Project Finance Specialist (Investment Officer)

Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement.

You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that includes: 1) Experience sourcing or originating project finance debt or political risk insurance transactions while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, multilateral organization, or other comparable governmental entity; 2) Experience conducting commercial due diligence and risk analysis (financial, economic, credit, market analysis, legal risks) of limited recourse or corporate finance transactions; 3) Experience creating, analyzing and/or running sensitivities on complex financial models for projections of financial projects; AND 4) Experience in project finance or corporate finance or political risk insurance gained in any of the following areas: accounting, credit analysis, commercial and legal analysis of project contracts and negotiations, international investments, and/or country and political risk analysis, commercial/investment banking.

Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 27-OE-ST-13111803-AQ using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.

Conducts in-depth analysis of new investment proposals to determine their financial, technical, economic, legal, marketing, and political feasibility. Performs in-depth analysis of the nature of the proposed business ventures; the financial statements provided by the company or sponsors; country related macroeconomic and microeconomic risks; risks related to project contractual obligations; the eligibility, financial standing and business background of the sponsor; and other related factors.

Identifies, develops, and manages complex financing opportunities for U.S.- linked investments in emerging economies. Works with and reviews financial models and conducts sensitivity analyses to test project assumptions and key economic drivers and concludes whether the project supports the amount of investment requested. Evaluates technical, financial, economic, legal, marketing, and political feasibility of proposed projects.

Prepares recommendations, presents proposals to internal committees, reviews contracts, obtains clearances, and finalizes agreement execution. Develops and leads negotiations with key interested parties' loan or product terms, financial structure, cash waterfalls, conditions precedent, collateral security, equity and creditor. Presents investment proposals to the various approval committees. Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.