E T Consultant – Financial Analyst

E T Consultant – Financial Analyst Job #: req34050 Organization: World Bank Sector: Treasury Grade: EC1 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 8/29/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.
The World Bank Treasury (TRE):
Are you inspired by a global mission to end poverty? Do you want to build a career in finance with a global impact? The World Bank Treasury is one of the few places where you can be on the leading edge of finance as it sits at the only nexus of finance, innovation, and international development. We manage the institution's finances to enable all World Bank operations and lending. Each year, we issue over $50 billion in bonds, prudently manage over $180 billion in assets, and process over $7 trillion in transactions.
Treasury Risk, Compliance, and Controls Team:
The Treasury Risk, Compliance, and Controls Unit (TRERC) work program is focused on ensuring a robust internal control framework, mitigating operational and business continuity risk, while fostering Investment Compliance for client and proprietary portfolios at the pre-trade stage. Key deliverables include the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) review program, the Service Organization Controls (SOC1) report for asset management activities, and ongoing Pre-Trade Compliance monitoring for investment trades. The unit also implements the Access Control framework for TRE IT systems, maintains the inventory of Treasury business processes, and provides secretariat functions for the Treasury Operations Committee. To ensure independence, TRERC staff reports directly to the VP and Treasurer of the World Bank. TRERC staff members are located in World Bank's offices in the United States and Bulgaria.
Duties and accountabilities:
This ETC will be located within TRERC’s Investment Compliance and Pre-Trade Surveillance Team in Washington, DC. In this regard, the primary responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to, a combination of the following activities:
1. As part of a team, maintain, review, and improve the 1,000+ pre-trade rules in Bloomberg’s Compliance Manager (CMGR) and ensure Investment Guidelines, internal policies, restrictions, and limits are reflected accurately and timely in CMGR for client and World Bank portfolios.2. On a daily basis, monitor, investigate, and resolve any exceptions triggered in the Compliance Violations Manager (VMGR)., and as necessary liaise with internal and external stakeholders (Bloomberg staff, TRE traders, Credit Risk Officers, and TRE operations colleagues), to investigate and resolve pre-trade compliance related issues.3. Support the successful implementation of new clients and growth of existing clients, including complex investment mandates. As needed, review legal agreements, create and maintain compliance rules in the CMGR module for new and existing clients.4. Interact with TRE and IT staff to capture business requirements and technical specifications to develop modern system solutions including AI, to enhance TRE's compliance framework, Bloomberg AIM platform, and others as necessary.5. Collaborate with trading counterparts to meet their Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements and respond to KYC requests promptly.6. Analyze business processes to identify improvement opportunities, improve controls, and utilize latest generation IT tools to enhance automation and reduce operational risk in daily production activities.7. As required by the TRERC manager or supervisor, support other relevant aspects of the unit's work program.

Selection Criteria

1. Master’s or bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Risk Management, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field relevant to this position.2. For bachelor’s degree, at least three (3) years of relevant experience in the capital markets or investment management industry, with strong knowledge of financial instruments.3. Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Power Platform tools (Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Query), Python programming and other AI tools. 4. Strong database management and analytical skills, with a proven track record of effectively manipulating, analyzing, and interpreting large datasets. Experience working in AI, machine learning frameworks, and Python programming.5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and ability to communicate well at all levels with technical as well as non-technical stakeholders.6. Highest ethical standards and a high degree of self-motivation and drive for high performance, while instilling a culture of fun, respect for others, and care in the workplace.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of Urgency – Anticipating and quickly reacting to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful Risk Taking – Taking informed and thoughtful risks and making courageous decisions to push boundaries for greater impact.
3. Empowerment and Accountability – Engaging with others in an empowered and accountable manner for impactful results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.