E T Consultant (EC1)

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group Treasury Banking Operations Investigations, Reconciliation & Accounting (TREBK-IRA) team is seeking an Extended Term Consultant to support its operational work and technology and systems project portfolio. The position combines operational responsibilities across reconciliation, investigation, and reporting with business-led technology delivery, process re-engineering, and automation. The role is based in Washington, D.C., with a minimum in-office presence of four days per week, and requires periodic coordination with shared service centers in Chennai and Sofia. Operational responsibilities include cash and securities reconciliations across World Bank Group and client investment and corporate accounts; PAR and NAV reporting for external asset management clients; month-end cash accounting and book-close processes; and audit deliverables and responses to audit queries. The consultant investigates and resolves cash queries, including unidentified receipts, failed payments, compliance queries, counterparty breaks, and SWIFT payment investigations. Technology responsibilities include contributing to transformation workstreams involving treasury management systems such as FIS Quantum, Murex, and Summit, as well as enterprise financial systems such as SAP and loans/equity platforms. The consultant helps define requirements, develop business cases, lead user acceptance testing, and resolve issues with technology teams and vendors. They also re-engineer processes, build automation tools, and support the consolidation of IFC and World Bank banking operations into an integrated work program. Tools and approaches include SQL, Python or equivalent programming languages, Microsoft Power Platform, the Financial Data Lake, and AI/ML and agentic AI solutions. The role ensures business-led development follows Treasury governance standards, including requirements gathering, testing, documentation, infrastructure and security sign-off, user training, and maintenance planning. It applies shared data standards and reporting practices, participates in Treasury automation governance, and supports consolidated capital budget planning for active IT project requirements. The ETC reports to the TREBK-IRA Team Lead, takes day-to-day operational direction from the IRA Team Lead, and has a dotted-line relationship to TREFT.

Requirements

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field and at least 3 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of directly relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience in treasury settlement, back-office reconciliation, or cash and custody operations within a financial institution, central bank, asset manager, or international organization.
Working knowledge of fixed income products, including bonds and money market instruments, and related settlement conventions, and/or experience with banking and payments operations including SWIFT MT/MX messaging standards.
Familiarity with treasury management systems such as Quantum, Summit, or Murex.
Proficiency in SQL, including independently writing and optimizing queries for data extraction, reconciliation, and reporting against operational databases and data lakes.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C/C++, C#, or similar, to build and maintain scripts for data processing, workflow automation, and integration tasks.
Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate, Power Apps, and/or Power BI.
Ability to work as a business-facing developer, translating operational problems into technical solutions and implementing them directly.
High degree of self-motivation and ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables under time pressure.
Detail-oriented, with strong analytical judgment and ability to distinguish systemic issues from one-off breaks and escalate appropriately.
Clear and concise communication skills, including ability to explain complex technical or operational issues to senior management and audit audiences.
Collaborative approach and experience working across onshore and offshore teams.
Commitment to high ethical standards and strict adherence to confidentiality and data controls.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications such as CFA, CPA, CTP, or FRM.
Understanding of General Ledger interfaces and month-end accounting processes; SAP experience is advantageous.
Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining AI models and agents, such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, AI agents, and intelligent workflow automation solutions, in a financial operations context.
Experience with data virtualization platforms such as FDL/Dremio, including data modeling and reporting.

Responsibilities

Perform cash and securities reconciliations across World Bank Group and client investment and corporate accounts.
Prepare PAR and NAV reporting for external asset management clients.
Perform month-end cash accounting and book-close processes.
Prepare audit deliverables and respond to internal and external audit queries.
Investigate and resolve unidentified receipts, failed payments, compliance queries, counterparty breaks, and SWIFT payment investigations, including message-level analysis and correspondent bank resolution.
Contribute to IT transformation workstreams covering treasury management systems and enterprise financial systems.
Define requirements, develop business cases, lead user acceptance testing, and resolve issues with internal technology teams and system vendors.
Re-engineer IRA processes, including supporting consolidation of IFC and World Bank banking operations into a unified work program.
Design and build automation tools using SQL, Python or equivalent programming languages, Microsoft Power Platform, the Financial Data Lake, and AI/ML or agentic AI approaches.
Ensure business-led development meets Treasury governance standards for requirements, testing, documentation, security and infrastructure sign-off, training, backup, and maintenance.
Apply reusable data models, shared query libraries, reporting templates, and data standards consistently.
Participate in the Treasury Automation Governance Group and support Treasury-wide governance, data frameworks, and consolidated capital budget planning.
Coordinate with TREBK functional peers, internal technology and systems teams, and the Chennai and Sofia shared service centers.