Community Futures West Interlake serves the municipalities of Woodlands, St. Laurent, Coldwell, West Interlake and Grahamdale, located on PTH #6 in Manitoba’s Interlake. Community Futures West Interlake delivers a variety of services including loans and
technical and advisory services for small and medium- sized businesses, services targeted to youth and entrepreneurs with disabilities, and community economic development and planning.

The Business Analyst position is a key position at Community Futures and requires a business minded person that possesses a wide range of skills. Our focus in hiring will be to identify a candidate who has a strong mix of education and/or experience along
with an entrepreneurial attitude and aptitude that will help to make them an excellent business analyst, lender, business developer and advocate for Community Futures.

The Position:

• Assisting business clients by providing business information and resources
• Analysis and assessment of business proposals
• Reviewing business plans, preparing of loan applications, business proposals and loan documentation
• Monitoring the investment loan portfolio
• Providing business training and development, marketing programs and administration of the Self Employment Assistance & Elevate Programs.

The ideal applicant will have a combination of:

Personal characteristics:

Hiring for this position will focus on individuals with the following demonstrated characteristics including:

• Strong inter-personal and communications skills
• Ability to function well in a small team environment
• Ability to take direction and work with a volunteer based organization and lending committee
• Positive and opportunity focused
• Results oriented self-starter
• Confidence in making decisions and communicating decisions effectively to clients
• Ability to identify and act on key issues related to loan applications, loan files and business development

Education and/or Experience:

• Business diploma or degree
• Business counseling or coaching training certification or related industry training and/or
• certification
• Commercial lending
• Small business ownership
• Business analysis, counseling, coaching and business development experience

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word is required
• Competent computer user including strong organizing and file management skills
• The software program, The Exceptional Assistant, experience would be considered an asset

Hours:

Regular office hours are 8:30 to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday. Limited evening and weekend work is required related to meetings, events, training, and conferences. Travel is required throughout the region and a valid Class 5 driver’s license is required.

Please submit your cover letter and resume to Lana Cowling-Mason by 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 19th, 2017.

By email: lana at westinterlake.com
By mail: Attention: Lana Cowling-Mason
               Community Futures West Interlake
               Box 68
               Ashern, Manitoba
               R0C 0E0

For more information, please visit: www.westinterlake.com