Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst
Job #: req34205

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Finance & Accounting

Grade: GE

Term Duration: 3 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Nairobi,Kenya

Required Language(s): English, Portuguese

Preferred Language(s)
Closing Date: 9/15/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank provides a unique opportunity for you to join us to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank (WB) is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID) dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development on a livable planet. 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

The WB Finance & Accounting (WFA) Vice Presidency is responsible for all aspects of the financial reporting and internal control framework for IBRD and IDA, and the extensive Trust Fund/Partnership portfolio of the WB entities. It supports an appropriate fiduciary control framework and administering disbursements for Bank lending and leads the client service function for the WB's corporate expenses.

Organizationally, WFA is comprised of three departments: (1) Corporate Accounting and Reporting, (2) Trust Funds and Loans, and (3) Financial Controls. In WFA, our mandate supports both internal and external clients while we focus on delivery, optimization, impact, and people & culture.

Wfacs
Within WFA, WFACS – Client Services unit of the Trust Funds and Loan Operations Department is devoted to providing "front-end" client services and related operations to business and external clients and is organized along business lines serving the regions and global practices. The Services within the area of WFACS responsibilities fall under three categories: regional coordination, country focal point assistance, and project-level fiduciary and portfolio management.

WFACS is currently seeking a highly motivated Finance Analyst (FN) for its team in Nairobi, Kenya.

How Your Contributions Will Help Us Achieve Our Goals
The Finance Analyst plays an important role in disbursement related activities during implementation of a project. The FN is expected to work in close collaboration with the Finance Officer(s) and Regional Team Leader to support task teams, operations staff and external Borrowers. The FN's responsibilities include performing a variety of tasks, including working on diverse range of disbursement related issues and providing solutions and working on system design.

As a Finance Analyst, you will report to the Regional Team Lead.

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.
• 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 Dremio, 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

Education
What you will bring:

• 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.
• Certification in systems audit (e.g. CISA) considered 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
The ideal candidate should have advanced fluency in both English and Portuguese with the ability to clearly communicate in both written and spoken forms and to conduct meetings in the referenced languages. Proficiency level will be tested 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.

WBG Culture Attributes

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

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, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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