E T Consultant

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group is seeking an E T Consultant with strong data analysis skills to join the Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit. This role will focus on accelerating information and technology as a force multiplier supporting WBG core finance and risk, while enabling increased financial operations agility. The consultant will be responsible for product ownership, backlog management, defining product vision and roadmap, stakeholder engagement, user acceptance, financial data analysis and reporting, reporting automation, data visualization, performance monitoring, and change management. The position is located in Washington, DC, USA.

Requirements

• A Master's degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree with at least 7 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5–10 years of direct SAFe experience at scale.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools including SQL and Python.
• Familiarity with financial reporting platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Azure Data Lakehouse, or equivalent systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, or Microsoft Excel for reporting and visualization.
• Solid understanding of financial accounting principles, financial reporting standards, and financial statement analysis.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to translate complex data into clear narratives for diverse audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills for engaging business stakeholders, end users, the Product Manager, System Architect, and Agile team members.
• Ability to manage competing interests and negotiate trade-offs diplomatically.
• Skill in creating, refining, and prioritizing the team backlog to ensure work is well-defined and ready for execution.
• Writing actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria, decomposing features and epics, and applying prioritization techniques such as WSJF.
• Understanding and communicating the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring that iteration-level work is consistently aligned with program-level objectives and business priorities.
• Strong commitment to understanding customer needs and user experience, including participating in user research, gathering feedback, defining personas, and ensuring acceptance criteria reflect real user expectations.
• Ability to analyze business requirements, evaluate solution options, and make informed decisions under uncertainty.
• Interpreting data and metrics to assess feature performance, identifying dependencies and risks early, and resolving blockers with the team.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to make pragmatic trade-off decisions.
• Working understanding of the technical environment, system architecture, and technical constraints.
• Familiarity with data platforms, data integrations, data models, APIs, and non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and scalability at a conceptual level.
• Responsibility for accepting or rejecting completed work based on defined acceptance criteria and the team's Definition of Done (DoD).
• Ability to track and interpret Agile metrics — including velocity, flow efficiency, lead time, and feature adoption.
• Active participation in Inspect & Adapt sessions to champion a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Financial institution experience strongly preferred.
• SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC); Advanced SPC (ASPC); or SPC Trainer (SPCT) preferred.
• Additional certifications: SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Agile Product Manager (APM), SAFe Product Owner (PO/PM), Scrum, Kanban.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps at Team and ART levels.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and executive communication skills.
• SAFe Kanban Systems and flow metrics fluency.

Responsibilities

• Agile Product Ownership and Backlog Management: Owning and maintaining the team's product backlog, ensuring user stories are well-defined, estimated, prioritized, and sprint-ready. Translating business requirements into clear, actionable user stories with precise acceptance criteria, and decomposing features and epics into executable team-level work. Leading sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint review ceremonies.
• Product Vision and Roadmap: Defining and communicating the product vision and multi-year roadmap, ensuring alignment with the World Bank Group's institutional corporate strategy and reporting priorities. Ensuring that iteration-level delivery is consistently oriented toward program-level objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Representation: Serving as the primary liaison between the Corporate Reporting Agile Team and its stakeholder community, including Finance, Accounting, the Controller's office, and IT teams. Participating in relevant institutional meetings, representing the team's product portfolio to senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities diplomatically, and ensuring business needs are accurately captured.
• User Acceptance and Quality Assurance: Coordinating user acceptance testing and validating that delivered features meet stakeholder expectations prior to release. Accepting or rejecting completed work based on defined acceptance criteria and the team's Definition of Done.
• Financial Data Analysis and Reporting: Collecting, processing, analyzing, and presenting financial data to support accurate and timely corporate reporting. Responding to ad hoc data and analytical requests from leadership and business units. Aligning with Finance, Accounting, and IT teams on data definitions, reporting requirements, and system changes.
• Reporting Automation and Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate financial reporting processes. Developing and maintaining standardized templates, data dictionaries, and documentation for reporting workflows.
• Data Visualization and Communication: Developing interactive dashboards and visual reports using tools such as Power BI and Tableau to communicate financial insights effectively. Presenting findings in a clear, non-technical manner tailored to diverse audiences.
• Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Monitoring product performance and adoption metrics, using data to drive continuous improvement. Actively participating in Inspect & Adapt sessions and championing a culture of learning, experimentation, and iterative refinement.
• Change Management and Communications: Supporting organizational change management and communication activities related to new reporting capabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level