E T Consultant
Job #:
req38939
Organization:
World Bank
Sector:
Other
Grade:
EC3
Term Duration:
1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English, Spanish
Preferred Language(s):
French
Closing Date:
11/13/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
The World Bank's Financial Integrity team mandate is to support safeguard countries' financial systems them from illicit finance risks. It strengthens financial integrity frameworks-including AML/CFT, beneficial ownership transparency, and asset recovery-to combat illicit financial flows and protect public resources. At the same time, it provides technical assistance, diagnostics, and policy support to enhance financial integrity and institutional capacity for preventing, detecting, and responding to financial crime. The Financial Integrity Team works closely with the Fiscal Policy Unit, which focuses on supporting countries to modernize tax systems to better adapt to the globalization and digitalization of the economy, in support of tax transparency by supporting countries to improve 1) their tax transparency framework, and 2) measures to tackle BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting).
Duties and accountabilities:
• Design and deliver technical assistance to strengthen AML/CFT, asset recovery, and broader financial integrity frameworks in client countries, including national risk assessments.
• Develop policy advice and knowledge products on financial integrity topics (e.g., beneficial ownership, financial disclosure, IFFs).
• Coordination of technical assistances for countries on tax transparency work including advice on recommendations on peer review processes of the Global Forum of Tax Transparency of the OECD (GF), reviewing bills and regulations and EOI units (design, responsibilities, data security issues).
• Lead technical assistance for countries on the implementation of other international tax standards (tax treaty policy and implementation, BEPS minimum standards).
• Contribute to knowledge management, dissemination and capacity development operations, including the organization of seminars/workshops on topics of interest in the area of domestic resource mobilization, especially on international taxation
Selection Criteria
• Advanced degree (Master's or equivalent) in economics, finance, law, public policy, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in financial integrity and tax transparency-related areas, asset recovery, beneficial ownership transparency, financial sector regulation, or anti-corruption.
• Strong ability to analyze complex financial integrity issues and produce high-quality analytical and policy outputs (e.g., reports, policy notes, toolkits).
• Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering technical assistance, conducting diagnostics (e.g., NRAs, AML/CFT assessments), and supporting legal and regulatory reforms in client countries.
• First-hand experience on tax reform in developing countries, and legal analysis.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
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