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What you will do:

• Disbursement transactions processing: Act as the country focal point for assigned countries in disbursement related aspects in collaboration with the country Finance Officer, at country level. Perform transaction processing including release of disbursements, as appropriate. Promptly liaise with clients to resolve any potential issues or exceptions noted in the processing of transactions.
• Client Advisory & Engagement: Serve as a solution provider for advice to internal clients (task teams, financial management specialists and procurement specialists, legal) on preparation and implementation issues in the assigned countries. Appropriately utilize the Askloans Helpdesk (Client Relationship Management tool) to engage with clients and provide analytical and performance data on that client engagement.
• Project Restructuring and preparation of certain Trust Funds: Manage project preparation, as assigned by the Finance Officers for low-risk Trust Funds and review restructuring packages.
• Portfolio management: Monitor inactive Project Designated Accounts, engage in portfolio management activities, system updates and liaise with clients to ensure that Designated Accounts balances are promptly documented or refunded for orderly loan closure, and handle other tasks that may be assigned by their supervisor
• Training and Capacity building: Evaluate the results of both the reviews of transactions and the portfolio management work to identify areas where borrowers have capacity constraints and provide capacity-building to clients. This includes training end-users on how to access and interpret the Bank online systems, tools and data available in the data lakehouse, and how to perform their own analysis of the disbursement data.
• System and related tasks: Support the design and development of system and enhancement tasks, upgrades to applications and new system. Perform testing related to enhancement tasks, upgrades to applications. Preparation of disbursement and analytical reports, including maintaining interactive dashboards, data visualizations and reports using Power BI and other tools.
• Data stewardship and visualization: Work with various data platforms and tools such as Power BI and Advanced Excel. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data requirements, automate reporting processes, and perform user acceptance testing for ongoing loan system modernization projects. Serve as the bridge between business teams and the technical data engineering team to translate business needs into technical requirements and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Selection Criteria

What you will bring:

Education:

• Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification) preferred.
• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or a relevant discipline.
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline – such as business administration, finance, accounting) is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum of three years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with a financial institution or an accounting firm is a plus.
• Experience working with financial systems, AI, and/or blockchain technology is a plus.
• Big Four or equivalent public accounting experience would be advantageous.

Language:

• Candidates must demonstrate advanced proficiency in English and one additional language: French or Portuguese. The ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken forms and to conduct meetings in these languages is essential. Language proficiency will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Relevant knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), internal controls and financial management.
• Knowledge and application of the World Bank’s Operational Policies and Procedures and how they relate to disbursements and loan portfolio management.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment and appropriately interpret and apply operational policies, as they relate to disbursements and loan portfolio management.
• Willingness to travel and participate in short-term assignments.
• Strong quantitative skills with superior attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Ability to manage complex tasks, deal with rapidly shifting priorities, provide professional support to senior staff and deliver against ambitious deadlines.
• Demonstrates good understanding of risks and internal control procedures pertaining to various activities in own functional areas.
• Strong client focus including good interpersonal, diplomatic and team building skills required for building and maintaining collaborative relationships.

Abilities:

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain and express views/opinions clearly and confidently.
• Ability to deal sensitively in a multi-cultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.
• Ability and willingness to work with and leverage AI, blockchain, and other innovative technologies.
• Willingness to work in different time zones – Given that the division is co-located in multiple cities in different time zones and borrowers are in different countries, candidates must be willing to work in different time zones especially the US EST time zone on an ‘as-needed’ basis.

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