National Expert on Inclusive Capital Market and Institutional Development Strategy (BIMx)

The consultant will provide advice and support to the Moldova International Stock Exchange (BIMx) in developing an inclusive, gender-mainstreamed, and sustainability-oriented capital market and institutional development strategy. The role involves reviewing BIMx's business plan, advising on strategy development, supporting validation and recommendations, and providing practical support to BIMx management for business plan execution.

Responsibilities

• Review BIMx’s Business Plan, its institutional context, governance, and alignment with national strategies, and assess entry points for gender mainstreaming, inclusion, and sustainability.
• Produce an alignment matrix mapping the BIMx Business Plan and draft business development strategy.
• Use the UN Women Moldova needs assessment "Women Entrepreneurs' Access to Finance in Moldova" extending its evidence base and recommendations to the capital market context.
• Extend consultation process with BIMx's internal governance structures and relevant stakeholders.
• Advise and support BIMx in drafting a gender sensitive business development strategy including strategic objectives, priority actions, institutional arrangements, and a preliminary resourcing/budget outline.
• Ensure gender equality, inclusion and environmental/social sustainability are mainstreamed throughout the strategy including developing a monitoring and evaluation framework with gender-disaggregated and sustainability-related performance indicators.
• Consolidate the role of women on capital markets by increasing awareness among women-owned SMEs about equity financing and listing opportunities and promoting gender responsive corporate governance and WEPs.
• Develop a preliminary concept for a future BIMx stock market index linked to growth in the number of listed issuers.
• Support validation of the draft strategy with BIMx management, shareholders, board, and relevant stakeholders and finalize the document based on feedback.
• Develop recommendations for implementation and monitoring of the strategy and further support to BIMx.
• Support BIMx management in presenting and supporting the final strategy at the BIMx Board meeting.
• Develop a gender sensitive market attraction/engagement plan and promotional package to present and sell BIMx's listing and investment services to prospective issuers and investors.
• Provide periodic advisory/coaching touchpoints to the BIMx President on strategic and institutional development matters.
• Develop a simple KPI tracking tool for BIMx management to monitor progress against key indicators.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Law, Public Policy, or another discipline relevant to capital market and financial sector development is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in capital markets, financial sector development, banking, or institutional strategy development is required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing strategic documents, such as sector strategies, institutional development plans, roadmaps, or action plans is required.
• Prior experience advising financial market institutions, regulators, or exchanges on institutional development and market strategy is required.
• Experience engaging with government, financial institutions, business community in Moldova is required.
• Track record of producing high-quality technical reports, assessment documents, strategic documents, or policy guidance in both Romanian and English, is required.
• Demonstrated experience in integrating gender equality, social inclusion, and environmental/social sustainability (ESG) into assessments, strategies, policies, or institutional frameworks is an advantage.
• Experience working with or for international organizations, development programmes, or EU-funded projects is an advantage.
• Fluency in Romanian and working language in English is required.
• Knowledge of Russian language is an asset.

Skills

• Financial Market Development
• Banking Sector Development
• Institutional Strategy
• Strategic Document Preparation
• Policy Guidance
• Technical Report Preparation
• Institutional Development Advisory
• Market Strategy Advisory
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Gender Equality Integration
• Social Inclusion
• Environmental Social Governance
• Business Plan Review
• Financial Market Regulation
• International Organization Experience
• EU Project Experience
• Bilingual Reporting
• Romanian Language
• English Language

Languages

Romanian, English, Russian