MNA Fellow

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 and promoting shared prosperity. 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 WBG Corporate Finance Department (GCF) 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). GCF is the WBG’s principal department responsible for supporting the WBG CFO in coordinating and representing the Group in engagements with the Board and Audit Committee on financial matters. GCF’s main responsibilities include (i) the replenishment and stewardship of IDA with primary focus on IDA’s medium- to long-term financial planning and sustainability, balance sheet optimizations, and overall balance sheet management, (ii) IBRD’s medium- to long-term financial planning and sustainability, overall balance sheet management, and annual decisions on loan terms and income allocations, (iii) developing innovative financial strategies, policies, and products to address unique challenges, (iv) managing IDA’s capital subscription and voting rights and related member relations and communications, and (v) processing FIF transactional cash flows and associated record keeping. The MNA Fellow will primarily support the Modeling, Data, Analytics Cluster but will have opportunities to work with the broader Corporate Finance Unit. The Modeling, Data, Analytics Cluster establishes and maintains robust data and analytical infrastructure in the form of advanced financial models, databases, IT systems, and expertise in support of financial strategy, policy analysis, and other strategic initiatives. The analysis generated directly supports WBG Senior Management reports and decisions. Duties and Responsibilities

• Support technical enhancements to ongoing analytic responsibilities designed to increase process automation, centralize data, improve efficiency, and improve process controls.
• Prepare data for AI readiness and contribute to developing, testing, or enhancing AI-assisted analytics (e.g. chatbots, agent-based systems, intranet search).
• Perform data cleaning, validation, and standardization of large, multi-source datasets and conduct routine quality assurance and reconciliation checks.
• Support planned enhancements to the scope, breadth, and accessibility of internal research databases to enable efficient and value-added analysis of WBG operations and its financials.
• Support the ongoing analysis of IBRD and IDA corporate balance sheet projection models and risk exposure models.
• Contribute to the recurring review of model assumptions and their effectiveness in generating effective financial projections.
• Contribute to improvements in the reporting and visualization of the team’s analysis, including creating new dashboards or expanding existing dashboards.
• Support the ongoing generation of quarterly reports and analysis that are delivered to WBG Senior Management.
• Support other clusters as needed including contributing to automation enhancements in other areas, supporting donor engagement activities, generating analysis for new product evaluation, and supporting financial policy initiatives and product development.