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Investment Accounting Consultant

World BankChennai, India
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:14 Aug 2026Job ID:37921Posted on:30 Jul 2026
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Overview

The consultant supports IFC investment accounting by screening loan, equity and guarantee transactions, assembling legal and project evidence, documenting structures and fact patterns, applying US GAAP or IFRS to simpler investments, coordinating investment officers, testing compliance and improving AI-enabled review procedures.

Department: IFC Investment Accounting

Languages

Required: English

Minimum Experience

Not listed

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Use artificial-intelligence tools to identify investment transactions for review
  • Allocate scoped transactions across the accounting team
  • Assemble legal agreements and project evidence for selected investments
  • Document transaction structures and background fact patterns
  • Apply accounting standards to simpler loan, equity and guarantee investments
  • Clarify transaction information with investment officers and accounting colleagues
  • Maintain procedures covering consolidation, derivatives and debt securities
  • Support compliance testing and continuous process improvement

Requirements

  • Basic technical accounting knowledge of US GAAP or IFRS for loan, equity and guarantee investments
  • Accounting or auditing capability
  • English

Skills

Investment AccountingTransaction ScopingAccounting AnalysisFinancial InstrumentsCompliance TestingProcess ImprovementTechnical DocumentationStakeholder Coordination

Tools

US GAAPIFRSArtificial Intelligence Tools

Additional info

  • One-year extended-term consultant assignment in Chennai
  • Role supports IFC Policy Implementation and Investment Accounting