Job Description
Financial Analyst
Job #: req7893 Organization: World Bank Sector: Other Grade: GE Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Chennai,India Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 7/13/2020 (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. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org
The Pension and Endowments Department (PEN) is responsible for the financial management and administration of the World Bank Group's funded benefit plans, including the retirement scheme - the Staff Retirement Plan, the retiree medical and life insurance programs - the Retired Staff Benefits Plan, and other ancillary benefits. The financial management includes asset management responsibilities and actuarial support. PEN manages about $30 billion US dollars invested across a range of asset classes, from fixed income to public equities to private equity, real assets and absolute return strategies. The Pension Finance Committee, appointed by the Bank Group President and chaired by the Chief Financial Officer, has oversight responsibility for the financial management of the plans. PEN’s responsibilities also include the delivery of technical assistance on multi- asset class investment management to pension plans, endowments and funds for the future, and the management of the Pension Administration function. PEN identifies, selects, evaluates, and monitors investments, mainly through outside managers, on a global basis.
The Pension Middle Office team (PENMO) under PEN is responsible for providing a full range of functions supporting these investment activities, including the following: i) pension plan operational activities, ii) preparation of pension plans financial statements, iii) pension investment performance and attribution, iv) monitoring asset class exposures, v) all investment asset pricing and valuation, and vi) third-party clients’ reporting.
Duties And Accountabilities
- Support the preparation of plan’s year-end financial statements and footnotes with working papers and audit of the pension plans in close collaboration with the headquarter team;
- Application of procedures to the financial statements including reconciliations to the underlying records, and analytical review by evaluating information through analysis of plausible relationships among both financial and non-financial data.
- Staying abreast of U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards in order to assess the application of the new/revised standards and where necessary support the implementation of such standards in the financial reports of the Plans.
- Prepare quarterly reporting to IBRD for the PEBP which is consolidated on the IBRD balance sheet and the related disclosures for Standard & Poor’s (the rating agency)
- Investigate daily, monthly, quarterly and annual cash flow and valuation reconciliation differences;
- Drive and support automation initiatives and initiatives on data structuring and management;
- Correspond and communicate with custodians and vendors;
- Helping to ensure that all business processes in the unit are properly documented and complied with; and
- Assisting the team with ad-hoc tasks to ensure prompt delivery of daily, monthly, quarterly and year-end deliverables and reporting requirements in the areas of operations, accounting, management reporting, valuation control, and performance analytics.
Selection Criteria
- Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance with at least 5 years relevant experience as listed below experience or CPA/CA with 3 years relevant experience as listed below;
- Relevant work experience as mentioned above required in asset management, fund administration or back and middle office of a Financial Institution or a Business Process Outsourcing Unit (BPO) supporting the financial reporting of Pension plan financial statements with multi asset class investment portfolios;
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards accounting policy interpretation, and experience on financial statement note disclosures, recording of accounting entries and overall compilation of financial statements;
- Deep knowledge of financial instruments including multi asset classes accounting and operations will be an added advantage;
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including excellent spreadsheet skills. Knowledge of python, visualization tools and management reporting tools will be an added advantage;
- Ability to deal with various third parties such as custodians, fund administrators, investment managers, general partners, etc. to obtain information;
- Excellent communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written;
- High level of initiative, self-confidence, a self-starter and a team player; ability to apply a practical matured approach to problem solving with minimum supervision;
- Commitment to work in a respectful, team-oriented and multi-cultural environment;
- Flexibility to overlap with U.S. hours will be required to meet reporting deadlines. Willingness to travel to Washington DC for training and team projects, if required.
- Highest ethical standards
Competencies
- Ability to interpret accounting standards, summarize and communicate financial results, collaborate with internal stakeholders and facilitate the external audit.
- Financial Market Literacy - Can understand financial market processes; reads and analyzes financial reports and data such as holdings, valuation, performance, compliance, account reconciliations, position, margin, and settlement and risk reports.
- Client Services - Contributes successfully to on-site missions or workshops for PEN clients.
- Process and Infrastructure Development - Makes recommendations to improve efficiency of the accounting, business risk or operations process.
- Operational Risk and Control - Understands the basic concepts of risk management and internal control frameworks.
- Client Orientation - Able to establish partnership based working relationships with internal/external clients. Demonstrates independence, initiative, and autonomy in addressing clients' needs.
- Drive for Results - Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results.
- Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
- Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Able to research and draft quality written materials or review adherence of written materials prepared by others to administrative requirements.
- Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Able to use analytical, problem-solving skills and resourcefulness to make informed and practical decisions to carry out own work.
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