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I work at ... the world bank.

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Vincent

Start date 2002 End date Ongoing

I've worked at the World Bank since 2002, when I joined the corporate budgeting department, which focuses on the planning, deployment and monitoring of the organisation's resources.

Before that I worked in the private sector in Malaysia, Denmark and Switzerland for a range of companies, including Coopers & Lybrand, IMG and the East Asiatic Company. I was drawn into the World Bank by its noble mission to alleviate poverty. It's a cause that can't fail to engage anyone.

Moving from the private to the public sector presents a key challenge for any management accountant: there is no "bottom line" in the latter and no "shareholder value", in the conventional sense, to strive for. Yet my CIMA qualification has equipped me with the knowledge, skills and approaches required for both private and public organisations. I've found the CIMA syllabus highly relevant in every country and sector that I have worked in.

In fact, in late 2009 CIMA became the first UK-based accountancy body to seal a quality training partner agreement with the World Bank to train finance and accounting employees in its professional accountancy qualification. Earlier this year I moved from corporate to business unit planning and budgeting in the Latin America and the Caribbean regional unit. Based in Washington DC, I'm part of a team that makes key budget allocation decisions that support the bank's...

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