental banking corporation. For more on CFSI, go to www.cfsinnovation.com<http://www.cfsinnovation.com>. ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com>.') For more on ShoreBank, go to www.shorebankcorp.com<http://www.shorebankcorp.com>. ('http://www.shorebankcorp.com>.')
The innovation manager is responsible for working with the innovation director to develop strategies for expanding the quantity and quality of financial products, services and strategies for underbanked consumers. A critical component of this work will be conducting research, writing reports and producing content for CFSI dissemination. Much of this research will be conducted in partnership with others, requiring strong interpersonal skills, project management capability and leadership ability.
The research conducted by CFSI focuses on what we consider the core drivers of effective change: improved understanding of consumer needs, identification and support of best practices solutions, dissemination and increased awareness of what works, and the development of innovations around what missing links remain. In particular, CFSI focuses on how to increase the opportunities that underbanked consumers have to save, access credit and conduct transactions via innovative products and technologies such as prepaid cards or mobile financial services.
Responsibilities include:
1. Work with the Innovation Director and CFSI team to develop and implement a strategy to achieve the CFSI vision for each innovation area (such as savings, credit or prepaid cards), taking a leadership role for a sub-set of the innovation areas.
2. Conceive of and execute multi-method research projects (usually conducted with partners), such as consumer research studies, analyses of industry economics, development of financial models or implementation of in-market pilots.
3. Partner with Networks team to vet, develop and manage research partnerships.
4. Manage consultants, vendors, partnerships and interns to produce reports, research analysis and other deliverables.
5. Keep current on financial services trends and happenings. Create tools to communicate trends both to internal staff and to the wider financial services industry.
6. Research and write white papers, best practice studies, policy briefs and trend analyses on a variety of financial services topics related to the underbanked.
7. Create effective presentations and content, and as necessary, present this information at Center events or industry conferences.
8. Manage the Center's research archives and knowledge management tools, including its growing resource library, and increase the organization's quantitative and industry research capacity.
9. Serve as a resource to external Center stakeholders, providing advice and information to both for-profits and non-profits; interface with industry experts and leaders on innovation areas and ensure that pertinent information is filtered to Center staff
10. Work collaboratively with other team members on the full range of Center activities; serve as a resource for other ShoreBank companies.
Qualifications & Characteristics
1. Demonstrated skills in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and analysis.
2. Financial services industry knowledge strongly preferred. Financial modeling and/or business planning expertise a plus.
3. Strong desire to be engaged in mission-related work. Community development experience a plus.
4. Superior writing and oral communications skills.
5. Entrepreneurial: must be comfortable in a highly collaborative environment.
6. Ability to work independently.
7. 5 - 7 years of work experience preferred.
8. Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred.
9. Strategic planning skills a plus
10. Demonstrated software skills in word processing, graphics and PowerPoint applications. Demonstrated skills with statistical software packages and data sources.
Please submit resumes, with a writing sample, to resumes@cfsinnovation.com<mailto:resumes@cfsinnovation.com?subject=Innovatio n%20Manager>. Please include "innovation manager" in the subject line.
Lorie Bonham, Communication Manager
Center for Financial Services Innovation
An Affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation
312.881.5807 | lbonham@cfsinnovation.com
http://www.cfsinnovation.com ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com')
Register for the 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
June 9-11, 2010 | Miami, FL | www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10<http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10> ('http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10>')