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The Office of Budget and Planning (OBP) is seeking to hire a Projects Officer (Process Improvement) to help improve budget processes, systems, and tools to better inform decision-making and support the strategic allocation of resources at the departmental level. They will execute process improvements and change management efforts to support budget modernization.

Budget processes rely on sometimes outdated and fragmented technology tools that are functionally rigid, have reached end-of-life, and require expensive external support to maintain. OBP is pursuing a wide-ranging, multiyear program to 1) increase agility to better respond to the institution's rapidly changing business priorities and stakeholder demands for insights into resource allocation; 2) increase effectiveness of strategic budget planning and execution by implementing tailored budget frameworks and processes that are harmonized, simple, and well documents; 3) reduce work pressures by minimizing manual effort through automation and integration of end-to-end budget and reporting processes, and by providing modern end-user tools; 4) increase accuracy by eliminating manual data reconciliation given the disparate systems; and 5) avoid escalating costs of maintaining aged systems.

OBP is part of the Office of the Managing Director and oversees the Fund's administrative and capital budgets. OBP’s work involves strategic budget formulation, negotiation of spending envelopes with Fund departments and offices, and monitoring/control and reporting of budget execution. The Office supports departments in assessing the budget implications of internal policies and new work streams, as well as the consequences of changes in the external environment. OBP also plays a key role in developing systems to better track budget performance, outputs, and costing of Fund activities, with significant work being initiated on budget modernization. OBP also works closely with ITD, TRM, CSF, capital-intensive project sponsors, and oversight offices in relation budget aspects of the Fund’s modernization program.

OBP leads the development of procedures and (with ITD) related systems to support budget monitoring and track budget performance, outputs, and costing of Fund activities, working in close coordination with the broader budget community across the Fund. In this context, OBP is continuing sequential work focused on improving the Fund’s budget processes and systems.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

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