Job Description
Kiva is currently recruiting for our January 2026 through June 2026 internship class. This Kiva internship role is a 6-month, part-time (32 hours per week), Thailand-based, remote position.
Our team:
Kiva’s Impact Investments team works with investees from all over the world, including lending partners that fundraise on Kiva.org, as well as investees accepting debt financing from funds managed by Kiva’s institutional impact investing arm, Kiva Capital Management. The team is responsible for sourcing, monitoring, and managing relationships with investees, onboarding and training new partners, and ensuring that all funding relationships are compliant with relevant policies and aligned with Kiva’s social mission and strategic focus. The Impact Investments team includes staff based in the US, Colombia, Kenya, and Thailand, who manage Kiva’s investment relationships in every region of the world. We are looking for a collaborative and purpose-driven professional who is excited to help us achieve Kiva’s mission.
Your role:
This Investment Analyst Intern will support the Investment Managers and Associates in sourcing, developing, and supporting the existing portfolio of Kiva’s partnership-based impact investments, with a focus on countries in South and Southeast Asia. The ideal candidate is a flexible and positive team player who is passionate about Kiva’s mission and can design creative solutions to challenging problems. This role will be based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Financial Analysis: Input lending partner financials and risk metrics into standardized templates, follow up with partners to resolve any issues, and review financial analysis outputs.
- Interest Rate/Borrower Cost Analysis: Assess the total cost of the loan product offered by field partners in comparison with the local and regional markets.
- Due Diligence: Support due diligence processes of potential investments to help assess prospects’ financial and social performance, and mission fit with Kiva.
- Macro-level Risk Analysis: Conduct a Country/Regional-level risk analysis of the credit industry, including the regulatory environment, market saturation and over-indebtedness, currency exchange risk, and current industry trends.
- Operations management: Manage and maintain up-to-date documentation related to lending partners in Kiva’s various systems. Maintain a high level of attention to detail in all projects.
Qualifications
Required:
- At least 21 years of age or older by January 13th, 2026
- Able to commit to the full 6-month term
- Must be authorized to work in Thailand
- Working proficiency in English
- Training or experience in financial statement analysis
- Ability to manage time well and prioritize across competing tasks with an eye to detail
- Flexible and willing to maintain a dynamic schedule in order to work with people across varying time zones
- Effective while working remotely
- Strong communication and relationship management skills, including the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders, across multiple cultures.
- Tech-savvy. High level of proficiency in Microsoft and/or Google Suite office software and adept at learning and using technology platforms. Comfortable learning new technologies
- Interest in impact investment and assessment
Preferred:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in a related discipline
- 1-2+ years of work experience in Investment Management, Lending, Finance, Business Analytics, or a related area
- Any regional language is a plus
- Demonstrated project management experience and ability to move multiple projects forward at once.
Perks:
- We have a culture of constant learning, and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to professional development training and workshops, and regular feedback on your performance.
- Access to Kiva’s global network of Kiva Fellowship and Internship Alumni
- Optional participation in Kiva’s Employee Resource Groups (KRGs) and social activities such as happy hours and coffee chats
- References are gladly given for successful participants
- A living monthly stipend
Disclaimer: Applications will be received until this position is filled
