Finance Analyst
Job #: req30009
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Resource Management
Grade: GE
Term Duration: 3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Washington, DC, United States
Required Language(s): English
Closing Date: 11/12/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development.
Vice-Presidency Context
The Budget, Performance Review, and Strategic Planning (BPS) VPU is mandated with overseeing the resource management and corporate procurement function of the World Bank. BPS has a service delivery model with three core roles:
• Business Partners (client facing)
• Centers of Expertise (COE)
• Service Center
Hiring Units Context
BPS is now seeking to recruit three Finance Analysts (FAs) to help drive, support, and implement the BPS Service Delivery model. The selected candidates are expected to be excellent team players, comfortable working with large datasets with extensive data modeling skills, preferably with finance/accounting/economics background/experience.
Duties and Responsibilities
Finance Analysts are expected to be specialists in business finance analytics, controls, processes and data management, and able to support decision-making through the provision of timely, fit for purpose information on the management of financial resources.
Selection Criteria
• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or other relevant discipline OR non-relevant Bachelor's Degree plus a recognized accounting qualification.
• Minimum of two years of relevant experience in a comparable accounting or finance-oriented role.
• Advanced working knowledge of budget/finance systems and reports, particularly SAP.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and people-oriented.
• Experience with data management/modeling; process analysis, design, and automation.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer.
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