Financial Analyst / Data Science Analyst

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Development Finance Vice‑Presidency (DFi)

The Development Finance Vice‑Presidency (DFi) is responsible for all aspects of corporate finance of IBRD, resource mobilization and management of the world's largest concessional fund – IDA, and the financial management of grant contributions from development partners for Trust Funds (TFs) and Financial Intermediary Funds (FIFs). Given the nature of these activities, DFi works closely with the President's office, Executive Directors, WBG Senior Management, corporate and operations units across the WBG, funding partners and government officials. The VPU has two departments – IDA Mobilization and IBRD Corporate Finance (DFFPO) and Trust Funds and Partner Relations (DFTPR).

IBRD‑IDA Corporate Finance (IICF)

One unit under DFFPO is IBRD‑IDA Corporate Finance (IICF). IICF's main responsibilities include:

1. Replenishment and stewardship of IDA – primary focus on IDA's medium‑ to long‑term financial planning and sustainability, balance sheet optimizations, and overall balance sheet management.
2. IBRD's medium‑ to long‑term financial planning and sustainability – overall balance sheet management and annual decisions on loan terms and income allocations.
3. Developing innovative financial strategies, policies, and products to address unique challenges.
4. Managing IDA's capital subscription and voting rights and related member relations and communications.

To effectively deliver its work program, IICF is structured into four clusters:

1. Financial Strategy and Policy

• Monitors IBRD and IDA's medium‑ and long‑term financial outlook.
• Sets financial strategies and policies to ensure financial strength and long‑term sustainability (loan pricing, repayment terms, capital management, income allocation, balance sheet management, hybrid financial model).
• Identifies income and balance sheet vulnerabilities; assesses income and capital impact of strategic decisions or new programs/initiatives; monitors adequacy of income and capital to support lending and development activities; develops strategies for optimal use of capital and addresses potential shortfalls.

2. Strategic Initiatives

• Works jointly with relevant counterparts to advance the corporate agenda, focusing on boosting IBRD and IDA's financing capacity and developing solutions to address client needs.
• Current focus areas include: IDA Replenishments, debt relief and arrears clearance, local currency financing, private capital mobilization/facilitation/enabling, IDA's Private‑Sector Window (PSW), climate‑resilient debt clauses (CRDCs), hybrid capital, portfolio guarantee platform, at‑risk financing, and other strategic initiatives as needed.

3. IDA Capital

• Engages with IDA members on capital matters (subscriptions, contributions, encashments, among others).
• Contributes to the recording, accounting, and reporting of these matters.

4. Data & Analytics

• Establishes and maintains robust data and analytical infrastructure (advanced financial models, databases, IT systems, expertise).
• Provides critical data analytics for WBG Senior Management and supports the activities of the other clusters.

Role Overview

The selected candidate will work in the Data & Analytics cluster and help support the other clusters as needed.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing analysis of IBRD and IDA corporate balance sheet projection models and risk exposure models (capital adequacy, financing needs, FX exposure, interest rate exposure, etc.).
• Perform data cleaning, validation, and standardization of large, multi‑source datasets; conduct routine quality assurance and reconciliation checks to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of data used for reporting, dashboards, and analytical outputs.
• Contribute to the recurring WBG senior leadership reporting and help analyze key risk indicators, income, commitments, compliance with policy frameworks, and progress towards institutional targets.
• Support technical enhancements to ongoing analytic responsibilities designed to increase process automation, centralize data, improve efficiency, and improve process controls.
• Contribute to developing, testing, or enhancing AI‑assisted analytics (e.g., chatbots, virtual assistants, agent‑based systems, intranet search).
• Help the team engage with IT for ongoing projects, provide input on design requirements, and perform user acceptance testing.
• Contribute to improvements in the reporting and visualization of the team's analysis, including creating new dashboards or expanding existing dashboards.
• Help the team improve synergies with other areas of the WBG, strengthen relationships with stakeholders, and increase the depth and rigor of the team's analysis.
• Contribute to ad‑hoc data and analysis requests used for high‑level policy and research papers and/or presentations.