ABOUT ADB
The Albanian Development Bank (ADB) is a newly established public financial institution, established pursuant to Law No. 23/2025 “On the Albanian Development Bank”, which defines its legal status, governance framework, and operational principles. The Bank operates as a joint-stock company with the State of Albania as majority shareholder and is currently in its institutional setup and operational launch phase.
ADB’s mission is to promote sustainable economic, social, and environmental development by addressing market failures and financing gaps, improving access to finance, and supporting underserved segments of the economy. In line with its mandate, the Bank supports SMEs, strategic sectors, infrastructure development, and financial inclusion, while operating in accordance with principles of transparency, financial sustainability, and alignment with international best practices.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Credit Administration and Back Office Administration Senior Specialist (Team Leader) will support the establishment and implementation of the institution’s operational processes, back-office workflows, transaction administration, credit and guarantee administration procedures, document handling, and operational controls.
The role contributes to ensuring that the institution develops practical, reliable, and well-controlled operational arrangements for its launch phase, including the administration of financial products, internal workflows, documentation flows, approvals, transaction records, and post-approval follow-up.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the design, documentation, and implementation of operational and back-office processes, including transaction flows, approval flows, documentation handling, internal controls, and record-keeping arrangements.
- Administer approved credit, guarantee, and other financial product files.
- Maintain structured documentation files and operational records.
- Map and implement workflows across business, risk, approval, and back-office functions.
- Monitor conditions precedent, covenants, disbursement requirements, and post-approval actions.
- Support transaction processing, settlements, confirmations, and related operational controls.
- Coordinate with business, risk, legal, finance, treasury, and compliance functions.
- Develop and maintain checklists, templates, registers, and standard operating procedures.
- Identify operational gaps, documentation deficiencies, and control issues requiring escalation.
- Support operational readiness activities, testing, and implementation of procedures and workflows.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Requirements (mandatory):
- University degree, preferably Master’s level, in Economics, Finance, Banking, Business Administration, Accounting, Law, or a related field.
- Proven experience in banking operations, back office, credit administration, loan administration, guarantee administration, transaction processing, documentation control, or a closely related operational role.
- Good understanding of banking documentation, operational workflows, approval processes, and internal controls.
- Strong command of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to maintain accurate records, registers, trackers, checklists, and operational files.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Albanian.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, discretion, and follow-up discipline.
- Ability to work effectively in a small institution with evolving structures, priorities, procedures, and systems.
- Must be resident in Albania and legally eligible to work in the Republic of Albania.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in commercial banking, development finance, public financial institutions, or financial services.
- Experience with credit, guarantee, and collateral documentation.
- Knowledge of credit lifecycle processes, operational risk controls, and KYC/AML interfaces.
- Experience with core banking systems, document management systems, payment systems, or workflow tools.
- Experience developing operational procedures, process maps, templates, and control frameworks.
- Experience working with consultants, advisors, financial institutions, and multi-stakeholder environments.
- Knowledge of Italian will be considered an advantage.
The selected candidate should be practical, accurate, well-organized, and able to help build controlled operational processes for a new institution.
ABOUT ADB
The Albanian Development Bank (ADB) is a newly established public financial institution, established pursuant to Law No. 23/2025 “On the Albanian Development Bank”, which defines its legal status, governance framework, and operational principles. The Bank operates as a joint-stock company with the State of Albania as majority shareholder and is currently in its institutional setup and operational launch phase.
ADB’s mission is to promote sustainable economic, social, and environmental development by addressing market failures and financing gaps, improving access to finance, and supporting underserved segments of the economy. In line with its mandate, the Bank supports SMEs, strategic sectors, infrastructure development, and financial inclusion, while operating in accordance with principles of transparency, financial sustainability, and alignment with international best practices.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Credit Administration and Back Office Administration Senior Specialist (Team Leader) will support the establishment and implementation of the institution’s operational processes, back-office workflows, transaction administration, credit and guarantee administration procedures, document handling, and operational controls.
The role contributes to ensuring that the institution develops practical, reliable, and well-controlled operational arrangements for its launch phase, including the administration of financial products, internal workflows, documentation flows, approvals, transaction records, and post-approval follow-up.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the design, documentation, and implementation of operational and back-office processes, including transaction flows, approval flows, documentation handling, internal controls, and record-keeping arrangements.
- Administer approved credit, guarantee, and other financial product files.
- Maintain structured documentation files and operational records.
- Map and implement workflows across business, risk, approval, and back-office functions.
- Monitor conditions precedent, covenants, disbursement requirements, and post-approval actions.
- Support transaction processing, settlements, confirmations, and related operational controls.
- Coordinate with business, risk, legal, finance, treasury, and compliance functions.
- Develop and maintain checklists, templates, registers, and standard operating procedures.
- Identify operational gaps, documentation deficiencies, and control issues requiring escalation.
- Support operational readiness activities, testing, and implementation of procedures and workflows.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Requirements (mandatory):
- University degree, preferably Master’s level, in Economics, Finance, Banking, Business Administration, Accounting, Law, or a related field.
- Proven experience in banking operations, back office, credit administration, loan administration, guarantee administration, transaction processing, documentation control, or a closely related operational role.
- Good understanding of banking documentation, operational workflows, approval processes, and internal controls.
- Strong command of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to maintain accurate records, registers, trackers, checklists, and operational files.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Albanian.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, discretion, and follow-up discipline.
- Ability to work effectively in a small institution with evolving structures, priorities, procedures, and systems.
- Must be resident in Albania and legally eligible to work in the Republic of Albania.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in commercial banking, development finance, public financial institutions, or financial services.
- Experience with credit, guarantee, and collateral documentation.
- Knowledge of credit lifecycle processes, operational risk controls, and KYC/AML interfaces.
- Experience with core banking systems, document management systems, payment systems, or workflow tools.
- Experience developing operational procedures, process maps, templates, and control frameworks.
- Experience working with consultants, advisors, financial institutions, and multi-stakeholder environments.
- Knowledge of Italian will be considered an advantage.
The selected candidate should be practical, accurate, well-organized, and able to help build controlled operational processes for a new institution.
