Practice Manager

The Practice Manager leads the Financial Management unit in the Governance Global Practice for the Latin America & Caribbean region, overseeing financial management services for the World Bank portfolio and advising client governments on country systems. The role involves strategic leadership, team management, partnership building, and fostering innovation to support development effectiveness and governance priorities.

Responsibilities

• Developing and providing direction to FM team members to resolve country portfolio/work program issues impacting operational FM services.
• Providing strategic leadership for governance-related analytical work and core ASA on financial management, accounting, and auditing.
• Leading and supporting dialogue with external counterparts, multilaterals, donor community, private sector, government officials, and civil society to support business development.
• Providing strategic guidance for learning and outreach events and programs, both global and regional.
• Building high-performing teams, managing staff performance, mentoring, and managing workloads.
• Playing a critical role in WPA exercise to secure budget and managing budget efficiently with compliance to Bank rules.
• Fostering collaboration among team members and across Prosperity teams and GOV to find integrative governance solutions.
• Creating space for innovation in Governance work and participating in global knowledge development.
• Working in partnership with other PMs, PLs, GPs, OPCS, LEG, and WFA to find tailored solutions to project implementation and risk challenges.
• Inspiring technical excellence and creating an environment of learning and innovation.
• Supporting GP management in strategies for global staffing, deployment, talent, and performance management.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., accounting, finance, public financial management, public policy, or another related field) with a minimum of 12 years relevant professional experience.
• A qualified professional accountant (CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent membership of an internationally recognized professional accountancy body).
• Robust experience and demonstrated technical knowledge in the use of country PFM systems for projects and corporate financial reporting.
• Proven ability to balance fiduciary oversight mandate with focus on institutional strengthening and capacity building and dialogue with clients at the country level.
• Strong Knowledge and understanding of international financial reporting and auditing standards and their implementation including institutional frameworks and issues affecting regulatory frameworks, the development of national standard-setting and audit regulation, and the accountancy profession.
• Excellent leadership and supervisory skills with established track record managing multi-location and virtual teams.
• Strong sense of strategy, including ability to prioritize and exit some activities, track record in streamlining and rationalizing product offerings.
• Good partnership experience, including involving multiple stakeholders – both public and private – in building collaborative alliances for results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Spanish.

Skills

• Public Financial Management
• Financial Reporting
• Fiduciary Oversight
• Institutional Strengthening
• Capacity Building
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Auditing Standards
• Regulatory Frameworks
• Audit Regulation
• Accountancy Profession
• Leadership
• Team Management
• Strategic Planning
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partnership Building
• Finance Management
• Corporate Financial Reporting
• Country PFM Systems
• Supervisory Abilities

Languages

English, Spanish