Job Description

Senior Energy Finance Specialist

Job #: req38550 Organization: World Bank Group Sector: Energy Grade: GG Term Duration: Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP) Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 10/19/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

At the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure

The Policy and Regulations Unit (KIEPR) in the Energy Department of the Infrastructure Vertical is responsible for developing enabling policies that draw from top-class knowledge and innovations to shape model policies and improve the business environment in the energy sector. At the global level, KIEPR unit closely works and collaborates with the Solutions and Impact units of the Infrastructure Vertical. In addition, KIEPR staff take the lead on embedding frontier global knowledge and expertise in energy country engagements, including joining teams in lending and analytical operations, providing peer review services and supporting the role of Global Directors in quality enhancement activities for selected strategic operations and analytical tasks.

Duties and accountabilities:

• Lead technical contributions to the development of WBG business lines related to nuclear energy financing and other complex energy infrastructure investments, including application of WBG, IFC, MIGA, and MDB financing instruments.
• Advise regional and global teams on financing aspects of energy-sector investments and reforms, including project structuring, financing strategies, transaction structures, capital mobilization, fiscal implications, risk allocation, and commercial sustainability.
• Develop, review, and quality-assure financial models for power-sector, utility, and infrastructure investments, including scenario and sensitivity analysis of project economics, financing structures, revenue assumptions, tariff impacts, affordability, and investment risk under alternative market, regulatory, and financing scenarios.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic financing advice during the preparation, appraisal, due diligence, and implementation of energy-sector operations, with a particular focus on nuclear energy and other capital-intensive infrastructure investments.
• Analyze market structures, regulatory frameworks, utility financial performance, cost-recovery mechanisms, contracts for difference, power purchase agreements, tariff impacts, and other commercial arrangements relevant to large-scale energy investments, including regulatory and contractual frameworks that support private sector participation through public-private partnerships and other transaction structures in liberalized and restructuring market environments.
• Lead or contribute to analytical work, institutional guidance, and knowledge products on energy infrastructure finance, commercial sustainability, and financing approaches for nuclear energy and other strategic energy investments.
• Represent the WBG and support strategic engagement with MDBs, ECAs, private investors, utilities, regulators, and government counterparts on financing solutions that promote transparency, competition, value for money, long-term sustainability, and mobilization of private capital.

Selection Criteria

• A master’s degree or higher in finance, economics, business, energy policy, infrastructure finance, public policy, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in infrastructure finance, power-sector finance, utility finance, project finance, public-private partnerships, guarantees, or MDB financing instruments, including demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and quality-assuring complex financial models.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex analytical workstreams, provide strategic advice to operational teams and senior decision makers, and translate technical analysis into practical financing solutions and operational recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate investment risks, financing structures, transaction structures, fiscal impacts, commercial viability, and capital mobilization strategies for complex infrastructure investments.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with government counterparts, utilities, regulators, development finance institutions, private investors, and other stakeholders on complex financing and policy issues.
• Familiarity with electricity-market structures, utility regulation, tariff-setting frameworks, cost-recovery mechanisms, contracts for difference, public-private partnership frameworks, or other commercial and regulatory arrangements relevant to energy investments is desirable.
• Familiarity with WBG, IFC, MIGA, or MDB operational instruments is highly desirable.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and written communication skills, including development, review, and quality assurance of financial models, financing analyses, scenario and sensitivity analysis, risk assessments, policy notes, and management briefs.
• Experience in power-sector reform, large-scale infrastructure, clean energy, industrial decarbonization, emerging technologies, or other capital-intensive sectors is desirable.
• Familiarity with nuclear energy financing issues is desirable but not required for candidates with strong energy and infrastructure finance experience.

As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who:

• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
• Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.
• Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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