WBG Young Professional

The World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (YPP) offers exceptional professionals the opportunity to apply their technical expertise, broaden experience, and contribute to development challenges. YPs work across the World Bank, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID on a two-year term contract with rotational assignments and structured learning.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the origination, evaluation, structuring, negotiation, execution, and supervision of investment transactions in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Contributing to the development of investment pipelines and the identification of strategic business opportunities.
• Undertaking financial analysis, market assessments, due diligence, and portfolio monitoring to support investment and portfolio management decisions.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients, investors, partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Supporting knowledge management, research, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Contributing to strategic initiatives, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement efforts.

Requirements

• Completion of a masters-level degree in a relevant field, or a higher qualification, before September 1, 2027
• 2-6 years experience following undergraduate studies
• Demonstrated technical depth, technical breadth, expertise and experience in most of the following areas:
• Solid experience in project finance, corporate finance, and/or private equity.
• Proven ability to structure, analyze, and execute complex financial transactions using tools such as financial modeling, equity valuation, and credit analysis.
• Mastery of equity, debt, and/or capital markets financial instruments.
• Experience in portfolio supervision, project management, and investor relations, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes.
• Experience in product development, innovation, or process improvement within financial or operational contexts.
• Capacity to synthesize complex information and present actionable insights.
• Proficiency in digital tools and platforms including AI literacy, Excel, Power BI, SQL, and/or market intelligence systems such as Bloomberg, Dealogic, and Debt Domain.
• Leadership potential, including accountability and results orientation, ability to influence and inspire results, and manage self, projects, people and results
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills: quantitative, qualitative, analytical, strategic; and sound business judgment
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Flexibility and adaptability to working in complex multi-stakeholder and multi-cultural contexts
• Excellent command of spoken and written English language (fluency in other languages might be advantageous to your application)

Skills

• Project Financing
• Corporate Finance
• Private Equity
• Financial Modeling
• Equity Valuation
• Credit Analysis
• Capital Markets Instruments
• Portfolio Supervision
• Project Management
• Investor Relations
• Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Data Synthesis
• AI Literacy
• Excel
• Power BI
• SQL
• Market Intelligence Systems
• Bloomberg
• Dealogic
• Debt Domain
• Leadership
• Critical Thinking
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Strategic Analysis
• Business Judgment
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Cultural Adaptability

Languages

English