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The Corporate Planning and Analysis has overall responsibility for managing the World Bank’s budgets and resources. As part of its effort to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the Resource Management function in the Bank, CFRPA has established a new Analysis & Research Support (A&R) group in Chennai. The objectives for this Group, which commenced work in February 2004, are: to leverage the capacity of professional staff in Washington to produce more high value/ high impact services by freeing them of responsibilities to perform basic data extraction, processing, analysis and related quality assurance and testing; to strengthen the data infrastructure; to increase the cost effectiveness of data analysis and reporting; to deepen the understanding of all aspects of the Bank’s transactions cycles and business operations through effective mining and analysis of the accumulated data; and to shorten timelines  
To support the group’s work in RM data extraction, data quality assurance, monitoring and review of work programs, comparisons and variance analysis of costs and budgets, analysis of data for management decisions.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 2 year renewable term appointment.

Duties and Accountabilities

Financial Accounting and Management of Unit Work Program

•	Assist in planning and monitoring budget and expenses linked to the A&R group, as and when directed by the A&R Team Leader
•	Assist in internal service request prioritization and scheduling as and when required by the A&R Team Leader
Financial Control & Reporting 
•	Collect / extract financial, budgetary control and operations data from relevant sources and databases, particularly SAP and BW, and prepare system-generated and customized financial reports
•	Use standard or custom-built queries to assist in data extraction and mining, using spreadsheet software as necessary
•	Convert system-generated data and reports into management information reports tailored to requirements, and suitable for management decision-taking, using spreadsheet software as necessary

Cost Analysis & Cost Effectiveness
•	Independently monitor and review work programs and budgets and/ or external funding, identifying issues and clarifying them with client staff
•	Prepare budgetary information for periodic reviews and for ad hoc studies, including collecting, extracting, analyzing and integrating data as required
•	Support preparation of ad hoc analytical reports on benchmarking, cost effectiveness, efficiency and performance
•	Collect/ extract data on activity costs and track trends

Selection Criteria

Mandatory
•	Relevant Associate Degree (e.g., Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics) or completion of the Introductory and Intermediate levels of the online Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA) Certificate of Accounting Technician (CAT)
•	At least 2 years of relevant experience
•	Strong skills in, and thorough familiarity with, Microsoft Excel, including the ability to use interlinked spreadsheets, and financial models
•	Sound knowledge of basic accounting and finance, with particular emphasis on cost and management accounting
•	Good knowledge of mathematics and strong skills in using and manipulating large sets of numerical data
•	Exposure to business-related mathematical and statistical techniques 
•	Basic knowledge of Bank’s accounting processes and systems, particularly expense and cost flows, business process hierarchy and fund structures
•	Full proficiency with MS Office applications, use of Email etc.
•	Demonstrated ability to learn new technology quickly
•	Strong communication skills to present oral and written analyses
Preferable
•	Work experience in using integrated, automated financial / ERP systems with a comparable level of complexity to SAP R/3.
•	Familiarity with SAP Business Warehouse software.
•	Partial completion of the Final stage examinations of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants/ Institute of Chartered Accountants or equivalent.

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