Overview
This internship offers undergraduate and postgraduate students a high-impact learning experience in global development, contributing fresh perspectives and connecting with international professionals. Participants gain hands-on experience within the Integrity Vice Presidency, focusing on detecting, preventing, and deterring fraud and corruption in the use of World Bank Group's financial resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Support investigations, forensic reviews, and prevention initiatives through financial analysis, document review, data organization, and research on integrity risks and emerging fraud schemes.
- Analyze financial, transactional, procurement, payroll, digital, and other business records using Excel and analytical tools to identify irregularities, red flags, suspicious patterns, control weaknesses, and risk indicators.
- Prepare analyses, schedules, visualizations, documentation, reports, presentations, training materials, knowledge products, and case-related databases while maintaining confidentiality and evidentiary standards.
- Contribute to fraud analytics, digital forensics, eDiscovery, benchmarking, emerging technology testing, and multidisciplinary collaboration in support of the unit’s mandate.
Required Experience
At least 2 years of professional accounting experience (articling, apprenticeship in industry or professional firm is included) in the private and/or public sector.
Qualifications
Completed undergraduate university degree in accounting, audit, business administration/management, finance or similar field. Completed or undergoing Master’s (Graduate program), MBA (Finance), professional accounting program, i.e., Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or equivalent.
