Lead Financial Officer, The World Bank Treasury

The World Bank Treasury is currently recruiting a Lead Financial Officer to provide policy, technical and quantitative leadership in Disaster Risk Management for the Banking Products team (FABBK) at the Financial Advisory & Banking Department.  FABBK is responsible for customized delivery, design, implementation, and dissemination of financial solutions (financing and risk management products) for country clients and project teams servicing them.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Provide the quantitative modeling support required for the implementation of new and/or enhanced World Bank financial products for financing and risk management.
• Lead the dialogue with clients on the full menu of disaster risk financing products and how to assemble and implement the most appropriate portfolio of risk management instruments.
• Lead the general dissemination and implementation of disaster risk financing products.

Qualification and experience:

Advanced degree(s) in engineering, applied mathematics, economics, finance, or financial economics with at least 12 years of relevant work experience or equivalent combination of years and experience.  Extensive experience in the structuring and pricing of disaster risk financing products as an underwriter and Cat modeling of financial instruments for catastrophic and weather risk transfer alternatives.

For full job description and to apply on-line, please visit our website via theApply button and select job # 161825.

Closing date: September 19, 2016