Technical Assistance Officer - LEGF1

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The Legal Department (LEG) of the International Monetary Fund (the Fund) is seeking to fill a one-year contractual Technical Assistance Officer (Financial Sector Expertise) position in its Financial Integrity Group (FIG), which implements the Fund’s strategy on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The position will support FIG’s surveillance, assessment, policy, and capacity development work on financial integrity. This position is based at the Fund’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Travel to Fund member countries is expected.

The Fund is an international organization with a membership of 191 countries. In fulfilling its mission, the Legal Department provides top-quality, professional advice to the Fund's Board of Governors, Executive Board, management, and staff, and to the authorities of member countries on Fund law and policy, financial integrity issues, Fund-related administrative issues, and domestic legal and operational policy issues relevant to the Fund's mandate. The Legal Department employs mainly Counsels and Financial Sector Experts.

The primary objective of the Legal Department’s FIG is promoting and preserving financial integrity in member countries, which contributes to the Fund’s goal to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its member countries. FIG is composed of two Financial Integrity Divisions with similar portfolios. The successful candidate will be assigned to one of the two divisions.

The Fund's Legal Department offers a unique opportunity to contribute to strengthening and fostering global, regional and country efforts in financial integrity, including AML/CFT, with a view to promoting the integrity of the international financial system.

Duties and Responsibilities

The selected candidate will contribute to FIG’s work in AML/CFT capacity development, Fund surveillance, Fund-supported programs, and AML/CFT assessments, providing financial sector expertise and analytical support under the guidance of senior staff. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Contributing to FIG’s capacity development activities, including participating in inter-disciplinary missions, providing technical inputs to project managers, and supporting capacity development events and trainings.

• Undertaking research and analysis on policy and technical issues in the financial integrity area, contributing to the drafting of policy papers, articles, and publications, including handbooks issued by the Department, and reviewing briefing papers and reports to ensure clarity and consistency with established Fund policies.

• Contributing to the assessment of countries’ implementation of the international AML/CFT standard, carrying out related pre-assessment technical assistance, research and post-mission work, and contributing to the Division’s review of draft assessment reports prepared by Fund staff or other assessor bodies.

• Gathering, analyzing, and interpreting AML/CFT-relevant data, and maintaining related internal databases.

• In the context of bilateral Fund surveillance, Fund-supported programs, and the Financial Sector Assessment Program, contributing financial integrity inputs for a group of countries, including by reviewing relevant internal documents, preparing briefings for discussions with country authorities, participating in relevant meetings with country teams, and keeping abreast of developments in the Fund’s relations with these countries.

• Conducting analyses of countries’ money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), and proliferation financing (PF) risks and context, and of their AML/CFT regimes, including by managing country information resources and monitoring media reports for AML/CFT-related matters.

• Contributing to fostering a global dialogue on financial integrity issues, in coordination with relevant regional and global partners.

In addition to the above, the selected candidate may carry out other assignments as instructed by the Head or Deputy Head of the Division.

Qualifications

Educational development, typically acquired by the completion of an advanced university degree, or equivalent, in business, finance, budgeting, accounting, statistics, computer science, or related field, or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or similar professional certification; or a university degree, or equivalent, supplemented by a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience is required. Alternatively, a minimum of two (2) years of experience in a related position at Grade A8, or equivalent, is required. Knowledge of Fund policies related to surveillance and conditionality, or a demonstrated willingness and ability to learn in this area, and a demonstrated ability to work with data, would be an asset.

In addition to quality education and experience, this position requires:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

• Strong analytical and time management skills.

• Sound judgment and diplomatic skills.

• An ability to develop strong relationships with others (including as part of inter-disciplinary teams), country counterparts, and international organizations.

• Excellent skills at working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels and of different cultural backgrounds.
• Professional level fluency in other languages is not required but could be an additional asset.

Other Information

This is a one-year contractual appointment. Contractual appointments at the IMF are renewable for up to four years of cumulative contractual service, pending incumbent's performance, budget availability, and continuous business need.

All applicants are expected to include a Statement of Interest as an attachment to the application, which may be used in the screening process for this vacancy.

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The IMF is guided by the principle that the employment, classification, promotion, and assignment of staff shall be made without discrimination against any person. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.