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The World Bank Treasury

Washington, DC, US • 250 - 499 Employees
Financial Services

The primary objective of the World Bank Treasury is to contribute to the World Bank Group's (WBG) development mission. Our roles support the WBG's twin goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a financial sustainable manner. We do this by (1) ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of World Bank's ("Bank"​) two institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), while achieving the best possible financial performance within conservative risk parameters appropriate for AAA-rated institutions. We also (2) serve the Bank's member countries through offering a broad array of advisory and risk management products and (3) enter into transactions that help develop the domestic capital markets of our member countries. Below is a list of our core business functions:• Mobilizing financing in the capital markets at the best comparative terms;• Managing liquid assets to protect capital and earn a positive excess return; • Generate resources by increasing equity through excess returns;• Managing interest rate and currency risk by matching assets and liabilities through the use of derivatives; • Managing equity to stabilize income volatility;• Managing bank accounts, processing all cash transactions, and ensuring liquidity available to meet all obligations on a timely basis;• Performing quantitative analysis including portfolio risk analytics, Strategic Asset Allocation, quantitative solutions, performance measurement, and guideline monitoring for both internal and external portfolios;• Maintaining the settlement and back office support and systems necessary to operate the treasury to minimize operational risk;• Managing the WBG pension plan assets and administering the WBG pension plan.