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At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd VPU Context: We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades. In West and Central Africa, the World Bank is a leading partner with a growing portfolio of 350 projects totaling more than $38 billion in areas such as agriculture, trade and transport, energy, education, health, water and sanitation- all to support job creation, gender equality, poverty reduction, and better lives. Across the continent, the World Bank’s program has nearly doubled over the last 10 years. By 2030, about 87% of the world’s extreme poor are projected to live in Sub-Saharan Africa, so this is where our mission to end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity will be achieved. Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help countries build back better after COVID. https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/western-and-central-africa Unit Context: EAWG2 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone) supports the preparation and implementation of World Bank-financed operations across Central Africa, with a focus on strengthening fiduciary oversight, operational effectiveness, and development impact in FCV environments. The unit provides technical support to client countries and project teams on financial management, governance, accountability, and institutional capacity strengthening, while ensuring compliance with World Bank policies and procedures. EAWG2 works closely with government counterparts, development partners, and internal stakeholders to promote sound public financial management and effective use of development resources. Duties and accountabilities:

• Participate in the assessment of the adequacy and functionality of financial management systems, including internal controls, accounting systems, etc. of the projects.
• Contribute to the preparation of FM sections of Project Appraisal Documents (PADs), Project Papers, and operational risk assessments for pipeline or restructuring operations.
• Participate in or conduct FM supervision missions for assigned projects in the CAR portfolio and prepare draft FM inputs to aide-mémoires, and management briefs summarizing FM findings from supervision missions.
• Review interim financial reports (IFRs), financial statements, and audit reports submitted by implementing entities, and assess the quality, timeliness, and completeness of financial reporting.
• Track the implementation of recommendations by borrowers.
• Prepare FM sections of Implementation Status and Results Reports (ISRs), including FM ratings (Financial Management, Financial Reporting, and Auditing) in accordance with World Bank guidelines.
• Perform any other FM-related tasks assigned by the supervising FM Specialist or Practice Manager including support the operationalization and adoption of the FundsChain, assistance to the PIUs teams in uploading supporting documentation in Funds chain, monitoring of real-time financial data available on FundsChain, and documentation of lessons learned and good practices in FundsChain adoption.